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Dubbed “The Asymmetrical Table,” two NY restaurants hosted a sold-out, pop-up dinner series celebrating Palestinian cuisine and culture.
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This week, over 1000 Palestinian prisoners launched the largest collective hunger strike in years, on the occasion of marking 50 years of military occupation & nearly 70 years of Israel’s displacement & imprisonment of Palestinians
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By Abbie Boggs As we all prepare for the newest travel ban, we have to remember that our real fight is against Islamophobia. For people not directly involved in the politics or administration of international student visas, the fact that international students were at the center of recent legal arguments about immigration policy and national…
Read MoreWith the announcement of Rex Tillerson President-Elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Jewish Voice for Peace offers the following commentary on several foreign policy appointees who will impact our work towards a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis
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Political struggle and maps are directly linked.
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The shift has been underway for years now: opponents of Palestinian human rights have de-emphasized actual debate about Israeli policies. Nowhere is this more clear than among those who oppose the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. Don’t get me wrong, they still try to slander Palestinian human rights activists as inherently anti-Semitic and wipe away…
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What is Pinkwashing? “Pinkwashing refers to when a state or organization appeals to LGBTQ+ rights in order to deflect attention from its harmful practices.” — Decolonizing Palestine, Pinkwashing Readings on Pinkwashing Israel & Pinkwashing, The New York Times Gay Rights as Human Rights: Pinkwashing Homonationalism, Jadaliyya VIDEO: Pinkwashing Exposed, Seattle Fights Back Against the Pinkwashing…
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The Israeli Knesset is moving forward a bill that targets human rights organizations that receive foreign funding. The bill is a new escalation in climate of intimidation and silencing of human rights activists and progressives in Israel. Intended to isolate Israeli non-governmental organizations that advocate for peace and protection of Palestinian rights, the legislation is…
Read MoreI this moment of intensified violence in Israel/Palestine, it is more important than ever to understand the occupation, dispossession, and apartheid that has been the status quo for decades and is at the root of the current violence.
Read MoreOn June 30, 2015, the United Church of Christ voted to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation and to boycott settlement products. Jewish Voice for Peace congratulated United Church of Christ on taking a strong stand for a just peace in Israel/Palestine. Thousands of JVP supporters thanked UCC in sign-on letter. See JVP’s press release…
Read MoreJewish Voice for Peace members across the country demonstrated in the media that there was grassroots support for Congress member to skip Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s March 3rd speech. Op-Eds by JVP members: The Washington Post: __Netanyahu doesn__t speak for all American Jews__ (February 20, 2015) JVP__s Executive Director Rebecca Vilkomerson writing about Netanyahu__s upcoming…
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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 Christ Takes a Stand on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with Divestment Vote (June 30, 2015) Religion News Service: United Church of…
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