Welcome to the official page of Students for Justice in Palestine in the Greater Boston area! Contact: [email protected]
06/15/2017
Israel cuts Gaza electricity after Palestinian president says he will no longer pay the bill for Hamas Hamas warned of a fresh "explosion" of violence in Gaza on Monday after Israel agreed to the request of the Palestinian president to cut back electricity supply to the isolated enclave.
09/29/2016
In case you missed it: Here's what our comrades at Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine did yesterday.
Students, residents gather to learn about injustices, at home and beyond More than 500 students and residents from the Boston area filled BU Law Auditorium Wednesday night with the same question for the panelists.
LIVE: Netherlands students demonstrate against Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the Hague.
Solidarity and support for our comrades in Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina - Rotterdam, SJP - Students for Justice in Palestine Maastricht, Studenten voor Rechtvaardigheid in Palestina - SRP, Vreij University SJP and all the Palestinian solidarity groups involved in making this action possible.
08/04/2016
Black Lives Matter endorses BDS: Israel is 'apartheid state' - Israel News Movement for Black Lives publishes first-ever platform, calling for 'an end to the war against Black people,' taking harsh stance on Israel.
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06/14/2016
Massachusetts Peace Action is working hard to make Palestine a priority for our government. Go to the below link to contact Members of Congress and State Legislators about anti-BDS legislation. Tell them to oppose the "Combating BDS Act of 2016" and the S.2531 and H.R.4514 bills!
Tell Congress and the State House: Non-Violent Civic Advocacy is a Democratic Right The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a global, nonviolent movement against Israel that pushes for the state to comply with international law and recognize Palestinian human rights....
06/06/2016
MUHAMMAD ALI
A person that revolutionized their soul through physical exellence and sacrifice, shook pro-war America to its core, aided in changing US societies for the better, and then capped it off by leaving behind a strongly built-up legacy that truly makes him the greatest athlete to ever live.
While we extend a warm congratulations to all Muslims on the coming of Ramadan, we feel especially inspired by Muhammad's upholding of the principles of Islam in the face of American Islamophobia throughout his life. His legacy provides American Muslims much needed confidence in their identity going forward in life, and for that we are extremely grateful. His relentlessness to do good only furthers our own.
But Muhammad Ali will not only be remembered as a legend for his greatness in the boxing ring and his strong anti-war and anti-white supremacy stances, he will also be remembered for his strong public stances in support of the Palestinian people.
On a visit to two Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon in the 1970's, the former heavy-weight boxing champion was quoted by a Palestinian guerrilla news agency as saying: “In my name and the name of all Muslims in America, I declare support for the Palestinian struggle to liberate their homeland and oust the Zionist invaders.”
He never shied away from the issue here in the US also. This picture is from the Muhammad Ali Handbook. It is the champ at a 1988 Chicago rally for Palestinian human rights. Don't let anyone whitewash this legacy. It's too precious.
05/11/2016
Can we get some snaps for Palestine?
04/22/2016
Check out the anonymous letter from Palestinian students at Northeastern University!
"Dehumanizing us is a continuation of the cycle that includes actual physical violence against our people, who live under an illegal military occupation that exerts immense control over their water supply, their economy, their land and their bodies. Their everyday lives are made all but impossible by dozens of checkpoints equipped with Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Systems technologies that are designed to reinforce a system of apartheid; their homes are illegally demolished by Israeli soldiers using Caterpillar bulldozers; their lives are taken by Raytheon weapons"
Northeastern University Students for Justice in Palestine
An Open Letter to Northeastern University’s SGA From Palestinians on Campus As a group of Palestinian students at Northeastern, we are pained by SGA’s move to block a student referendum recommending that the University divest from companies that profit from our people’s su…
Our comrades at Northeastern University Students for Justice in Palestine continue to fight for the oppressed. Whether it is in Palestine, in the US, or anywhere else in the world, we stand in solidarity because as Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!
