Sacramento State Students for Justice in Palestine is a group of students working toward justice and the recognition of universal rights for all current and displaced residents of historic Palestine. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for self-determination, justice, and equality. We support the 2005 call by Palestinian civil society for various forms of boycott, divestm
ent, and sanctions against Israel until it meets its obligations under international law by:
1) Ending Israel’s occupation and colonization of all Arab lands occupied in June 1967 and dismantling the separation wall;
2) Recognizing the fundamental rights of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel to full equality; and
3) Respecting, protecting, and promoting the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and properties as stipulated in UN Resolution 194. We recognize the moral imperative to respond to a society that has called for help and whose suffering is financed by the United States government and its taxpayers, and its corporations. As enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international humanitarian law, all people in historic Palestine deserve freedom of movement, freedom of education, freedom from military, political, and structural violence, and equality before the law. We as a group do not specifically endorse either a one- or two-state solution to the conflict. We believe in supporting and amplifying the voices of those working against injustice in the region, not in prescribing or imposing a solution. We also recognize that analysis of justice in Palestine must contextualize and include Bedouin, Druze, Mizrahi Jews, African asylum seekers, and Israeli conscientious objectors, among others. We are committed to educating ourselves about colonialism, militarism, nationalism, capitalism, racism, and sexism as they relate to the situation in Palestine/Israel, and we seek to oppose the harmful effects these forces have in the United States as well as Palestine. We are also committed to recognizing and working to eliminate oppressive power relations across lines of class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, ability, religion and nationality within our own work. We oppose discrimination along any of these lines and stand in solidarity with other groups working to oppose inequality in these areas. We see ourselves as part of the statewide and national movements of Students for Justice in Palestine, part of the legacy of student activism across California, and contributing to the larger project of creating a just society for all. We welcome anyone interested in these guiding objectives into our group. Feel free to contact us.
