Palestine
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 meeting three demands: the end of the illegal occupation and colonization of Palestinian land and the dismantling of the separation wall, recognizing fundamental rights of Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to live equally, and the promotion to right of return for refugees who were forcefully expelled from their homes in 1948 by ethnic cleansing. BDS is not an isolated campaign. Rather,…
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SFSS BDS motion sees support from Palestinian and Jewish students and opposition from Hillel
August 6, 2021Written by: Nancy La, Staff Writer This is a developing story that The Peak may cover in future pieces. Find previous reports of the motion here. On May 19, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) motion passed a motion in…
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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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SFU union referendum on Israel boycott fails
May 24, 2017The membership of an SFU union has rejected a policy to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU), which represents teaching assistants, tutor markers, and sessional instructors at the university, held…
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SFU union holds referendum on Israel boycott
May 16, 2017This week, TAs and TMs at Simon Fraser University will weigh in on an issue that has a stake in a decades-old, bitter conflict. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) is holding a referendum May 15–19 on whether to adopt…
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SFPIRG series offers Canadian perspectives on Palestine-Israel conflict
October 13, 2014The Simon Fraser Public Interest Group (SFPIRG), hosted a film and discussion series over the past two weeks called, “Palestine and the Creation of the State of Israel.” The series, which featured talks titled “A Brief History,” “Life Under Occupation,”…
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