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Challenging Pitzer/Haifa Study Abroad Program: Can Civil Society Act?

[Prefatory Note: The post is an open letter to the President of Pitzer College urging support for reconsideration of his veto of a resolution urging the college to suspend its study abroad program with the University of Haifa until Israel ends its discriminatory policies in the educational sphere that affect Palestinians and anyone exercising rights of free expression in a manner that Israel disapproves, and more. specifically the BDS Campaign. With the UN unable to bring peace, the long failed effort at. American-led diplomacy, and now Trump in the White House it.

Defying college’s threats, California students build mock Israeli wall

Students displayed a mock wall on Pitzer College’s campus on Tuesday, defying administrative restrictions. (Photo from Pitzer SJP Facebook) Courtesy The Electronic Intifada

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) had constructed a mock Israeli wall on campus on Tuesday as part of their actions marking Israeli Apartheid Week