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Thousands gather in Vancouver in solidarity with Palestine
November 28, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor's Note: The implications of the juxtaposition of the Swastika and the Star of David in this image is not a message authored by The Peak. The organizers probably did not control the signage that protestors brought. The photo was included to capture the event as is, as documentation of the protest taking place. For the record, here at The Peak, we are careful not to condone any message we judge to be antisemitic. Content warning: mentions of genocide, displacement, and war crimes Over 1,000 protestors gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery on November 18…
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SFU community urges university to support Palestine
November 28, 2023Editor's Note: Corrections have been made to this article: the Gaza in Context event happened on October 20, rather than November 10, as previously written. The academic freedom event referenced happened on November 10. By: Anonymous Student Content warning: mentions…
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Media to uplift Palestinian narratives
November 20, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian genocide a “conflict.” The word “conflict” assigns equal blame to…
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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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Independent Jewish Voices group calls on minister of energy to support ceasefire in Gaza
November 14, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: mentions of war, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. The Israeli army and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), have instigated a multitude of attacks in Gaza, where over 9,000 people have died. This comes in…
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Teach-in event at SFU sheds light on Gaza crisis
November 7, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of violence and genocide. In an effort to provide historical, legal, and humanitarian context to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at SFU co-organized an online…
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Diaspora Citizenship: Palestinian Journeys
October 6, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of displacement. Saeed Teebi is a Canadian writer who was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi recently engaged students…
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A talk on Palestinian leadership under the British Mandate
June 15, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer On June 1, SFU’s Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) held an event at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in collaboration with The Caucus. Educator and activist Bassam Abun-Nadi explored the absence of military academies in Palestine…
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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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Council Meeting — May 19, 2021
June 1, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salsi, News Writer Content warning: discussion of genocide, violence, and sexual violence. Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) response to the Israeli colonization of Palestine Science undergraduate representative Zaid Lari brought forward a motion requesting the SFSS show…
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