Princeton Students Plan Pro-Palestine Camp: Report

Princeton University students are preparing to stage a pro-Palestine camp, emulating other schools across the country, according to records obtained by National Review.

On a document obtained by the conservative-leaning vehiclestudents label their protest the “Princeton Gaza Solidarity Camp” and list their demands to stop the event, including the university calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning Israel’s actions, the school providing financial transparency to its investments and divesting its donations from companies associated with Israel.

Princeton would also have to associate itself with Palestinian institutions and dissociate itself from Israeli ones, such as sponsoring birthright trips to Israel.

“We will go nowhere until these demands are met – hundreds of students, alumni, workers and teachers are and will continue to exercise their right to peacefully protest. Our values ​​call on us to advocate for justice for Palestinians and to confront the unethical investments of the Princeton University endowment. We will not be silenced, we will be heard. We will not rest until we divest!” the document says.

The National Review obtained other documents released by protesters, including a list of teachers friendly to their cause, how to recruit others to join the camp and different roles people will have at the camp, such as running to get supplies and how much risk is associated . each of the roles.

In one of the documents, students highlight that they do not believe that extreme measures such as expulsion will be taken against students

“We think expulsion is highly unlikely; only students who were expelled in the movement at Vanderbilt were expelled for touching (“assaulting”) a police officer. Exclusion is highly unlikely; at Princeton a committee is needed and we know that at least two faculty members who serve on the committee are at the Palestine College of Justice,” the document says.

Princeton’s vice president for student life sent an email to students reminding them of the school’s commitment to free speech — but warning that there are strict limits on protests on campus.

“For these reasons, among others, our policies explicitly prohibit such conduct, and I want to make sure you understand that we will act promptly to resolve the issue. Any individual involved in an illegal camping, sit-in, or other disruptive conduct who refuses to stop after warning will be arrested and immediately banned from campus. For students, such exclusion from campus would compromise their ability to complete the semester. Additionally, members of our community would face disciplinary proceedings (for students, this could lead to suspension, delay in obtaining a degree, or expulsion),” said Rochelle Calhoun.

At other pro-Palestine camps, hundreds of students were arrested and other schools went so far as to expel students for their participation.

These protests have received bipartisan condemnation, especially at Columbia University, where several lawmakers visited and called for the president’s resignation.

The Hill reached out to a member of Princeton’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter for comment.