Despite an international campaign attempting to censor the 9th National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference, hundreds of students gathered Nov. 1-3 at the University of Minnesota (UMN) to strengthen student organizing across the country. NSJP and its attendees were subject to numerous attacks during and leading up to the conference.
Read MorePalestine Legal and the Minnesota National Lawyers Guild wrote the University of Minnesota (UMN) today urging the university to protect this weekend’s National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference. The letter follows a slew of demands from Israel advocates calling on the university to cancel, police, and smear the conference.
Read More“We are happy this harassing complaint is dismissed, but it was incredibly disingenuous of SSI to accuse us of incitement in the first place,” said one member of SJP. “We held this vigil to commemorate 70 years of the dispossession of our family members. At the same time as our vigil, the Israeli military was killing unarmed protesters in Gaza.”
Read MoreOn April 10, 2018, Columbia University dismissed an 11-page complaint filed by Students Supporting Israel alleging that campus speech supporting Palestinian rights violated New York criminal law, civil law and university rules.
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