SJP Rally at CCNY in Support Of Gaza
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October 31, 2023 -
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On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a loud rally on the campus of The City College of New York (CCNY), in front of the CUNY Chancellor’s office. The rally called for CCNY President Vincent Boudreau and CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez to publicly condemn the Israeli bombings in Gaza and demand an immediate ceasefire.
Rabbi Dovid Feldman was among the speakers during the demonstration and shared a powerful message with the crowd. He stated, “This genocide didn’t start on October 7th. Unfortunately, this is an outcome. We don’t condone violence, but this is sadly an outcome of over 75 years of brutal, unending occupation. If we truly want to address the issue, if we truly are concerned about the safety and security of all, we should realize and understand what is the root cause of this conflict. Nobody should believe that the difference of religion is the cause for conflict. We had differences of religion for the longest time, and we did not have conflict. We lived in peace in so many Muslim countries.”
The rally emphasized the need for a peaceful resolution and called for an end to the violence in Gaza.
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