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October 16, 2023
All eyes on Gaza. We can’t look away now.
Israeli officials are openly planning to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza.
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Why Israel Imprisoned A Poet – by Sarah Schulman
Last week, the Israeli government sentenced a poet to five months in prison. For a poem. Two and a half years ago Dareen Tatour, a young Palestinian woman, posted a poem in Arabic on her Facebook page. Historically, poets go to prison when unjust systems reach a level of control so brutal that no opposition can be tolerated.
August 2018 Media Watch – JVP Health Advisory Council
Short summaries of important Israel/Palestine news from health and human rights organizations.
Stop the Deadly Exchange Between the U.S. and Israel #ApartheidIsNotSecurity
We’ve recently gotten word that it is likely the ADL’s National Counter Terrorism Seminar was on the ground in Israel during the very week that bombs were falling on Gaza and the Knesset was codifying apartheid.
Jewish Voice for Peace Board of Trustees Responds to Attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and Labour Party
Criticism of Israel does not pose an existential threat to Jewish communities.
JVP: Israel’s Jewish “Nation-State” laws confirms it is an apartheid state
This legislation confirms Israeli apartheid: a system of separate and unequal treatment under the law. The law demotes the status of Arabic as a national language, places national value on the development of “Jewish settlement,” and reserves the right to self-determination for Jews only.
First ever: 40+ Jewish groups worldwide oppose equating antisemitism with criticism of Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace proud to stand in global solidarity against harmful definition of antisemitism and with human rights and freedom to protest
First-ever: 40+ Jewish groups worldwide oppose equating antisemitism with criticism of Israel
It is more important than ever to distinguish between the hostility to or prejudice against Jews on the one hand, and legitimate critiques of Israeli policies and system of injustice on the other.
My Story, Like Every Migrant’s Story, Is A Love Story
My story, like every migrant’s story, is a love story. But my story, unlike so many, didn’t end up with family separation.
Take action to stop unconstitutional attack on freedom to boycott
The Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720/ H.R. 1697) is the latest, and most extreme, of a series of unconstitutional anti-boycott legislation at both the federal and state level.
July 2018 Media Watch – JVP Health Advisory Council
Short summaries of important Israel/Palestine news from health and human rights organizations.
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