Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine are revolted at President Hartzell’s decision to once again order a military-style invasion of the UT campus. This decision is especially egregious given the unprecedented brutality our students experienced less than a week ago. As of the time of this writing, we have already witnessed the arrests of at least twenty protestors, including one so dehydrated they had to be taken to the hospital.
FSJP extends its unwavering support to the Palestine Solidarity Committee, which did not have any role in organizing today’s attempt to create a campus encampment. We also support the broader student movement for Palestinian liberation. We will not be silenced, we will not cave in the face of this malevolent intimidation.
We continue to support PSC’s demands:
- UT must divest from companies complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
- President Jay Hartzell must resign.
- UT must drop all sanctions against students arrested for peacefully protesting.
- UT must reinstate PSC as a registered student organization.
As always, all eyes on Gaza. Free free Palestine.
UT Austin Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine 