Joe Biden said he opposes Netanyahu hitting Iran’s nuclear sites, but why should anyone trust him? The administration backed Israel’s invasion of Lebanon while he was publicly calling for a ceasefire. Will we see a similar contradiction on Iran?
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression and the increased militarization of higher education.
Rutgers University has suspended the New Brunswick SJP chapter for the entire upcoming academic year. We recognize this as an act of repression and anti-Palestinian racism, and therefore refuse to adhere to the guidelines of the suspension.
In response to attacks on pro-Palestinian activism from the Arizona State Legislature and Board of Regents, Students for Justice in Palestine chapters across the state have formed a united front to challenge our universities’ complicity in genocide.
When the board of the Columbia Law Review clumsily censored a pro-Palestinian article it revealed the degree to which pro-Israel ideology is enmeshed in the U.S. power structure. Luckily, a generational shift is changing this before our eyes.
Alumni of Rice University Students for Justice in Palestine are condemning the university for suppressing a campus vote on divesting from the Gaza genocide.
University administrators fail to understand that student activists have glimpsed a remarkable future in which Palestinian liberation is possible. The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University is an inspiration to stay the course.
Palestinian rights advocacy is being regularly demonized and criminalized across each Big Ten University. We reject this suppression and will continue holding our universities accountable for their complicity in the Palestinian genocide.
Students for Justice in Palestine has been reinstated at Rutgers University but is on probation until next December. Rutgers could have supported Palestinian students suffering during this time. Instead, our university has chosen to suppress our voices.