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JVP’s Executive Director provides an overview of the current U.S. legislation attempting to suppress the grassroots movement for Palestinian Human Rights.
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Members of Jewish Voice for Peace – Chicago confronted representatives of politically conservative Jewish organizations and federal and state legislators at a Northbrook synagogue over their opposition to justice and equality for Palestinians.
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Most Representatives are not only unwilling to hold Israel accountable for its repeated violations of Palestinian human rights, but are actively taking steps to demonize and ostracize human rights advocates working to make non-violent change.
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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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Last week, I spent two days walking around downtown Philadelphia outside the Democratic National Convention wearing a t-shirt that said “Palestinians should be free.”
Read MoreAs rabbis, we affirm the inherent human dignity of Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinian call for solidarity and justice, through the nonviolent tactics of boycotts, divestment and sanctions, or BDS, gives us hope. Almost 70 years after Palestinians lost their homeland, the popular movement for Palestinian liberty is now on the world’s political agenda. A…
Read MoreJewish Voice for Peace strongly opposes the latest legislative effort to discourage the growing movement for justice and equality for Palestinians. The Combatting BDS Act of 2016 (S. 2531/H.R. 4514), introduced February 10, 2016, aims to encourage and authorize legislation at the state level to divest state funds from companies that boycott Israel.
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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 is simply Dareen, and Dareen is poetry September 9, 2016 Warscapes: Susan Abulhawa: Art and politics are not mutually exclusive September 9, 2016…
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The ADL markets itself as a civil rights organization, but its history betrays an extensive record of anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian advocacy.
Read MoreToday, the New York City Council passed Resolution No. 1058-A, condemning the non-violent boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. The controversial resolution has been widely condemned by civil rights attorneys, community groups, and racial and social justice activists across New York City.
Read MoreJVP National: The Guardian: Sheldon Adelson looks to stamp out growing US movement to boycott Israel (June 5, 2015) “Jewish Voice for Peace, a US group which supports sanctions, condemned the legislation for “encouraging illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel.” The Jewish Daily Forward: Secret Sheldon Adelson Summit Raises up to…
Read MoreJVP National: Salon: What Israel fears with the successes of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (May 7, 2015) In a statement released by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbi Joseph Berman noted: __This legislation, which actually encourages illegal settlement building while strengthening the far right in Israel, shows that BDS is an increasingly powerful means to challenge…
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