Princeton Committee On Palestine

For every narrative of an Israeli running to a bomb shelter, there exists a parallel anecdote of an innocent Palestinian civilian family fleeing from their home with minutes’ notice to escape an Israeli airstrike, or a college student living in Nablus who is withheld passage through a checkpoint to attend university in Birzeit.

We believe that only through international pressure will Israelis be able to make the difficult decisions that will ensure Israel’s long-term existence. It is through this kind of effort that South Africans were able to end apartheid, and there is little reason to believe that it would not work just as well in this case.

Vote yes on the referendum to provide yourself and fellow students the opportunity to purchase an alternative hummus not connected to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.

The Princeton Committee on Palestine has sponsored a referendum in next week’s USG elections that asks Dining Services to sell an alternative to Sabra hummus in all its retail locations on campus.

Rivka Cohen '12 criticizes the labeling of Israel as an apartheid state and Gary Fox '13 defends Princeton's dining options.