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Ajani Stella/The Hoya | At a vigil for Gaza by a faculty group, faculty read out names of children killed.

GU Community Commemorates Children Killed in Gaza, Petitions for Town Hall

By Nora Toscano and Ajani Stella September 11, 2025

A Georgetown University faculty group organized a vigil Sept. 11 to commemorate children killed in Gaza and petition the university to hold town halls discussing the humanitarian crisis. About 50 community...

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SJP, FSJP Hold ‘Week of Rage’ to Commemorate One Year of Heightened Tensions in Gaza

By Aamir Jamil and Maren Fagan October 17, 2024

Georgetown University chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP), two organizations that support Palestinian liberation, sponsored a “Week...

Ruth Abramovitz/The Hoya | Over 150 protesters gather in Red Square before marching across campus and regrouping in front of Leo J. O'Donovan's Hall in response to perceived university censorship of the Georgetown chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

SJP Holds Rally, Marches Across Campus Amid Claims of University Censorship

By Aamir Jamil, Ruth Abramovitz, and Jasmine Criqui September 6, 2024

More than 150 pro-Palestinian protestors marched across Georgetown University’s campus Sept. 4 in a rally to protest perceived university censorship of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a student...

Lauren Doherty/The Hoya | Georgetown University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) tabled in Red Square throughout its annual Apartheid Week hosted April 9-12.

SJP Hosts Annual Apartheid Week, Demands Peace in Gaza

By Lauren Doherty, Senior News Editor April 12, 2024

CW: This article discusses violence and death in Israel and Gaza. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown University Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)...

Over 120 Georgetown University students, faculty and staff walked out from their classes and activities on Feb. 8 to urge the university administration to divest from corporations developing technology for the Israeli military and to deliver a community statement to the Office of the President.

Coalition Stages Walkout, Calls for University Divestment from Companies Supporting Israeli Military

By Catherine Alaimo and Aamir Jamil February 16, 2024

Over 120 Georgetown University students, faculty and staff walked out from their classes and activities Feb. 8 to urge the university administration to divest from corporations developing technology for...

Members of Georgetown Community Attend National March for Gaza

Members of Georgetown Community Attend National March for Gaza

By Aamir Jamil January 19, 2024

Several Georgetown University students and faculty members joined the National March for Gaza in Freedom Plaza on Jan. 13, gathering alongside thousands of protestors calling for a permanent ceasefire...

Students for Justice in Palestine Host Israeli Apartheid Week

Students for Justice in Palestine Host Israeli Apartheid Week

By Adora Zheng March 24, 2022

Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted their annual Israeli Apartheid Week to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine and raise awareness about the human rights abuses they...

Activist Accused of Antisemitism Speaks at Virtual GU Event Despite Student Backlash

Activist Accused of Antisemitism Speaks at Virtual GU Event Despite Student Backlash

By Caitlin McLean October 23, 2020

Miko Peled, a Jewish pro-Palestinian writer and activist who has been accused of posting antisemitic tweets, spoke at an event Sunday despite widespread condemnation from students and campus organizations. Peled’s...

VIEWPOINT: Denounce Israeli Apartheid

By Linda Fawaz April 5, 2019

This past week, Georgetown University’s Students for Justice in Palestine, launched its 15th annual Apartheid Week, hosting a series of events to highlight the apartheid conditions Palestinians live...

TAHABSEM: Reject Anti-Palestine Bias

By Natascha Tahabsem April 10, 2018

Support for Palestinian rights and pro-Palestine student organizations at Georgetown University is too often unnecessarily and undeservedly derided. And while this problem is not exclusive to Georgetown,...

VIEWPOINT: A Boycott for Humanity

By Ahmad El-Husseini March 21, 2017

Put yourself in the place of an elderly Palestinian farmer, who just had his house bulldozed, his livestock confiscated and his land stolen. Put yourself in the place of a Palestinian mother who has just...

Israeli Apartheid Week Draws Polarized Response

By Jack Bennett March 6, 2015

A microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reached the Georgetown campus this week as the Georgetown branch of Students for Justice in Palestine hosted events for Israeli Apartheid Week. The week,...

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