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During the four-hour hearing, Loyola SJP responded to the six charges against them, which include bias-motivated discrimination, harassment and bullying and violations of demonstration policies, but the students were only found guilt of violating the free expression and demonstration policy because the group did not properly register its impromptu action, according to a Loyola SJP press release.
Steven Salaita always wanted to be a teacher. The Palestinian-American had his dream taken away from him after he exercised his freedom of speech on Twitter.
The Cleveland Cavaliers opened up pre-season play against an Israeli team, Maccabi Tel Aviv, on Oct. 5 while several dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside Quicken Loans Arena to protest the team’s first year head coach, David Blatt, who supported and attempted to justify Israel’s 51-day assault on Gaza this past summer, which killed 500 Palestinian children.
Students for Justice in Palestine Loyola University Chapter hosted a kick-off event to celebrate Palestinian heritage on Sept. 17.
Odeh was accused of lying on her immigration forms in 2013 by failing to disclose a criminal conviction meted out by an Israeli military court in 1969. The original judge on the case proved to have Israeli ties and finally stepped down and allowed a less bias judge to be randomly appointed, the Electronic Intifada reported.
This past weekend, Aug. 22—24, the Watani Chicago Festival brought the Arab culture to Bridgeview, the south west suburb just outside of Chicago. It also brought well deserved awareness to the crisis throughout Palestine, primarily in Gaza.
Some people who came to watch the glorification of war machines stopped by the demonstration and watched. Organizers said, initially Chicago police officers who were on the scene, told the protestors they had to leave, but in the end the officers did not force the demonstrators to leave.
People spoke for the flag and against it but in the end the Human Relations Commission voted to keep the flags that hang during August for Diversity Month in tact. Those who asked for the flag to be removed gave reasons such as: “Palestine isn’t a recognized state by the United States.” While those who were for the Palestinian flag mentioned how the Palestinian-Americans who live and work in Lincolnwood have contributed greatly to society.
A few hundred attended the Chicago Vigil for Gaza on Aug. 9. People met at the historic Water Tower in downtown before marching to the Tribune Tower. There, religious leaders from Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths read prayers. The vigil was held in remembrance of the nearly 2,000 Palestinians that have been murdered during Israel’s assault on the densely populated area.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in front of the White House for a march to protest the attacks on Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.
“We are here today to tell Israel, that it may be killing our brothers and sisters but the world stands with Gaza,” Awad Hamdan, a member of the Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine, said to the thousands who gathered in front of the Daley Center in downtown Chicago.
Awad Hamdan and the rest of the Chicago Coalition of Justice for Palestine helped mobilize the largest protest for Palestine in the history of the United States, organizers say. Activists in Chicago returned to the streets July 26 to protest the siege on Gaza and the occupation of Palestine.
Norman G. Finkelstein, a political scientist, activist, and professor, is easily one of the most active and recognizable voices on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
