Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Maryland

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8390717.stm?ad=1 Jerusalem residency losses rise Israel stripped a record number of Palestinians of their right to live in East Jerusalem last year, an Israeli rights group has said. Some 4,570 people had their residency rights removed, more than a third of the total number since Israel took control of East Jerusalem in 1967. Palestinians fear an attempt to reduce their presence in Jerusalem, which both they and Israel claim as their capital. Israel says most of those stripped of their rights were living abroad. Palestinians living in East Jerusalem were offered Israeli citizenship after Israel occupied the area in 1967 and later annexed it. Many refused, not wanting to recognise Israeli sovereignty, and were instead given residency. But, according to the Israeli rights organisation Hamoked, if these Palestinians live abroad for seven years, or gain citizenship or residency elsewhere, they lose their Israe...

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181012111&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Dec 7, 2009 19:55 | Updated Dec 8, 2009 8:01 One of the UK's most prestigious universities is set to "twin" with the Islamic University of Gaza after its student union voted in favor of the move. The London School of Economics (LSE) is set to link up with the Gaza institution after the student union passed a motion - 161 students voted in favor and 131 against - calling for the twinning. The motion was put forward by the school's Palestine Society and called "To twin this union with the Islamic University of Gaza to show solidarity with the students there who have had their campus bombed and their colleagues killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces." The motion also calls for a room in the new student union building to be named after a Palestinian student killed by the "Israel Occupation Forces." The motion relied on an array of sources from organizati...

Hey SJP, Make sure you come out to this tomorrow because diversity is more than tokenization - it is a variety in backgrounds and perspectives, something the University of Maryland needs to value more!! - - Diversity of Thought Panel: Unraveling Campus Tension *Date: *Monday, December 7, 2009 *Time: *6 p.m. – 8 p.m. *Place: *Multipurpose Room, Nyumburu Cultural Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 “*Diversity of Thought: Unraveling Student Tension” *to discuss the causes, effects and solutions to the heated atmosphere on campus. It will highlight and explore the problems officials and students see on the campus and in the educational system as a whole. The panel will feature Solomon Commisong, Assistant Director of Student Involvement at the Nyumburu Cultural Center; Aisha Braveboy, MD State Delegate; Angel Miles, Graduate Student and Professor of Women’ Studies; Jared Ball, Professor of Communication Studies at Morgan State and former green Party Presidential candida...