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Letter to Alison Weir
May 5, 2015 Dear Ms. Weir, Jewish Voice for Peace has chosen not to work with you because our central tenet is opposition to racism in all its forms, and you have chosen repeatedly to…
Anti-BDS summit raised millions to bully the movement for justice
This weekend, Sheldon Adelson hosted a summit in Las Vegas - intended to be secret - to talk about how to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Human Rights & Civil Society Organizations Condemn Sheldon Adelson-Organized Anti-BDS Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Ramah Kudaimi: membership@endtheoccupation.org, 708-822-5880 Human Rights & Civil Society Organizations Condemn This Weekend’s Sheldon Adelson-Organized Anti-BDS Meeting June 5, 2015 – As organizations committed to freedom, justice, and equality for all peoples…
Hewlett Packard Is Not Socially Responsible
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is supposed to ensure that member companies “meet and exceed global human rights standards.” So why does BSR accept conference sponsorship from Hewlett Packard (HP) when HP is complicit in…
US Israel Strategic Partnership Act
JVP helped prevent AIPAC’s top priority legislation, the US Israel Strategic Partnership Act, which would have discriminated against Arab-Americans and Muslim Americans visiting Israel.
May JVP in the News
JVP National: Salon: What Israel fears with the successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (May 7, 2015) In a statement released by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbi Joseph Berman noted: __This legislation, which actually encourages…
Shared Values Compel Us to Speak Out Against Israeli Policies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Dann | media@jvp.org | 845-377-5745 Jewish Voice for Peace: Shared values compel us to speak out against Israeli policies May 22, 2015–As President Obama expressed in his speech at Congregation…
The Dispossessed
Sixty-seven years ago, Israel created a Jewish state, and my grandmother was made homeless. By Saleem Haddad To read the full article, click here.
April 2015 JVP in the News
JVP Press Highlights: Common Dreams: US lawmakers quietly advance legislation to penalize boycotts of Israel (April 23, 2015) “Rabbi Joseph Berman, federal policy organizer for JVP, declared, “This legislation, which actually encourages illegal settlement building while strengthening…
JVP Supports Students for Justice in Palestine at Bowdoin
It’s not anti-Semitic to demand full equal rights for Palestinians Jewish Voice for Peace Stands In Solidarity with Bowdoin SJP We at Jewish Voice for Peace support Students for Justice in Palestine at Bowdoin College,…
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