DePaul University suspended a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter until late next year, a spokesman for the private Catholic school in Chicago told JNS.
“DePaul SJP has been subject to the university’s disciplinary process and is currently suspended until fall 2027,” the spokesman said on Tuesday. “While on suspension, student organizations do not have access to university funds or space reservations.”
The chapter posted a screenshot of what appeared to be a letter from the office of DePaul’s dean of students dated Nov. 10. In the letter, the office seemed to say that the group was suspended until fall 2027 and that “any additional conduct violations while suspended may very well result in dismissal.”
The group shared images that appeared to show that it had been sanctioned on Aug. 6 after administrators determined that an SJP social-media post in May stated that Israel is “the world’s largest skin bank” and that there are “documented cases of organ and skin theft from Palestinian bodies.” The language violated university policy.
Under the Aug. 6 sanction, which was set to last until June 15, 2026, the chapter was “restricted from all operations, including events, use of official student organization social-media accounts, recruitment, space reservation and funding,” per the student group’s post.
The letter from the dean’s office appeared to state that since Aug. 6, the chapter shared 35 Instagram stories from its official account and promoted an off-campus event in September, despite the chapter being on probation.
