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The
Global Women’s Strike and Payday men’s network have been demonstrating publicly
against the Israeli murderous attack on Gaza and we entirely endorse the IJAN
statement (below).
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We
call on Jews all over the world to follow the call from Haider Eid, political activist and
commentator, to “besiege Israeli consulates” and to protest Zionist events
attempting to justify Israel’s massacre of Palestinians. Below are reports of
actions Jews against genocide are taking or participating in.
Please
join us – organize pickets, protests,
creative actions, sit-ins, demonstrations and direct action to
protest – in the loudest possible way – the brutal massacre and
ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.
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LONDON
IJAN
was part of a “progressive Jewish bloc” organized by the Young Jewish Left (see
pic left) for the demonstration on Saturday, July 19th
in which a hundred thousand people took the streets. The
on-line journal, Vice reported:
“To both Jews and non-Jews the idea of an anti-Zionist Jew can sound like a
contradiction in terms—an abuse of Rabbi Hillel’s most
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famous
ethical aphorism, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me." But for Sam
Weinstein, and for around 30 others, me included, tucked together in a small
Jewish bloc at Saturday’s Gaza demo in London,
standing against Israel is precisely what our background demands. “I come from a
Jewish tradition that has always fought for the underdog,” Sam told me as he
unfurled a banner of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
in the sticky heat. “One that has fought for social justice because historically
we were the ones getting killed by the state.”
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TORONTO
In
Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, IJAN members have helped organize and participate
in demonstrations against Israel’s military assault on Gaza and the Palestinian
people, and in response to the call from civil society in Palestine. Demands
include calling for an end to Canada’s unequivocal support for Israel, “right or
wrong” and recognition of the connection between Israeli policies towards
Palestinians and Canada’s genocide against Indigenous peoples here on Turtle
Island. On Friday 11 July in Toronto, over 3000 people protested and marched
from the Israeli consulate to the main intersection of Yonge
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and
Bloor Streets. The following week, daily
vigils were held in front of the Israeli consulate in Toronto @ the noon hour by members of
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), IJAN Canada, Pax
Christi, and others, culminating in another demonstration on Saturday 19 July.
Also on 19 July IJAN members took part in a demonstration in Hamilton, where
over 1000 people rallied against Israeli war crimes. Further actions are in the
works, including a joint statement with IJV on recent attacks against Muslims
and a Muslim community centre.
CHICAGO
On
Tuesday, July 22,
2014, Stand With Us, a pro-Israel right wing group in America,
organized a Stand with Israel protest outside of the Israeli consulate in
downtown Chicago, IL. The Coalition for Justice in Palestine, a coalition of
Palestinian, Muslim and Arab community, religious and student organizations in
Chicago, convened a Stand With
Gaza counter protest. On a busy Tuesday afternoon in the heart of
downtown Chicago, the two demonstrations faced off, with the pro-Palestinian
rally clearly showing larger numbers and winning the support of pedestrians and
motorists across the crowded streets.
In
the middle of the demonstration, Jews for Justice In Palestine (JJP), a
collective of Chicago Jews in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle
against Israeli occupation, dumped a pile of bloodied baby dolls in full view of
the pro-Israel rally and the Israeli consulate. The dolls symbolize the innocent
children that have died as a result of Israel's terrible bombardment and
invasion of Gaza over the last two weeks.
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JJP
stands with the Palestinian people in mourning the over 550 Palestinians in Gaza
who have been killed, the over 3000 wounded, and the over 80,000 who have fled
their homes since Israel's assault began. JJP also stands with the Palestinian
community worldwide as they take to the streets and resist the occupation. As
Jews, we are resolute that this bloodshed may not continue in our name, and we
urge fellow Jews all over the world to continue to stand with the Palestinian
people, protest outside of Israeli embassies and consulates, and amplify the
movement for BDS to end the occupation and win justice for Palestine.
Occupation
and Apartheid Are Not Jewish Values!
Solidarity
and Liberation Are!
SAN
FRANCISCO
As
bombs rain down on Gaza, and Israel intensifies its latest genocidal attacks
with a ground invasion, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Jewish
Community Federation and Endowment Fund, and the Board of Rabbis of Northern
California hosted “Stop the Sirens in Israel: An Emergency Solidarity Gathering”
at Temple Emanu-El. “Stop the Sirens” is a national
effort sponsored by the Reform Movement and led by the Jewish Federations of
North America. In San Francisco, the Israeli Consul General, Andy David,
spoke—or tried to speak.
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Members
of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and other Jews of conscience
staged seven disruptions inside the event, as members of Queers Undermining
Israeli Terror, Jewish Voice for Peace, and IJAN demonstrated outside. Our
message was clear: any institution that seeks to offer political cover for
Israel’s brutality will face opposition and isolation.
Disruptors,
who included children and grandchildren of survivors of the Nazi genocide,
interrupted the proceedings by shouting “stop Israel’s genocide of
Palestinians,” and “never again for anyone.”
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Our
action was staged in tandem with a funeral march organized by the Arab Resource
and Organizing Center, attended by thousands in downtown San Francisco. The
Jewish action drew away reactionary Zionist demonstrators and disrupted the
media frame of “Jews versus Arabs” by asserting a Jewish voice in strong
opposition to the attacks and siege on Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. The
action was covered by mainstream media television sources KTVU and
CBS.
Predictably,
Zionist audience members and counter-demonstrators reacted with
violence—pushing, hitting, and verbally attacking activists.
Critics
accused us of desecrating a sacred space. But they have it backwards: by
inviting an apologist for Israeli war crimes, and in offering prayers to the
Israeli Defense Forces, the Zionist hosts desecrated
the sacred space. We reject the conflation of Zionism and Judaism which makes a
mockery of Jewish values, and manipulates and abuses Jewish histories of
persecution by claiming that Israel acts to protect Jews. We call on Jews
everywhere stand firmly, and to take action to demand the end of Israel’s
bombing, siege, occupation, and colonization.
Stand
against Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, stand in support of Palestinian
self-determination and resistance, stand on the side of
life.
Click
here
for short video of protest and disruption.
LOS
ANGELES
Join for
upcoming demonstration
DEMONSTRATION
TO END WAR ON GAZA
When: Friday, July 25, 11:30 AM – 2
PM
Where: Israel Consulate
11766 Wilshire (between Bundy and
Barrington)
LA
Jews for Peace Invites you to join us at a PEACE DEMONSTRATION in front of the
Israeli Consulate
SEATTLE
When: Friday, July 25, 7:30 pm
Where: Seattle Central College
1701 Broadway, Seattle,
Washington 98122
Join
others who refuse to allow the atrocities against the Palestinian peoples
continue without LOUD RESISTANCE. Bring pots n pans, musical instruments,
yourself! every week. We will march in solidarity with
the Palestinian peoples resisting occupation by Israeli colonizers. #freegaza #freepalestine
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Network
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:: India :: