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June 18, 2026
A land grab the size of NYC.
Since October 2023, Israel has illegally taken control of an additional 1,000 sq km of territory — bigger than the entirety of New York City — that stretches across Gaza, southern Lebanon, and southern Syria.
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Miami Herald: “Miami Beach commissioner funded billboards targeting activists: court filing”
“I stand with Palestinians and millions across the globe, including large numbers of Jews, who demand justice for the Palestinian people and an end to Israel’s genocide.”
Miami Herald: “Jewish Voice for Peace sues Miami Beach, claiming free speech violations”
The Miami Herald reports on JVP-South Florida’s lawsuit against the city of Miami Beach over its repeated infringements on their right to free speech.
Mondoweiss: Could the Illinois campaign to overturn the state’s anti-BDS law become a national model?
“If we overturn this it would be a boost to other states. It’s a powerful message. This is why pro-Israel groups are afraid of this passing. It’s about more than just Illinois.”
We support the New School Student Government’s defense of international law and human rights.
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace* congratulates The New School University Student Senate (USS) for the first of its kind resolution in a U.S.-based university, finding its campus Hillel “not in good standing”…
JVP Academic Council Statement Condemning Temple University’s Treatment of Student Protestors
The JVP Academic Council strongly condemns Temple University’s treatment of students who protested Temple’s consideration of establishing monetary ties to Israel at a public session of the Board of Trustees.
JVP Academic Council Statement on Touro University’s Newly Formed So-Called “Antisemitism Institute”
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace is dismayed over Touro University’s decision to establish its so-called “Antisemitism Institute.” This is clearly not a legitimate academic or scholarly institute.
The Nation: “May Day and the Reclamation of the Jewish Radical Tradition”
“Our work organizing for a free Palestine is deeply connected to hundreds of years of radical Jewish labor organizing.”
JVP Academic Council Statement on UC Berkeley’s Settlement with the Brandeis Center
The Academic Council of Jewish Voice for Peace strongly objects to the settlement agreement signed by the University of California at Berkeley on March 19, 2026 with the Brandeis Center for Human Rights.
JVP unequivocally condemns Israeli parliament’s passage of Palestinian-only death penalty bill
With the passing of the death penalty bill, the Knesset has removed still more window dressing from Israel’s brutal apartheid regime. The Israeli government has now codified the unequal, racial application of the death penalty….
New York Times: “About 90 People Detained at N.Y.C. Protest Over Arms Sales to Israel”
Hundreds of people shut down the street outside Senators Schumer and Gillibrand’s offices to demand they vote to block the sale of U.S. weapons to Israel while it continues its genocide in Gaza and escalates regional war.
Democracy Now: “Scores Arrested at Jewish-Led Protest Demanding New York Senators Vote Against Arms to Israel”
“Our senators need to listen to their constituents. Three hundred New Yorkers are here to say, ‘Stop arming Israel.'”
AP: “Dozens arrested as protesters demand Schumer and Gillibrand block sale of bombs to Israel”
Hundreds of people shut down the street outside Senators Schumer and Gillibrand’s offices to demand they vote to block the sale of U.S. weapons to Israel while it continues its genocide in Gaza and escalates regional war.
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