Final IAW event.
The first-ever Palestinian film to be nominated for best Documentary Feature by A.M.P.A.S, the critically-acclaimed 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements.
If you missed our screening, it is on Netflix!
Bil’in – teaching life since 2005
In the plight for justice and to counter the hegemonistic ambitions of Israel, dabke has become one of many ways to nonviolently resist the illegal occupationn.
As students for justice in Palestine, we did a flashmob dabkeh to show that Palestinian culture is alive and well, and that the whitewashing, the weak justifications, of human rights violations is not acceptable.
IAW – March 5th, 2013
David Sheen gave a great lecture about Israel’s treatmenmt of African refugees. He described the new racist laws, the disgusting discourse that is too common, and the violence (physical and institutional) that is perpetuated by government officials.
Learn more at davidsheen.com
This morning, members of ASU SJP posted hundreds of mock eviction notices throughout ASU Housing buildings. The purpose was to spread awareness about the thousands of illegal, unjustified home demolitions perpetrated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) against Palestinians.
Sign our petition to stop ASU from being complicit in these human rights violations!
Learn the facts from Amnesty International’s 2004 report on this problem.
The American company, Caterpillar Inc, provides the Isreali “Defense” Force with D9 bulldozers made specificly for this destructuve purpose.
SJP started Israeli Apartheid Week with a Mock Wall to represent the real separation wall that Israel has built in the West Bank, snaking through Palestinian villages. The wall often surrounds villiages from three sides, inhibiting free movement, trade, communication, and forcing Palestinians to wait long hours at checkpoints.
Image of the real wall
Dear President Wong,
We are concerned to hear that the students of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) and the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) at San Francisco State University are currently being incriminated by Tammi Benjamin and AMCHA.
The statement that started the controversy—“My heroes have always killed colonizers”— was offered as a stencil by the Student Council of Intertribal Nations (SKINS). In your public statement, you condemn this “glorification of violence” that “promot[es] bigotry and anti-Semitism.” This statement must be contextualized as a celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonial violence and therefore does not “glorify the murder of Jews” as AMCHA would claim otherwise. In addition, pro-Palestine organizations like GUPS work towards justice and peace in non-violent ways, and accusations that state otherwise based on deliberate distortions are unmerited.
Furthermore, a video of Ms. Benjamin has surfaced where she accuses Palestinian activist groups and Muslim student groups like Muslim Students Association (MSA) of being 1) inherently anti-Semitic and 2) connected to terrorist organizations. Operating under this blatantly Islamophobic framework, she and AMCHA have lead multiple attacks against these student organizations across UC universities, all of which have been dismissed; this most recent attack is no different. Because Israel is losing momentum on the grassroots level, it has become favorable for Zionist groups like AMCHA to conflate criticism of Israel as anti-Semitism in an attempt to delegitimize grassroots movements.
Charging this last chapter of GUPS, allowing the attacks to continue on AMED and Indigenous student organizations like SKINS, will set a precedent for using baseless accusations of anti-Semitism to shut down justified criticism of Israel, further marginalizing Palestinian voices worldwide. This will certainly mean a win for racism and Zionism, which is in direct contrast to your university’s very rich history of social justice advocacy.
We trust that the University will dismiss the appeal of Ms. Benjamin and that the University will uphold their students’ right to free speech. Thank you for your consideration.
Please join SJP ASU in our showing of the Oscar nominated documentary “5 Broken Cameras”! This compelling film from 2011 chronicles recent struggles of a Palestinian village to resist the occupation with non-violent means. We will be showing this documentary on October 10, 2013. The show will begin at 7:00pm at the outdoor stage North of the Memorial Union. (The film is approximately 90 minutes long.) To view the event on Facebook, and/or to invite your family and friends, please click here. We hope to see you there!Thank you!
The Students For Justice in Palestine at Arizona State University would like to give a huge thanks to everyone who contributed and helped with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) Benefit Concert on April 12th. With your support, we were able to raise $2688 to go towards sponsoring medical treatments for Palestinian children. We could not have pulled this event off without our amazing artisits, SJP volunteers, as well as volunteers from PCRF.
We are dedicated to educating students on the injustices occurring in Palestine but it is also important to bring our community together to raise awareness and fund-raise for a great cause. PCRF is an organization dedicated to helping the medical and humanitarian crises facing Palestinian youths in the Middle East. Find more information on PCRF here.
We will be uploading pictures soon. Check out our facebook page for more information.
In addition, if you would like to learn more about what PCRF does, join the cause, or meet the volunteers there is a community awareness picnic on April 28th at 1 p.m. See flyer below:
Mark your calendars for SJP’s upcoming benefit concert! The event will be featuring Invincible, Khaled M., Remi Kanazi, and Shining Soul, and will be on April 12th at 8pm in Tempe’s Club Red/Red Owl. Tickets are only $15! Come out and show support for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund and your local SJP chapter! For more information, click here. We hope to see you there!
All proceeds will go to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
If you missed the lecture you can watch the full video recorded at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30402861
Join SJP ASU as we host award-winning journalist and best-selling author Max Blumenthal. He will be giving a lecture titled “High on Zionism: The Indoctrination of Apartheid Israel Today” on Monday, March 25th at 7 pm in Neeb Hall 105. Click here for more information. We hope to see you there!
