academic institutions, are deeply embedded in state practices and receive extensive state funding WHEREAS Israeli academic institutions, like U.S. WHEREAS the Israeli state specifically violates Palestinians’ right to education by damaging Palestinian universities, colleges, and schools in military offensives raiding students at those institutions and forcing the institutions to temporarily close for military or other reasons restricting Palestinians’ movement to such an extent that it impedes their ability to attend and teach classes and preventing students from traveling abroad to study or present research WHEREAS the Israeli state systematically violates Palestinians’ rights under international law, including the right to education WHEREAS the unceasing military occupation and colonization of Palestine by the Israeli state is a manifestation of both settler colonialism and structural racism, supported politically, financially, and militarily by the U.S. WHEREAS settler colonialism and structural racism work across the world, including in the United States, to disenfranchise, dispossess, and inflict violence upon specific groups of people for the benefit of others Internal resolution for student groups endorsing BDS*: NYU Young Democratic Socialists of America.NYU Students Against Gentrification and Expansion.SHADES: For LGBTQ Students of Color and Allies at NYU.Native American and Indigenous Student Group at NYU.National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at NYU.MuCh - Muslim Christian Dialogue at NYU.Mosaic: The Interfaith Students of Color Coalition at NYU.NYU Mexican Student Association (MexSA).NYU Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP).Latinos Unidos Con Honor y Amistad at NYU (LUCHA).NYU International Socialist Organization.Haitian American Students Association (HASA).GSOC-UAW Local 2110 - The Union for Graduate Employees at New York University.NYU Coalition on Law & Representation (CoLR).Advocate Coalition (Against) Trafficking at NYU (Re-ACT).In just over a decade, BDS has blossomed to a global movement of religious organizations, academic associations, unions, and activist movements worldwide, and we are proud to be a part of this struggle for justice. Inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, BDS demands action by Israel to comply with international law. We call on NYU to divest its holdings from companies and funds that are complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. ![]() We support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement for Palestinian human rights as it is a non-violent method of resisting Israeli apartheid from abroad. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 700,000 Palestinians were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias, and of the establishment of the State of Israel, which continues its campaign of ethnic cleansing of Palestine to this day in the form of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank and the Golan Heights and brutal siege of Gaza. Committing to continually recognizing indigenous land and sovereignty.Calling on NYU to divest its holdings from companies and funds that are complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.Endorsing the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.Boycotting NYU’s pro-Israel clubs, Realize Israel and TorchPAC, by not co-sponsoring events with them, as well as boycotting off-campus pro-Israel groups such as Birthright-Taglit, StandWithUs, Christians United for Israel, the Maccabee Task Force, Mosaic United, Zionist Organization of America, American Israeli Political Action Committee, and the Anti-Defamation League.Boycotting Israeli academic institutions and conferences sponsored by the State of Israel.Boycotting Israeli goods and goods manufactured in the Occupied Territories, except for those manufactured by Palestinians. ![]() We, the undersigned student groups, pledge to participate in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian human rights by
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