April 23, 2024

On April 22, 2024, a group of brave New York University faculty members took a historic stand against genocide by serving as a physical line of defense to protect students anticipating arrest. The following day, NYU students and faculty walked out of class in protest of the administration’s repressive crackdown. National SJP hopes...

April 21, 2024

To our universities, we, the Student Movement for Palestinian Liberation, demand institutional accountability and immediate divestment from israel and its genocide of the Palestinian people of Gaza. As our Palestinian counterparts face the systematic eradication of their homes, holy sites, and universities, the assassination of their...

APRIL 20, 2024

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters across North America have risen in defense of the Palestinian people, establishing autonomous zones on several university campuses to assert their strength and demands in the face of severe university repression. Today, April 20th, 2024, National Students for Justice in Palestine announces...

January 23, 2024

On January 19, 2024, hundreds of Columbia students were attacked with Skunk spray by former soldiers of the israeli Occupation Forces (iOF) while protesting the continued genocide in Gaza on Columbia’s campus. Skunk, a chemical weapon, was developed by the israeli arms industry to suppress Palestinian demonstrations...

November 12, 2023

Over the past four weeks, National Students for Justice in Palestine has witnessed the most blatant administrative and governmental assault on students’ political speech in recent history. We are deeply concerned with politically-motivated administrative retaliation against individual students and student organizations at universities across...

May 17, 2022

At a time when the movement in solidarity with Palestinian liberation is unprecedented in its support — and facing increased attack — the Council on American Islamic Relations, Jewish Voice for Peace, and National Students for Justice in Palestine reaffirm our unwavering support of the Palestinian cause for justice and liberation...

May 18, 2021

As Israeli colonial violence intensifies across historic Palestine, Palestinians from the river to the sea demand an International Strike in solidarity with their liberation movement as they struggle for life and land against compounded attacks by the Zionist settler project. Today, May 18th, 2021, Palestine solidarity organizations across occupied...

June 20, 2020

Campus organizing has always been a catalyst for social change. From the anti-war movement in the U.S. to the South African anti-apartheid movement, students' strength, tenacity, and steadfastness globally have aided the movement toward the destabilization, delegitimization, and even defeat of many oppressive systems...

July 1, 2020

The undersigned student groups are in fierce opposition to the Israeli-US annexation plan. With Trump’s blessing, the Israeli regime continues to steal more and more Palestinian land, tearing families from their homes and siphoning essential natural resources, maintaining its goal of Zionist supremacy from the river to the sea. Illegal Israeli settlements...

March 10, 2020

As institutions of higher learning shut down amidst the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), National SJP wants to offer some thoughts on how this moment affects our movement on campuses across North America. National SJP wants to encourage student organizers to remain steadfast as we maneuver the many changes to...

December 18, 2019

On Wednesday, December 11th, 2019, Donald Trump issued an executive order that would conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism, thereby redirecting genuine concerns for Jewish safety by weaponizing anti-Semitism against pro-Palestine student organizations to stifle their organizing on campus. The undersigned coalition...

December 10, 2018

National Students for Justice in Palestine proudly endorses Freedom is the Future as part of the Justice for All Campaign. We uplift the five demands made by Palestinians in the diaspora who have laid out a vision for justice that is grounded in the fullness of liberation– a vision that articulates what true justice will require. National SJP affirms...

December 5, 2018

On November 29th, CNN announced that political contributor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill’s contract had been terminated. This came after his speech at the UN in which he condemned the illegal 50-year military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the systematic disenfranchisement of Palestinian citizens of Israel through apartheid laws to call...

November 20, 2018

On November 16th-18th, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) hosted its annual conference at UCLA. This year’s theme was “Radical Hope: Resistance in the Face of Adversity.” Unfortunately, while the theme is certainly fitting for an event exploring the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice, many organizers...

October 28, 2018

Over the past several months, students and recent graduates have volunteered countless hours of their time and energy in preparation for the 8th annual National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) Conference, which will be hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from November...

September 28, 2016

We, the undersigned student organizations and organizers, extend unconditional solidarity to Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, director of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diaspora (AMED) program at San Francisco State University (SFSU) and faculty mentor for the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) at that institution...

August 24, 2016

We, the undersigned chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)*, unequivocally support the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) and its newly released policy platform for “Black power, freedom, and justice.” We fully endorse M4BL’s demands and take this moment to renew our commitment to fighting antiblackness and all systems of oppression...

May 15, 2016

Chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and campus justice groups across the nation stand in solidarity with the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) at San Francisco State University as they endure heavy backlash from both their administration and Zionist organizations. GUPS at SFSU was founded...