Palestinagård was established as a collective student protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are enduring an ongoing genocide and decades-long illegal military occupation by the Zionist settler colonial state.

We cannot stand idly by as students committed to justice, equality, and the protection of human rights. It is our duty to speak out against such atrocities and advocate for those who are suffering.

Lund University has a responsibility to uphold the values it claims to stand by: “freedom of opinion, respect for everyone’s equal value, human rights, and freedoms.” It cannot genuinely do so while maintaining ties with companies and Israeli institutions that benefit from and are complicit in the illegal occupation and genocide of Palestinians.

Lund University must end all forms of complicity with the Zionist settler state immediately. Silence is no longer an option. As all universities in Gaza have been bombed and the education system have been destroyed by Israel, Lund University must also commit to financially, politically and academically support Palestinian education system, students, researchers and teachers.

Even though the tents of Palestinagård are gone, we will continue to use our voices and actions to strive for a world – or at least a university – where illegal occupation and genocide are not tolerated.