Tag: palestine
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Students gather to commemorate Palestinians displaced during Nakba
A partition decorated in phrases such as “To exist is resist” and “UMD Divest Now” stood tall on McKeldin Mall as students painted olives, Palestinian flags, and resistance slogans on kites and banners. More than 50 students gathered for the Nakba remembrance event organized by the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Students for Justice in Palestine…
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Students rally outside Smith school event, call for an end to “normalizing genocide”
A Palestinian flag caught the wind, waving in the air as protestors chanted, “No normalization, we demand liberation” outside the Robert H. Smith School of Business on the evening of Tuesday, April 21 in opposition to a panel event held by the school featuring various speakers to discuss how to promote dialogue, with a secondary…
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Over 100 community members gather for SJP ‘Falasteen Forever’ event celebrating Palestinian culture
Vibrant red tatreez patterns on attendees’ thobes and black-and-white keffiyehs filled the colony ballroom as over 100 guests gathered to attend the Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) Falasteen Forever fundraiser event. Falasteen Forever was an event to showcase the work SJP did all semester and raise awareness on Palestinian struggle and culture, according to…
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USM students charge Board of Regents with complicity in genocide at People’s Tribunal, call for divestment
By: Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly As the last student finished testifying during the public comments period of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents meeting, students in attendance collectively stood up and began chanting “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” Holding up signs reading “USM you have blood on your hands”…
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Bread and bullets: A ‘Palestine 36’ review
I must begin with a confession. If you asked me about the nitty gritty details of the Palestinian history as it explains the state of Gaza and the West Bank today, I would not be able to answer. History of the Middle East is something that for my entire life has been filtered through the…
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From 2017 to 2025, here’s a history of divestment bills for Palestine at UMD
DISCLAIMER: Riona Sheikh serves as the Executive Vice President of UMD’s student government from 2025-2026. Over the last decade, hundreds of students on this campus have gathered to pray for Palestinian people killed by Israel and protest the University System of Maryland’s investments in weapons manufacturing companies and other institutions supporting Israel. After almost eight…
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UMD club hosts IDF soldiers event, raising concerns about student safety
Three soldiers from Israel’s military who fought in Gaza during the ongoing genocide were on UMD’s campus at an event held by student organization Students Supporting Israel (SSI) in Jimenez Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 21. The event was intended for the soldiers — Ariel Levy, Daniel Shalom, and Avigayil Atlas — to share their “powerful…
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‘All Day for Gaza’: UMD community gathers to mourn Gaza’s martyrs
More than 50 University of Maryland community members gathered to honor the deaths of Palestinians at the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) “All Day for Gaza” event on Tuesday at McKeldin Mall. The event consisted of sit-ins, teach-ins, speeches and art demonstrations with small white flags placed by organizers to represent Palestinian martyrs killed…
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