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Netanyahu speech provides opportunity to question US/Israel “Special Relationship”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Dann | media@jvp.org | 845-877-5745 Netanyahu speech provides opportunity to question US/Israel _ Special Relationship__ In his controversial speech before a joint session of Congress today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Grassroots support encourages members of Congress to skip Netanyahu’s speech
Grassroots support encourages members of Congress to skip Netanyahu__s speech Contact: Naomi Dann | media@jvp.org | 845-877-5745 Jewish Voice for Peace members across the country have helped organize a multifaceted campaign to encourage members of…
January JVP in the News
Foreign Policy Journal: __The Irrelevance of Liberal Zionism__ (January 5, 2015) JVP friend Richard Falk on the flaws of liberal Zionism and his support for JVP. The Nation: __Breaking Taboos, BDS Gains ground among Academics__…
December JVP in the News
Mentions of JVP in the News: The Nation: _Progressive Honor Roll (December 22, 2014) JVP_s #GazaNames video made The Nation’s Progressive Honor Roll for 2014. They write: Produced by Jewish Voice for Peace with the…
November JVP in the News
Mentions of JVP__s role in the political landscape: Haaretz: __BDS movement claims victory as US County drops Israeli security firm__ (November 26, 2014) Coverage of Durham JVP__s BIG WIN! Also coverage in Mondoweiss, and the…
Congress Flooded with Letters Urging Members to #SkipTheSpeech of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2015 Congress Flooded with Letters Urging Members to #SkipTheSpeech of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Washington, DC) _ Today, a coalition of civil society and human rights organizations delivered the names…
Jewish Voice for Peace on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions | 2015
JVP endorses the call from Palestinian civil society for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as part of our work for freedom, justice and equality.
Statement on the Murder of Three Young Muslims in North Carolina from the Network Against Islamophobia (NAI)
We mourn the murders yesterday near the campus of the University of North Carolina of three Muslim students, 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat and Yusor Mohammad, 21, who were married in December; and Yusor__s sister, Razan…
University of California Student Association votes for divestment from companies complicit in human rights abuses
Jewish Voice for Peace applauds the University of California Student Association (UCSA) Board of Directors for resoundingly approving two bills calling for divestment from multi-national corporations complicit in human rights abuses against Palestinians. This vote…
Members of Congress heed grassroots pressure to #SkiptheSpeech
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naomi Dann 845-377-5745 media@jvp.org Members of Congress heed grassroots pressure to #SkiptheSpeech Jewish Voice for Peace and partner groups call on members of Congress to Skip Prime Minister Netanyahu__s Speech February 4,…
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