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August 13, 2025
“Israel has succeeded in killing me.”
The Israeli military has been deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza since the very first days of the genocide.
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All The News We Didn’t Print
Ten thousand copies of a special supplement of The New York Times focused on Israel and Palestine were distributed across NYC yesterday, while thousands of on-line versions made their way across the internet. The special supplement, which was a parody, includes such articles as “Congress to Debate US Aid to Israel” and “In the Footsteps of Mandela and King: A Non-Violent Movement Gains Ground Ten Years On,” as well as an editorial, “Our New Editorial Policy: Rethinking Israel-Palestine.”
Solidarity with UAW Local 2865
In December 2014, rank-and-file members of Local 2865 of the United Auto Workers voted to support boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) of Israel. With their vote, they honored the call of Palestinian civil society, and joined millions of people the world over who are taking non-violent action to protest Israel’s human rights abuses.
Don’t Pinkwash Apartheid: A Tochecha for the National LGBTQ Task Force
Pinkwashing is an integral part of Israel’s ‘Brand Israel’ public relations strategy, which appeals to racist and colonial notions of Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims as backwards and intolerant in contrast to the supposedly enlightened Western liberalism of Israel. A simplified notion of ‘gay rights’ has become one of the most effective ways to mark that Western identity, and is used by organizations like A Wider Bridge to build support for the Israeli state, and replace an ongoing history of apartheid, occupation, and settler-colonialism with a feel-good story of liberal tolerance.
Trees as Weapon, Trees as Life
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) is offering a special deal for Tu B’Shevat on its website: “Help celebrate TuBishvat by planting a tree in Israel…and you will be automatically entered to win a trip!” Meanwhile, since 1967, over 800,000 Palestinian olive trees have been destroyed by the state of Israel.
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…
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.
Open Letter To Rabbi Susan Talve from St Louis Jews
For more than a year, we have struggled to reconcile your righteous stand on challenging U.S. domestic racism with your stated commitment to Zionism and defense of Israel.
Escalate Peace!: “Welcoming” AIPAC to Milwaukee
Guest Post by JVP Member Rachel Ida Buff, orginially published by Atlas of Difficult On a brisk Monday evening, members of Milwaukee Jewish Voice for Peace, joined by our allies from Students for Justice in…
Progressives: Netanyahu isn’t one of us
25,000 Jews and Allies tell the Center for American Progress: Netanyahu is No Progressive! After a well documented pressure campaign by AIPAC, the Center for American Progress, a leading liberal think-tank, invited Israeli Prime Minister…
Baltimore Activists Demand Cardin End Military Aid to Israel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] Baltimore Activists Demand Cardin End Military Aid to Israel October 22, 2015– On Thursday, members of the Baltimore community publicly demanded an immediate end to US military aid to Israel…
Student Reflection from UCOP Petition Delivery
Guest Post By Nico Wedekind, JVP 2015 Summer Fellow Within my first two days at JVP, I became involved in helping organize the recent University of California Office of the President (UCOP) Signature Drop Event…
Human Rights & Civil Society Organizations Condemn Sheldon Adelson-Organized Anti-BDS Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Ramah Kudaimi: [email protected], 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…
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