On Sunday, April 17th, 2016, a group of 35-40 students from Boston-wide Students for Justice in Palestine protested an event called “Israel Indie Freedom Fest” hosted by Boston University Hillel and Boston University Students for Israel and co-hosted by AIPAC, ZOA, The David Project, CAMERA, Birthright/Taglit, Israel Campus Roundtable, Israeli American Council, among others.
We protested for three interconnected reasons. The first reason we protested was because the “Freedom Fest” not only ignored, but also attempted to erase the history of Al Nakba through its “celebrat[ion] of Israeli Independence day.” Al Nakba refers to the destruction of Palestinian society in 1948 when approximately 750,000 Palestinians fled or were forced into exile by Israeli troops. Their exodus, or Nakba, was nearly half-complete by May 1948, when Israel declared its independence and the Arab states entered the fray. In the event description, “BUSI and BU Hillel” were “celebrat[ing] Israel Independence Day,” neglecting the simultaneous occurrence of the Nakba during “Israel Independence Day.” Our protesters made clear that the creation and independence of a Jewish state in Palestine, through discrimination based on race and religion, is nothing to celebrate.
The second was because of the discrimination perpetuated by Boston University Hillel, the host of the “Freedom Fest,” on January 28th, 2016. Eight BU students, seven of which were students of color, were kicked out of the event “All Students, All Israel” and threatened with arrest after only signing in and entering the event. Video footage, which can be found in the petition attached, of the incident shows that the expulsion of the students from the event was due to discrimination based on the racial and religious backgrounds of students and/or their prior involvement in supporting Palestinian human rights advocacy.
The third reason we protested was because Boston University Hillel partners with Islamophobic individuals and organizations, who cosponsored the event, as exhibited in the Council on American Islamic Relations' Islamophobia Report of 2013. One of several prime examples of Boston University Hillel’s Islamophobic connection is vis a vis an organization abbreviated as CAMERA, a known Islamophobic organization (Islamophobia report, pg. 6) that plans events through Boston University Hillel on Boston University’s campus. CAIR exposes how “Network Interdependence’s Daniel Pipes and his Middle East Forum (MEF) involvement in anti-Muslim sentiment is documented back to his 1990 statement raising concerns about “brown-skinned people” with “different standards of hygiene” immigrating to America… [How] The Committee for Accuracy on Middle East Reporting, or CAMERA, received two grants totaling $70,000” from MEF (Islamophobia report, pg. 6). The racial discrimination at BU Hillel along with their decision to partner with Islamophobic organizations such as CAMERA, illustrate the rampant racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Palestinian human rights sentiment on BU’s campus.
We support the student protesters and allies who stood against discrimination and occupation, at Boston University and in Palestine, at the “Freedom Fest.” On April 17th, we showed Boston University, Boston University Hillel and their co-hosts that oppressive events or events that take pride in oppressive history, such as the “Freedom Fest,” will not go unnoticed.
04/05/2016
On April 1, in Cotabato, Philippines 5,000+ farmers were barricading a highway to protest government negligence in providing food amidst the drought when the government answered them with bullets. At least three are dead and 116 have been injured.The peasant massacre does not stand isolated; it is a symptom of a pervasive and chronic problem in Philippine society: peasant landlessness. We support justice for these farmers just as we support justice for Palestine.
The peasant massacre on April 1, 2016 does not stand isolated; it is a symptom of a pervasive and chronic problem in Philippine society: peasant landlessness.
The outcry for food is the most recent manifestation of the the agrarian crisis that involves, among others, lack of land ownership of the tillers, lack of government subsidy, landgrabbing, militarization and the very weak disaster mitigation infrastructure.
This leads to rural poverty that drives Filipinos out of the countryside to cities, where there are very few jobs, and ultimately abroad. Currently, Filipinos leave the country at a rate of 6,000 persons a day, amounting to at least 10 million Filipinos abroad.
This is why, as migrants and children of migrants, our conditions remain rooted in the conditions of the Philippines.
Justice for the North Cotabato farmers!
Bigas hindi bala! Rice not bullets!
Stop Lumad killings!
Fight for genuine agrarian reform!