This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP; Arabic: طلاب من أجل العدالة في فلسطين, romanized: Ṭullāb min ajl al-ʿAdāla fī Filasṭīn) is a pro-Palestinian college student activism organization in the United States, Canada and New Zealand.

Founded at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993, it has campaigned for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement and organized events about Israel's human rights violations.

In Quebec, some use the name Solidarité pour les droits humains des Palestiniennes et Palestiniens (SDHPP), which means the same thing in French.

It calls for respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194.

[8]The SJP's mission statement is to develop "a connected, disciplined movement that is equipped with the tools necessary to contribute to the fight for Palestinian liberation", with an emphasis on intersectionality.

[10] WESPAC also sponsors Adalah NY, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Palestinian Feminist Collective, Palestine Freedom Project, and Within Our Lifetime.

[10] The Palestinian Solidarity Movement (PSM), the previous national hub organization, was sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine (AMP).

[19] On 28 September 2015, members of the Victoria University of Wellington's SJP branch picketed a talk by two visiting former Israeli soldiers that had been organized by the Australasian Union of Jewish Students.

On February 6, nine SJP members picketed an IS class and handed out leaflets criticizing Israel and Israeli appropriation of Palestinian water sources.

The Palestinian students then lined up for a photo op some distance away with signs that read: "My family is from the ethnically cleansed village of [each place name] BUT I DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO RETURN."

The board of trustees decided to divest from Caterpillar, United Technologies, General Electric, ITT Corporation, Motorola, and Terex.

[29] Hampshire College President Ralph Hexter said the decision to divest from those companies was not aimed at Israel but related to socially responsible investing criteria, and criticized SJP for suggesting otherwise.

The university spokeswoman said, "in this instance the sale of Sabra hummus was temporarily suspended, by mistake, prior to review by the Fair Business Practices Committee.

On March 8, 2013, substantial campaigning by SJP at University of California, Riverside (UCR) produced a victory when the Senate voted 11–5 to endorse BDS and divest from Caterpillar and Hewlett Packard.

The vote in support of BDS at UCR was large enough to avoid a veto by the undergraduate student body president who opposed the resolution.

The event, co-organized by Columbia's SJP and Jewish Voice for Peace, called for a ceasefire, divestment from companies profiting from Israeli activities, and the cancellation of the Tel Aviv Global Center opening.

[48] In September 2024, National Students for Justice in Palestine shared and later deleted a post saying that the ultimate goal of divestment is "the total collapse of the university structure and the American empire itself.

"[51] The Tufts SJP chapter organized an October 10 vigil mourning the lives lost in Gaza over the preceding days, then numbering nearly 1,000.

[50] In October 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directed state universities to ban SJP on campuses, alleging that it illegally supported Hamas militants who attacked Israel.

State university system Chancellor Ray Rodrigues issued the directive,[52] basing the ban on a "toolkit" the national organization gave its chapters calling Hamas's attack "the resistance" and asserting that "Palestinian students in exile are integral to this movement".

The move was described as part of DeSantis's heightened pro-Israel stance during the Israel–Hamas war and drew criticism for potentially suppressing speech on campuses.

[44] On October 25, the Anti-Defamation League, in collaboration with the Brandeis Center, sent an open letter to over 200 colleges urging them to investigate SJP chapters for supporting Hamas.

The ADL wrote that many SJP chapters endorsed Hamas's attack on Israel, potentially violating laws against material support for terror groups.

[53] In November 2024, SJP's co-president and former president at George Mason University were banned from campus and subjected to a police raid on their home.

According to the local authorities, the police found weapons belonging to their family members, Hamas and Hezbollah flags, and "patches that call for death to Jews and America".

More than 90 advocacy organizations signed a letter in protest of the campus bans and police search, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it was an attempt to suppress pro-Palestinian speech.

[63][better source needed] The forum attracted widespread media attention, including criticism from the Anti-Defamation League; Alan Dershowitz, who called it an "anti-Israel hatefest"; and New York politicians, who said they would stop funding the college if the event was held.

As a result, BC conducted a two-month investigation and the student organizers of the event sought legal help from the Center for Constitutional Rights.

[37] In the wake of the 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupation, UPenn revoked the status of its SJP chapter[71] and Harvard suspended its Palestine Solidarity Committee.