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140,000 people sign StolenHomes coalition petition to Airbnb to end illegal settlement listings
More than 140,000 people from around the world have joined with an international coalition of advocacy organizations including SumOfUs, CODEPINK Women for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, the US Palestinian Community Network, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, and Jewish Voice for Peace in demanding that Airbnb immediately end the illegal practice of listing properties in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on its vacation rentals website.
UC Regent Faculty Letter Sign On
University of California Faculty Letter Re: Statement of Principles Against Intolerance Read the full text of the letter below. To add your name, fill out the form. For more information, contact tallie@jvp.org Add Your Name…
Letter to CUNY Leadership in solidarity with Students for Justice in Palestine
Dear Chairperson Schmidt and Chancellor Milliken, Jewish Voice for Peace urges you to protect the constitutional rights of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters throughout the CUNY system. Students for Justice in Palestine have…
Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago disrupts Anti-BDS event
Members of Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago confronted representatives of politically conservative Jewish organizations and federal and state legislators at a Northbrook synagogue over their opposition to justice and equality for Palestinians.
Oscar Nominees Receive Invitations to Palestine
Oscar nominees in the top acting and directing categories as well as host Chris Rock received invitations from a coalition of groups to visit Palestine and experience life through the eyes of Palestinians living under apartheid and military occupation.
New York JVPers to Israeli Settlement Funder: “Violence Against Palestinians should not be Tax Exempt”
For immediate release on February 22, 2016 Contact: Eva Kalikoff | evakalikoff@gmail.com Peace activists to Israeli Settlement Funder: “Violence Against Palestinians should not be Tax Exempt” New York JVP activists bring Shuhada Street to the…
Full-Page Ad in Los Angeles Times Calls on Oscar Nominees to #SkipTheTrip Offered By Israeli Government
A full-page color ad calling on Oscar nominees to #SkipTheTrip being offered by the Israeli government in swag bags was published in the Calendars section of today’s Los Angeles Times.
Variety Censors Ad Supporting Palestinian Human Rights
Jewish Voice for Peace and the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation placed the above ad in Variety Magazine. The next day, we were told that we “would need to have a softer tone.”
The Mukhtar’s sworn testimony – more on the 1948 Dawaymeh Massacre
“This letter regards sworn testimony by the village Mukhtar (leader) Hassan Mahmoud Ihdeib, who cites the massacre victims to be at least 145 in two main locations – the mosque (60) and the nearby cave…
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