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A student conceals their face with a sign displaying the Palestinian flag during a protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine on Friday. The protest called on Boston University to divest funds from companies supporting Israel. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students protest for BU to divest, call for cease-fire in Gaza

George Lehman February 20, 2024
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the divestment of BU funding from companies supporting Israel on Friday in a march from Marsh Chapel to the Office of the President at 1 Silber Way.
Tents and signs set up on Marsh Plaza in a pro-Palestine demonstration on Thursday. Students for Justice in Palestine set up this display during a “global week of action” to represent the conditions of displaced people in Gaza. MATTHEW EADIE/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Students for Justice in Palestine display tents in response to displacement in Gaza

George Lehman January 26, 2024
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine set up tents at Marsh Chapel on Thursday which they said symbolized the conditions of Gaza's displaced people.
Participants lie on the floor at a die-in protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘Gray area’: many Boston students demand more from administrations amid Israel-Hamas war

Emily Wyrwa December 14, 2023
There are few events in recent history that need not be named by anything but its date. October 7 is one of them.
Protesters lay on the floor at a die-in protest organized by Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine in the George Sherman Union on Dec. 1. Earlier that day, BU Students for Israel set up a display in Marsh Plaza of empty chairs representing people kidnapped by Hamas.

BU students organize demonstration after Gaza cease-fire ends

George Lehman December 5, 2023
Following the end of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Boston University students held demonstrations across campus last week.
The “Shut it Down for Palestine Sit-In” organized by Boston University Students for Justice on Palestine outside of Tsai Performance Center.

BU students read names of Palestinian civilians killed in Gaza during three-hour sit-in

George Lehman November 9, 2023
Boston University’s students held a three-hour sit-in Thursday on the steps of the Tsai Performance Center to acknowledge the death of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
Demonstrators marching to the gates of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Nov. 4

Boston students join tens of thousands in march on Washington, call on Biden, Netanyahu for cease-fire

Matthew Eadie November 7, 2023
WASHINGTON — Students from universities and colleges across Boston joined tens of thousands of people from all around the country in a march on the nation’s capital on Nov. 4, calling on President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip.
BU Students for Justice in Palestine members and supporters at Marsh Plaza. SJP held a rally to raise awareness for violence against Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP STAFF

BU Students for Justice in Palestine rally, march to bring attention to violence in Gaza

Amelia McAvoy October 24, 2023
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine rallied to demand that BU listen to their calls about divesting money and ending some Israel-affiliated programming.
People listen to the Palestinian vigil at BU Beach on Wednesday. About 200 people were present. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Students for Justice in Palestine host solidarity vigil after Israel’s retaliatory attacks

Katrina Scalise October 20, 2023
200 students attended Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine solidarity vigil at the BU Beach Wednesday night with Palestinian flags, flowers and candles, in response to Israel’s deadly retaliatory strikes on Gaza.
A man holds up the Palestinian flag. Eve Spangler, a professor at Boston College, gave a talk on Palestine Thursday evening. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU Students for Justice in Palestine hosts lecture on Israeli-Palestinian relations

Taylor Kocher March 27, 2018

While many students are aware that conflict exists between Israel and Palestine, far fewer understand the complex origins of that political tension. Thursday, Boston University community members...

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