SJP is a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and community members at Northwestern University. Our group is organized according to democratic principles in order to promote justice, human rights, liberation, and self-determination for the Palestinian people. As an advocacy group, SJP is committed to a core set of principles to which it expects its members to adhere. SJP believes that while
the Palestinian people must ultimately be able to decide their future in Palestine, certain key principles, grounded in international law, human rights, and basic standards of justice, are fundamental to a just resolution of the plight of the Palestinians. These include the full decolonization of all illegally held Palestinian lands, the end of the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. SJP follows Northwestern’s mission of promoting social justice, fairness and service for all humanity through learning and educating, and helping people lead extraordinary lives by seeking justice for the Palestinian people. SJP will raise awareness and educate about the plight of the Palestinian people. SJP aims to struggle against human rights violations, aggression, war crimes, and genocide inflicted on the Palestinian people. Furthermore, we believe in a just and fair resolution to the Palestinian right of return and repatriation of Palestinian refugees, as well as an end to the Israeli system of discrimination against the indigenous Palestinian population. Just as SJP condemns the discrimination underlying the policies and laws of the state of Israel, SJP rejects and condemns any form of hatred or discrimination against any religious, racial, or ethnic group. Rooting its strength in the diversity of its membership, SJP welcomes individuals of all ethnic and religious backgrounds to join in solidarity with the struggle for freedom and justice in Palestine.
