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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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Stolen Homes
Palestinians can’t #LiveThere, So Don’t Go There. Over 150,000 people around the world have joined with a coalition of human rights and corporate responsibility groups to demand that Airbnb immediately end the illegal practice of listing…
Letter to UC Regents: University of California Deserves Real Experts on Intolerance
We are deeply concerned with the list of “experts” chosen by the Working Group on the Statement of Principles against Intolerance.
JVP Commends Methodist Pension Board for Divestment from Israeli Banks
Jewish Voice for Peace congratulates the United Methodist Church for taking the unprecedented step of divesting from Israeli banks that sustain Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The Pension and Health Benefits Fund of the United Methodist Church declared the five largest Israeli banks off limits for investment and has divested from the two that it held in its portfolios, due to their deep involvement with financing illegal settlement building in the occupied Palestinian territories.
La Lucha Sigue Y Sigue: Connecting Struggles and Welcoming Refugees
The following blog post, calling in JVP members at this critical moment in fighting for justice and safety and dignity for immigrants and refugees, is from Elaine Cohen, JVP member in Austin, Texas. A few years…
Anti-NGO bill latest escalation of the assault on democratic values in Israel
The Israeli Knesset is moving forward a bill that targets human rights organizations that receive foreign funding. The bill is a new escalation in climate of intimidation and silencing of human rights activists and progressives…
Imagining Return to al-Ghabisiyya village: Video
“Our Return” is A joint project from the Arab Association for Human Rights, the Association for the Defence of the Rights of the Internally Displaced, Baladna — Association for Arab Youth, and Zochrot. The aim…
JVP Student Network Statement on Intersectionality
As Jewish students active in intersectional struggles for justice, we are troubled by recent articles and opinion pieces published in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the Jewish Daily Forward, the New York Jewish Week, the Daily…
The Palestinians Fleeing Syria Are Among the Most Vulnerable Refugees
Their special legal status leaves them stateless, even after decades of exile, and without the same rights as other refugees. Read the full article here.
Chanukah Anti-Islamophobia Action Round Up
“Our goal in creating this action during Hanukkah was to make visible the extent and multiple manifestations of Islamophobia and racism and to re-commit ourselves fully to this work” The Muslim community and those perceived…
Rededicate this Chanukah to Challenging Islamophobia
JVP members across the country are rekindling our commitment to challenge, through words and actions, Islamophobia and racism in all their manifestations. Find an action near you.
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