Yale removes status from SJP chapter over ‘antisemitic conduct’
Yale University has revoked the registration of its Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter,citing “antisemitic conduct” during a recent protest encampment. The protest involved around 200 participants who reportedly disrupted the access of Jewish students to certain areas of campus while chanting anti-Israel slogans. The university’s statement indicated that SJP violated rules for registered student organizations and that there are ongoing investigations into the reported antisemitic behavior, as harassment and discrimination contradict the university’s values. Yale plans to pursue disciplinary action against several students involved in the incident. the decision to deregister SJP comes amid a broader crackdown by the Trump administration on antisemitism in academic institutions. SJP plans to continue protesting against Yale’s actions, expressing defiance in their ongoing activism.
Yale removes status from SJP chapter over ‘antisemitic conduct’ on short-lived encampment
Yale University revoked the registration of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter over the group’s “antisemitic conduct” during an hourslong encampment on campus on Tuesday evening.
“Because Yalies4Palestine has flagrantly violated the rules to which the Yale College Dean’s Office holds all registered student organizations, Yale College today notified Yalies4Palestine that the College is withdrawing its status as a registered student organization,” the university wrote in a statement. “Concerns have been raised about disturbing antisemitic conduct at the gathering. The university is investigating those concerns, as harassment and discrimination are antithetical to learning and scholarship. Yale condemns antisemitism and will hold those who violate our policies accountable through our disciplinary processes.”
SJP organized around 200 protesters at the center of Yale’s campus at 9:30 p.m., who formed a circle around the encampment. A video on X shows the protesters chanting: “We will honor all our martyrs.” Another video showed the protesters blocking the entrance of three Jewish students into the encampment, calling one of the students “scum.”
At around 10:00 p.m., school administrators began handing out cards to protesters that informed them that they were “in violation of Yale University policies regarding free expression, peaceable assembly, and/or disruption.”
“Please stop your current action immediately,” the notice stated. “If you do not, you may risk university disciplinary action and/or arrest.”
Yale gave the protesters until 11:00 p.m. to dismantle the encampment, but organizers didn’t announce dismantlement until 11:30 p.m. SJP is currently planning to hold another protest against Yale for hosting Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, on Wednesday evening.
“Let us recognize what we’ve done in a moment of severe repression. We have shown this university that we are not afraid to escalate! And we will escalate for Gaza until liberation is won,” Yale SJP and Yale Palestine Actions wrote on Instagram Wednesday morning. “We are now rested. Are now energized. And we are and have always been powerful. Today, we call for all students and all people to rally, to shout, and to proclaim: Ben-Gvir out of Yale! Ben-Gvir out of the US! Ben-Gvir out of Palestine.”
The university shared that it will seek disciplinary action against several students who participated in the encampment.
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“During the interaction, staff identified students who had been warned or disciplined in previous incidents that violated university policy. Those students have received written notice today that they are subject to immediate disciplinary action,” the spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon. “Those who violate the university’s policies and instructions … regarding use of outdoor spaces face law enforcement and disciplinary action, including reprimand, probation, suspension, or expulsion.”
Yale’s decision to pull SJP’s charter comes as the Trump administration is cracking down on antisemitism found across colleges and universities. Already, the administration has frozen $2 billion in federal funding for Harvard for refusing to meet officials’ demands on how to combat anti-semitism.
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