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This is a moment to make change. We are growing, we are powerful, and we will continue to build until we win.
Read MoreThe Nakba was – and IS – the plan. The very well-documented goal of the Israeli government has always been, explicitly, to steal the maximum amount of land with the smallest number of Palestinians.
Read MoreThe Nakba was – and IS – the plan. The very well-documented goal of the Israeli government has always been, explicitly, to steal the maximum amount of land with the smallest number of Palestinians.
Read MoreDemanding that Palestinians sign away their rights to the land and homes they’ve lived in for decades is no offer at all. A solution from a legal system that only allows one ethnic group to make claims to land is no solution.
Read More“It is disappointing, but not surprising, that the Israeli Supreme Court supports a ban prohibiting MK Yousef Jabareen, an elected member of the Knesset, from attending a speaking tour in the U.S. sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace. MK Jabareen’s voice, which speaks for the full equality of all people in Israel, is one that Americans very much need to hear.”
Read MoreA ceasefire does not end the illegal blockade against Gaza, stop Israel’s ongoing theft of Palestinian land, or abate the Israeli government’s violent oppression of the Palestinian people everywhere. We cannot and will not go back to the status quo of Israeli apartheid and colonialism—all enabled by the Israeli government, and funded by our U.S. government.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sonya E Meyerson-Knox | sonya@jvp.org | 929-290-0317 We are witnessing a watershed moment of Palestinian resistance in the face of unspeakable Israeli violence. The rampant brutality against Palestinians by the Israeli military, police and mobs—aided, orchestrated and encouraged by the Israeli government, and funded, supported and defended by the U.S…
Read MoreWe choose the struggle for justice over silence and complicity. We choose to join with Palestinians and the growing global movement in support of the right of return for Palestinians, as part of a shared future of justice, equality and freedom for all people.
Read More“We oppose nationalistic quotas and movements to retain Jewish demographic supremacy in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel, and in territories that Israel occupies and controls. We further decry the brutal and repressive campaign of violence by Israeli forces to drive residents from their homes to clear the way for settlements, tactics including rubber-coated bullets, ‘skunk water,’ and sound bombs.”
Read MoreFifteen progressive Jewish groups from across the world issued a call to action on antisemitism, urging a shift from discussing how antisemitism is defined to instead focusing on how antisemitism can be dismantled.
Read MoreThe Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA) is an important alternative to the discredited and dangerous International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition (IHRA), but we emphasize that defining antisemitism does not do the urgently needed work of dismantling antisemitism and all forms of racism.
Read MoreThe controversial IHRA definition poses a direct censorship threat to Palestinians and Palestinian rights advocates. It can easily be used as a censorship tool that falsely conflates attempts to hold the Israeli government accountable with antisemitism.
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