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Tonight we held one of our biggest actions ever.
Over a hundred British Jews gathered at short notice across the UK to mourn all the Palestinians and Israelis killed and to call for Freedom from Occupation, Freedom from Violence.
Take a look ⬇️
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There is clear pressure from across the Jewish community for Israel to meet its legal and moral responsibility to ensure Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are vaccinated. We hope Israel rises to this responsibility - and our communal leaders stop defending the indefensible.
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A leading scholar on anti Semitism explains why Gavin Williamson is wrong to try and force the IHRA definition on universities: it is ‘based on mistaken assumptions’ that the definition is ‘straightforward’ and that other tools to tackle it are lacking theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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As American Jews increasingly enter the Palestinian rights movement, the power dynamics between the two groups can sometimes lead to tensions.
972mag.com/palestinians-amer…
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Very disturbing that non-Jewish LP officials are taking sides in political disputes among Jewish members, in the name of “fighting antisemitism”. The Jews being suspended are longstanding anti-racist activists, who also call out the Israeli state’s racism against Palestinians.
With the suspensions of Moshe Machover and Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi (following suspending at least one other Jewish member for questioning the IHRA definitions, and another being put under investigation), it’s clear @Keir_Starmer’s Labour are profiling and going after Jews.
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As Israel, ranked 16th largest military in the world, bombs Gaza, an essentially imprisoned population (with few resources, polluted water and a serially traumatized population), do not be quick to call this bombing Israel’s right to defend itself. #LetGazaLive
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Today, more than ever, Jewish Voice for Peace stands with @Ilhan under nearly constant attack by far right politicians and not defended nearly enough by fellow Democrats. Show her support NOW. #IStandWithIlhan #StandWithIlhan
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Fun fact: the people most impacted by the Israeli elections are people who don't have the ability to vote.
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The only democracy in the Middle East: haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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Our new report presents eleven key points on the grave issue of widespread targeted airstrikes against family homes in Gaza during Israel's military offensive in 2014 lphr.org.uk/latest-news/elev…
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Time to break the silence on Palestine nytimes.com/2019/01/19/opini…
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The logic of the ‘new anti-Semitism’ can be formulated as a syllogism: i) anti-Semitism is hatred of Jews; ii) to be Jewish is to be Zionist; iii) therefore anti-Zionism is anti-Semitic. The error has to do with the second proposition. lrb.co.uk/v40/n01/neve-gordo…
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Uri Avneri died at 95. He was a pioneer of the 2 state solution when talking about it was considered a treason. As an editor he was a mentor to generations of Israeli journalists. A brave man who preached peace and met with Arafat in Beirut in the heat of 1982 Lebanese war.
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Open letter organised by @IJVweb and signed by over 500 British Jews - do sign! ijv.org.uk/2018/07/26/not-in…
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Not In Our Name ijv.org.uk/2018/07/26/not-in… via @IJVweb
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IHRA code will make it hard for people in Labour Party to say that the Law has made Israel a racist endeavour (no matter what people thought of it before). Imagine a code which said it was racist (!) to describe old South Africa as 'apartheid'!
The Nation-State Law, which enshrines Jewish supremacy in Israel, has made it clear to the country’s Druze population that we are not equals. So why don’t we demand it be abolished completely?
972mag.com/how-israel-betray…
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Please don't empty anti-Semitism of all meaning by adding "political" in front of it and then deploying it as a partisan charge against much-needed and legitimate criticism of Israel's racist behaviour towards both Palestinians under occupation and Palestinian citizens of Israel.
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#GlobalJewishLetter now in 6 languages--English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German--and signed by 40 Jewish organizations worldwide. Time we took over the World Jewish Congress! #WeAreTheJewishFuture jewishvoiceforpeace.org/glob… @jvplive #BDS @IJVweb @WorldJewishCong
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We have published a longer version of the open letter published in tomorrow’s print edition of the Guardian signed by 70+ artists and public figure. artistsforpalestine.org.uk/2… via @Art4PalestineUK
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Yesterday a new Israeli military order went into effect. Palestinians can no longer challenge Israel’s demolition orders & Israel can now summarily demolish. This order indicates plans to accelerate and expand dispossession of Palestinian in the West Bank. btselem.org/planning_and_bui…
