Media Roundup: Stop the bombs.
Photo: Members of JVP-Philly take action to demand that the Pennsylvania State Treasurer stop investing in Israel Bonds.
One year into its genocide of Palestinians, the Israeli government is waging a campaign of terror and destruction that has brought the entire region ever closer to a state of all-out war. This is where impunity leads.
We have watched as Palestinians in Gaza livestream the genocide being carried out against them, meticulously documenting the indiscriminate bombing of refugee camps and hospitals, starvation, and the spread of eradicated diseases like polio.
There is no question of what needs to be done: The only way to prevent even more death and devastation is for the U.S. government to stop arming Israel.
A rabbi protested the war in Gaza. Her activism came at a high price., The Washington Post, September 13, 2024.
“What if more people had stood up for my ancestors?” she said. “What if Germans and Polish people had occupied government buildings?”
Rabbi Lonnie Kleinman, JVP Rabbinical Council
The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement, Yes Magazine, August 6, 2024.
“The Break the Bonds call for institutional divestment really came out of an absolute horror on the part of folks who are taxpayers at the county, city level, state level […] to learn that many institutions in the United States actually directly loan money to the Israeli government and military unrestricted in the form of Israel Bonds”
Dani Noble, Senior Campaigns Organizer, JVP
Uncommitted organizers keep up the pressure after Kamala Harris’ VP pick, Tri-City Record, August 8, 2024
“The surest way to get a ceasefire is to stop sending the weapons”
Tanya Hyde, local JVP Action leader
Firms market homes in West Bank settlements to Jews in U.S., stoking controversy, Marketplace, September 12, 2024.
“They’re selling land that — by international law and even U.S. law — Israel has no right to sell”
Rabbi Abby Stein
Cori Bush May Have Lost an Election, but She Won the Moral High Ground, The Nation, August 7, 2024.
“Extremist, pro-genocide groups like AIPAC are losing the war for public opinion, so now they’re buying elections. We are proud to have supported a champion for justice like Congresswoman Bush and will continue organizing to overcome anti-democratic, pro-war Super PACs and to build a government that actually serves all people—no exceptions.”
Beth Miller, Political Director, JVP Action
Kamala Harris’ veepstakes turn into a big moment for Jewish Democrats, Salon, August 6, 2024.
“As a Jewish person who lost family in the Holocaust, never again means never again for anyone. I’m also shaped by a Jewish tradition of solidarity and internationalism. I speak out mostly because it’s the right thing to do but it’s also important to debunk the false and antisemitic claim that Israel speaks for all Jews.”
Katie Halper, JVP member
Anti-war protesters call for arms embargo, cease-fire in Israel at State House ahead of DNC, The Boston Globe, August 18, 2024.
“I was born in the aftermath of one Holocaust, and I feel like now the arch of my life is that I’m fighting against another genocide. Why are we spending $20 billion more to bomb people who are just trying to live their lives, and not spending that money to give to people here what they need to live a life of dignity?”
Elsa, JVP-Boston
Advocates Pressure Harris, Walz to Vow to Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Truthout, August 7, 2024.
“Grassroots power is changing the story, and these hawkish positions are now at odds with the majority of Democratic voters and have become a political liability.”
JVP Action
Bringing peace to Palestine is both a personal and political commitment for June Rose, Rhode Island Current, July 19, 2024.
“I am in this role to represent the freedom and justice for Palestine movement. Whether it is Biden or one of the other names floated…my role remains relatively similar even if the ground is shifting beneath me.”
June Rose, JVP-Rhode Island
U.S. is criticized for supplying weapons to Israel for its military offensive in Gaza, NPR, August 26, 2024.
“Students have been time after time, on the right side of history and will continue fighting until we see divestment from genocide.”
Evgeny Stolyarov, JVP
Letter to the Editor: Immediate ceasefire needed in Gaza, Brattleboro Reformer, August 30, 2024.
“As members of Jewish Voice for Peace Vermont-New Hampshire, we demand an immediate ceasefire, a permanent termination of all armed hostilities, and an end to Israel’s brutal occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.”
JVP-Vermont/New Hampshire
Former Jewish Voice for Peace leaders reflect on the lessons of anti-Zionist organizing, Mondoweiss, September 8, 2024.
Opinion: Portland moves to the rhythm of justice, Portland Press Herlad, September 12, 2024.
“Until all people who live between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River can live free and dignified lives on that land, I will continue to do everything in my power to cut off all American funding to and investments in companies that participate in Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people. I hope you do the same.”
Dana Caston, JVP-Portland
Israel’s Beeper Attacks Are Terrorism, Jacobin, September 19, 2024.
“Israel is a rogue state. If it continues to be met with impunity, there will only be more death and destruction. The only way to end the genocide in Gaza and prevent a regional war is for the US government to stop arming Israel, period.”
Madeleine Hall, Senior Digital Editorial Coordinator, JVP
American Jews Have Long Questioned Zionism, Common Dreams, September 23, 2024.
“As historians and as anti-Zionist Jews active in our communities, we know that unqualified support for Israel has been widespread among American Jews, built on the idea that only Israel could prevent another Holocaust and keep Jews safe. But crucially, there has never been a complete pro-Zionist “’consensus.’”
Marty Blatt and Marjorie Feld
25 Arrested Blocking Netanyahu’s Motorcade to UN General Assembly, Common Dreams, September 26, 2024.
“As Jewish New Yorkers we vehemently condemn Prime Minister Netanyahu’s assault on Lebanon and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. We will continue to raise our voices in dissent until the United States government stops arming Israel and Palestinians are able to live with the full freedom and dignity they deserve.”
Jay Saper, JVP-NYC
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