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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.
Recent Blog Posts
Segregated ‘apartheid buses’, yet another step further from peace
The segregation of buses is just one small part of an Israeli system which, at its core, designates different sets of rights and privileges based on religion and ethnicity.
Letter from Tel Aviv – Hilla Dayan and PW Zuidhof
Why do Israelis support a costly ground invasion of Gaza? The summer in Israel was planned long in advance. Eager to go, our three small children were excited to start their Lego themed summer camp….
Resources to end the bombing and hold Israel accountable
Tell Congress: no US aid for human rights violations.
Bodies and Borders: An Interview with Ella Shohat
Scholar Ella Habiba Shohat has long dealt with the real and imaginary boundary lines that inform some of the most insidious conflicts of our times. She defines herself as an “Arab-Jew” of Jewish-Baghdadi background, who…
Badil-Zochrot Study Visit to Cape Town
For more background on the Practicalities of Return, read Badil and Zochrot’s discussion papers, which highlight different visions for the future in detail.
I Belong There
by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Carolyn Forche and Munir Akash. Full poem can be found here. An excellent source of additional background on Darwish is Fady Joudah’s article at the Academy of American Poets website:…
United Church of Christ Divests!
L’Chaim UCC! With 80% of the vote, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ just divested from corporations that profit off the occupation. In the words of the UCC Palestine-Israel Network, The backlash against the…
JVP in the News
September 2016 The Nation: American Jews Should Support the Movement for Black Lives Platform September 7, 2016 The Forward: The Jewish Left Needs To Call Out Real Anti-Semites Like Christopher Bollyn September 7, 2016 Warscapes: Poetry…
Press Archive
The New York Times: United Church of Christ Approves Divestment to Aid Palestinians (June 30, 2015) Associated Press: UCC Church to Divest over Israeli Treatment of Palestinians (June 30, 2015) Huffington Post: United Church of…
Britain in Palestine 1917-1948: Film
This film explores Britain’s role in Palestine leading up to the Nakba, from 1917-1948. Watch the full film from the Balfour Project here.
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