Students for Justice in Palestine

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) was co-founded in 2001 at UC Berkeley, by Hatem Bazian and Snehal Shingavi.

Students for Justice in Palestine

From Canary Mission:

The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian (and Snehal Shingavi). Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.

SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.

SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.

SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.

Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.

People's Conference for Palestine

Students for Justice in Palestine was identified as a convener of the People's Conference for Palestine. The People's Conference for Palestine was "Funded and Supported by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Communist-Terrorist Group which is Headquartered in the Syrian Capital of Damascus"., The conference was held May 24 - May 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

Verbatim from an Answer Coalition email dated May 22, 2024:

"This moment calls on us to strengthen our relationships, our strategies, our tactics, and our unity for the struggle ahead. We must build a shared assessment of the moment, and chart out the next phase of our struggle. The Palestinian people have been fighting for liberation for over 100 years, and are committed to continuing this fight generation after generation, until victory. Join us as organizations, collectives, movement leaders, community members, students and intellectuals, artists and cultural workers, and activists for a three-day convening to reflect, exchange, and strengthen ourselves and our fight for a free Palestine!

"This landmark conference is being convened by: Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, The People's Forum, Al-Awda: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), ANSWER Coalition, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, International Jewish Anti Zionist Network, Writers Against the War on Gaza, Healthcare Workers for Palestine, Palestinian Feminist Collective, Palestine Popular University, Palestinian American Women's Association, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), and National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression.

"We are in an unprecedented moment in history. As we bear witness to the ongoing and brutal genocide against the Palestinian people, we are also part of building a mass movement that is committed to struggling for Palestinian national liberation. The demands for an end to the genocide, lifting of the siege of Gaza, an end to all US aid for Israel, and a free Palestine echo in the streets, in classrooms and universities, disrupting the halls of government and the daily lives of all genocide-profiteers. The movement for Palestine has never been stronger: but with this strength comes a monumental responsibility.

Anti-Israel March on Washington

anti-Israel protest dated November 4, 2023

The ANSWER Coalition organized an anti-Israel protest dated November 4, 2023 with the following organizations featured on the flyer: Palestinian Youth Movement, U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), The People's Forum, Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, American Muslim Alliance, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and National Students for Justice in Palestine.

From a mass email dated October 20, 2023:

"The growing coalition of organizations mobilizing for the national march on Washington for Palestine is excited to announce that permits have been obtained! The demonstration will begin at 2:00 p.m. at Freedom Plaza (Pennsylvania Avenue between 13th and 14th streets). Tens of thousands will gather at this historic location in the heart of D.C. to raise our voices for justice.

Now is the time to stand with the besieged people of Palestine! Gaza is being bombed by the hour. Its people are denied food, water and electricity by Israel. Tens of thousands more people are likely to die. We must ACT! People are in the streets everyday in their local cities and towns. Now we must UNITE!

Hundreds of new endorsements are pouring in from across the country for this mass action. As Israel intensifies its genocidal assault on Gaza, more and more organizations and individuals are coming forward to stand with the Palestinian people. Initial co-sponsoring organizations include:

• Palestinian Youth Movement
• ANSWER Coalition
• American Muslim Association
• The People's Forum
• National Students for Justice in Palestine
• Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
• U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)
• U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR)
• Maryland2Palestine

Beginnings

Students for Justice in Palestine was co-founded in 2001, at UC Berkeley, by Hatem Bazian and Snehal Shingavi. Their intention was to advance the radical anti-Israel mission of the Muslim Brotherhood, but masked as a secular organization.