The DePaul chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine calls on DePaul University to permanently remove Sabra hummus from its cafeteria shelves, because Sabra's parent company, the Strauss Group, financially supports the Israeli military's Golani and Givati brigades, which have been charged with countless violations of international law.
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned with Chartwell'sale of Sabra hummus. Sabra's parent company vocally and financially supports Israel%u2019s illegal occupation of Palestinian land.
Founded in 1986 as Sabra-Blue & White Foods, the company was sold to Israeli food manufacturer the Strauss Group in 2005, a corporation known for its explicit support for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), namely the elite Golani and Givati infantry brigades. Although the IDF itself has a long history of violating international law, the Golani and Givati Brigades, since 1948, have been notorious for their severe human rights abuses in Lebanon and Palestine. The brigades have recently attracted attention for their atrocious war crimes during Israel's three-week assault on Gaza that killed over 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children, most of whom were unarmed civilians. The Strauss Group's active support for the Golani and Givati brigades is an active endorsement of egregious violations of human rights.
In light of the Strauss Group's ongoing support of the Golani and Givati brigades, which both act against international human rights standards, the University's affiliation with the Strauss Group is inconsistent with DePaul's Vincentian values. Continued distribution of Sabra hummus products aligns DePaul University with the perpetuation of egregious harms and shocking injustices. Therefore, we call on DePaul to permanently refrain from buying, stocking, and using Sabra hummus products.
