Bethlehem, PA – In solidarity with student protests around the country, Lehigh University students host a “Solidarity Week for Palestine.” The week of peaceful activities include

art-making, film screenings, an interfaith vigil & a Palestinian cultural festival–all of which will culminate in a rally on Lehigh’s campus at 4:30pm on Friday, May 3.

Student organizations Student Political Action Coalition (SPAC) and Lehigh 4 Palestine demand that Lehigh University disclose the financial investments from all companies and institutions that profit from Israel’s apartheid and ongoing genocide in Palestine. Similar demands have been made by students at Lafayette College. According to the statement released earlier this week from Lafayette student group Pards 4 Palestine, they demand that Lafayette College “divest from Israel and weapons manufacturers.”

Sarah Stevens, a Political Science major at Lehigh University said, “We are rallying at Lehigh for a permanent ceasefire in Palestine and to demand that our university disclose its investments and cut ties with military contractors that are dropping bombs on Gaza.”

Lauren Gilmore, a graduate student organizer at Lehigh University said, “We are sickened by the IDF’s murder of over 35,000 Palestinian civilians, the ongoing famine in Gaza, and our University’s complicity. We are standing in solidarity with Palestine by calling for an immediate ceasefire. We demand that Lehigh and all universities cut ties with military contractors and the Israeli Defense Forces.”

Aisha Memon, a student organizer at Lehigh University said, “We want to stop Israel’s

U.S.-funded war on Palestine. We are part of a movement of tens of thousands of students across the country calling for our administrations to cut ties with Israel and stop funding the War on Palestine.”

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Student Political Action Coalition (SPAC) and Lehigh 4 Palestine