Netayanhu’s far-right coalition has again escalated the violent and extremist goals of the Israeli government.
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Jason Farbman
8M ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sonya E Meyerson-Knox | sonya@jvp.org | 929-290-0317 Following yesterday’s vote in the Israeli Knesset, the government has officially begun the passage of a series of laws that seek to consolidate power and more deeply entrenched apartheid and settler colonial rule over Palestinians. While Israel has never been a democracy, yesterday’s vote is still a marked... Source ..read more
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JVP Rabbinical Council Stands With Jenin
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Sonya
9M ago
As rabbis, we condemn the Israeli government’s devastating attack on the people of Jenin. We watched as a refugee camp and city were encircled and then bombed, and as thousands of Palestinian families were forced at gunpoint to flee their homes. The Israeli military’s actions were unconscionable. And the U.S. government is a collaborator in the project. The devastation of Jenin is the true face of... Source ..read more
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Netanyahu’s government continues to incite violence
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Sonya
10M ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sonya E Meyerson-Knox | sonya@jvp.org | 929-290-0317 In the past three days, Israel’s far-right government delivered on its promises: the Israeli Cabinet expedited and drastically expanded the building of illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land, while the Israeli military killed seven Palestinians in a nine-hour attack on Jenin that included Apache... Source ..read more
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Jewish Voice for Peace stands with Fatima Mohammed
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Sonya
10M ago
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Sonya E Meyerson-Knox | sonya@jvp.org | 929-290-0317 Jewish Voice for Peace is proud to stand in support of Fatima Mohammed, a Muslim CUNY Law graduate elected by her peers to give the 2023 commencement address, who is now facing a smear campaign for having the bravery to speak out against the widespread abuses of the apartheid Israeli government. On May 12... Source ..read more
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JVP mourns brutal Israeli attacks on Gaza and Nablus
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Adinda Marx
11M ago
The Nakba is not just a historical event, but an ongoing structure of violence and ethnic cleansing. New York, NY (May 9 2023)—We are grieving and enraged by the Israeli government’s assault on Palestinians in Gaza last night and today that killed at least 15 Palestinians, including 4 children. Last night, as Palestinians in Gaza slept, the Israeli military led an aerial bombardment of the densely... Source ..read more
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JVP rabbis teach Torah of Divestment at hotel as Smotrich speaks at Israel Bonds fundraiser
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Sonya
1y ago
Jewish Voice for Peace members and allies made their voices heard in DC and across the country — Divest from Smotrich and Israeli apartheid Washington DC — As far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich fundraised for apartheid at the Israel Bonds conference at the Grand Hyatt hotel, JVP rabbis and students attempted to take over the hotel’s atrium, planning to transform it into a Beit... Source ..read more
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Jewish Voice for Peace condemns brutal Israeli military attack on Palestinians in Nablus
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Adinda Marx
1y ago
The Israeli military killed at least 11 Palestinians and wounded over 100 more on Wednesday, when military forces carried out an attack on the densely populated historic Old City of Nablus in broad daylight. Jewish Voice for Peace stands in solidarity with the movement for Palestinian freedom to end the brutal and escalating state violence of the Israeli government. Reports from Nablus earlier... Source ..read more
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Statement from the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Adinda Marx
1y ago
We, North American Rabbis, watch with great concern as extensive violence is unleashed on Israel and Palestine once again. We are mindful of our friends in the large, Palestinian community in the United States, Canada and beyond who are grief-stricken by the endless violence perpetrated against their people back home in Palestine. In the last few weeks, there has been a spike in the extra-judicial... Source ..read more
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The new Jewish supremacist Israeli government continues escalating state violence against Palestinians
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Adinda Marx
1y ago
In a gross escalation of violence, last night the Israeli military stormed the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp outside Jericho in the occupied West Bank, killing 5 Palestinians. This follows a harrowing 5 hour raid that injured 13 more the night before, during which ambulances and medical personnel were barred from providing care to injured Palestinians. The military is now withholding their bodies from... Source ..read more
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The Israeli government is inciting a new phase of violence
Jewish Voice for Peace
by Sonya
1y ago
As the tally of lives lost in Palestine and Israel continues to grow, it becomes increasingly clear that the Israeli government has launched a new phase of state violence against Palestinians. On Thursday, the Israeli military launched an attack that killed ten Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp. In response, earlier today, there was a lethal attack near a synagogue in a settlement outside of... Source ..read more
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