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Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is an anti-Zionist, pro-Palestinian college student activism organization in the United States, Canada and New Zealand that has campaigned for boycott and divestment against corporations that deal with Israel, and organized various Palestine Awareness Week events that accuse Israel of war crimes, ethnic cleansing and genocide. As of 2010 SJP had more than 80 chapters at American universities.〔(Students for Justice in Palestine ), Anti-Defamation League website, April 27, 2010.〕 Some SJP chapters in the United States have adopted the name Palestine Solidarity Committee or Students for Palestinian Equal Rights. In Canada, some SJP chapters have adopted the name Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA), or Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR). ==History== Students for Justice in Palestine was first established at the University of California, Berkeley in 1993. In 2001 the group organized the first Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) conference to coordinate corporate divestment from Israel efforts nationwide. The organization was banned by the University of California from engaging in on-campus protests in 2002. In March 2014 the Center for Student Involvement at Northeastern University suspended the SJP from campus for one year after an incident that the Center described as "intimidation" of fellow students.〔Northeastern University Bans ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ for Intimidating Students, March 12, 2014 ()〕〔(Northeastern U. suspends pro-Palestinian group, March 13, 2014 )〕 PSM served as a national umbrella organization for SJP and other groups until it dissolved in 2006. In October 2011, SJP held their first national conference at Columbia University which was attended by 40 chapters.〔 The conference resolved on the organization's Points of Unity on October 16, 2011. The Points of Unity stated: Students for Justice in Palestine is a student organization that works in solidarity with the Palestinian people and supports their right to self-determination. It is committed to ending Israel’s occupation and colonization of all Arab lands and dismantling the Separation Wall. It recognizes the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality. 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.〔(Organizations Resolve to Organize Nationally for Palestine ), Students for Justice in Palestine website, ''accessed April 18, 2013''.〕 SJP has used Facebook successfully to do outreach to individual and organize and promote events both on and off campus. Many chapters have hundreds of members and also use Twitter and other online social media networks for a broader reach and visibility.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Students for Justice in Palestine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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