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Voting “yes” on the TSSU BDS referendum is a concrete step towards ending the genocide
October 22, 2024By: Nick Gottlieb and Omri Haiven, SFU students “It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok.” That’s how Canadian physician Dr. Gabor Maté, himself a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust, described the horrific videos coming out of north Gaza this week. We are Jewish graduate students at SFU who share Dr. Maté’s horror at the violence being perpetrated by the state of Israel. We are also members of the national organization Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a group that advocates for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, Israel’s apartheid system between Jews and Palestinians, and, most urgently of all,…
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The right to protest our universities’ decisions
June 10, 2024By: Anthony Houston, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of genocide and police violence. University students across the world have organized encampments in the wake of the ongoing genocide in occupied Palestinian territories. These encampments are pro-Palestinian demonstrations, requesting their respective…
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BDS as a moral duty
February 28, 2024By: Sude Guvendik, Peak Associate The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement stands as a beacon of hope in the face of the prolonged and deeply rooted injustices suffered by the Palestinian people. In July 2005, a coalition of Palestinian…
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Undermining Palestinian solidarity does not help Jews on campus
January 20, 2024Written by: Omri Haiven, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of war, genocide, and antisemitism. My name is Omri Haiven, and I’m a Jew who is a graduate student at SFU’s School of Communication. I’m also an active member of Independent…
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Brands complicit in genocide to stop supporting now
November 14, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: descriptions of war, death, and genocide. After at least 240 hostages were brutally taken by Hamas militants on October 7, Israel declared war on Gaza under the guise of self-defense. As…
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Political Corner: What is BDS and what does it have to do with me?
September 10, 2021By Anonymous Jewish Student BDS stands for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions and was an international call made by the Palestinian Civil Society organization in 2005. BDS calls for non-violent pressure on the state of Israel to comply with international law by…
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TSSU motion is discriminatory and a threat to academic freedom
May 15, 2017By: Rachel Altman, SFU Professor During the week of May 15–19, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) will vote on whether to amend their bylaws to adopt Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) principles. You don’t need to understand the entire…
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