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	<title>Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley</title>
	<link>http://calsjp.org</link>
	<description>fighting to end Israeli apartheid</description>
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		<title>SJP releases &#8220;Facing Apartheid,&#8221; personal accounts of Palestinian students</title>
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A project by Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley, Facing Apartheid is part of an effort to educate the campus community on its connection to and responsibility for illegal military occupation and apartheid policies which directly and systematically impede access to higher education for Palestinian students in the West Bank, Gaza and 1948 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/06/04/announcements/sjp-releases-facing-apartheid-personal-accounts-of-palestinian-students/</link>
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		<title>Statement of Solidarity with the UC Berkeley Hunger Strikers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Pessimism comes from reality, because reality is tragic. Optimism comes from action, because action changes reality.”
~Jose Mariategui
We Students for Justice in Palestine stand in solidarity and support the actions of the UC Berkeley Hunger Strikers. We find their stand against the racist and violent Arizona law SB 1070 to be courageous, demonstrating a commitment to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/05/08/announcements/statement-of-solidarity-with-the-uc-berkeley-hunger-strikers/</link>
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		<title>Divesting From Injustice: Desmond Tutu&#8217;s Open Letter to the UC Berkeley ASUC Senate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was with great joy that I learned of the recent 16-4 vote at UC Berkeley in support of divesting the university&#8217;s money from companies that enable and profit from the injustice of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and violation of Palestinian human rights. Principled stands like this, supported by a fast growing number [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/04/13/announcements/desmond-tutu/</link>
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		<title>SJP is calling on all supporters to join us in a DIRECT ACTION!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**********CALL TO ACTION********** 
***************PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY*************** 
 
Blessings Community! We hope our words find you in good health and spirits! As you may all know Berkeley’s Students for Justice in Palestine have been fighting to uphold Senate Bill 118A, calling for divestment from two companies that support the Israeli Occupation of Palestine.
SJP is calling on all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/04/12/announcements/direct-action/</link>
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		<title>Response to ASUC Presidential Veto of Senate Bill 118A</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UC Berkeley Divestment Task Force
UCB Students for Justice in Palestine

Download the PDF Document
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		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/04/12/announcements/veto-response/</link>
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		<title>Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill &#8211; Naomi Klein</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
On March 18, continuing a long tradition of pioneering human rights campaigns, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) passed &#8220;A Bill In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES.&#8221; The historic bill resolves to divest ASUC&#8217;s assets from two American companies, General [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/04/01/news-watch/open-letter-to-berkeley-students-on-their-historic-israeli-divestment-bill-naomi-klein/</link>
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		<title>Will Smelko&#8217;s veto on SB118 &#8211; where do we go from here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night, UC Berkeley ASUC President Will Smelko vetoed &#8216;A Bill in Support of UC Divestment From War Crimes,&#8217; a bill which called on the ASUC and the UC to divest funds from companies enabling war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, among other places, and which was passed by the student senate in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/03/25/news-watch/will-smelkos-veto-on-sb118/</link>
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		<title>UC Berkeley student senate votes in favor of divestment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dina Omar, The Electronic Intifada, 19 March 2010 
 Early yesterday morning, the University  of California Berkeley Student Senate (ASUC) passed a bill to divest  from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation  of Palestine. Debate began the night before at 9:00pm and ended and six  hours later when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/03/25/news-watch/uc-berkeley-student-senate-votes-in-favor-of-divestment/</link>
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		<title>Israeli Apartheid Week 2010 at Berkeley, March 1-8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on the image for more details.

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		<link>http://calsjp.org/2010/02/25/announcements/israeli-apartheid-week-2010-at-berkeley-march-1-8/</link>
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		<title>SJP Statement on violent anti-Palestinian attack on campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Update Nov 16, 3:30PM: Response to Arutz Sheva News Release)
For Immediate Release
Please Forward Widely
November 14, 2008 (Berkeley, CA)
SJP is extremely concerned about a violent attack on three Arab Palestinian students on the evening of November 13, 2008 around 6:00PM, and calls upon campus administrators and authorities to immediately investigate the incident and bring those responsible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://calsjp.org/2008/11/14/announcements/sjp-statement-on-violent-anti-palestinian-attack-on-campus/</link>
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