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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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A Victory for the Right to Boycott in Massachusetts
A key committee refused to advance a bill that would have prevented the MA state government from signing contracts with those who support an economic boycott of Israel.
How to Get Your News Feed to Support Palestinian Human Rights
Many JVP supporters are telling us that they no longer see our Facebook posts. These three simple steps make sure you don’t miss our news and actions.
February 2018 Media Watch – JVP Health Advisory Council
Short summaries of important Israel/Palestine news from health and human rights organizations.
When Silence is Betrayal
Statement by Rabbi Brian Walt to the New Orleans City Council: Growing up as a Jewish child in South Africa, my aunt Ethel was the only adult in my family who took a public stand…
Banned for Supporting Palestinian Human Rights
The Israeli government is in a panic. How else to explain the fact that they just banned the leaders of 20 organizations in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement from entering Israel? They see the…
Controversial Trump appointee Kenneth Marcus confirmed, moves to Senate vote
On January 18, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted narrowly on a straight party line vote to advance the controversial Kenneth Marcus as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education.
JVP Rabbinical Council on the Historic Human Rights Resolution R-18-5
We speak on behalf of a large and growing movement of Jews that numbers in the hundreds of thousands that seeks an equitable and lasting peace for all the peoples of the Holy Land, in…
To our members who are concerned about the Israeli ban of JVP activists:
The Israeli Strategic Affairs Ministry has published a list of organizations whose leaders will be banned from entering Israel because of their BDS advocacy.
I’m a U.S. Jew on Israel’s BDS Blacklist. I Have Family in Israel. But I Won’t Be Silenced
Israel wants to intimidate the growing numbers of Jews fighting for equality and freedom for all people in Israel/Palestine. It won’t work.
Israel Includes Jewish Voice for Peace on a BDS Ban List for Supporting Palestinian Human Rights
Strategic Affairs Ministry, which is compiling the list, names 19 other organizations whose members will be barred from entering the country.
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