For over an hour tonight, our diverse group of students showed their disagreement with the hosting of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, an Israeli music group, outside of the Anderson Events Center at Binghamton University. At it’s peak, about forty undergraduates and graduate students stood at the entrance chanting “FREE, FREE PALESTINE!” and “Music, culture that’s all great, but not in support of apartheid state!”, and for a time a subgroup was stationed inside the lobby. We distributed flyers stating the reason for our presence to students and community members as they walked into the theater.
The demonstration went without incident, as all SJP members were respectful to the patrons’ ability to use the facility. Spokespeople for our group gave interviews to the Pipe Dream and other campus organizations. We appeared out of our dedication to human rights and out of the cultural boycott implicit in the SJP and BDS campaign, though we expect the news to be skewed any which way. So far, the results of today have only left us encouraged and excited to move forward with BDS activism on SUNY Binghamton’s campus.
Binghamton University SJP 
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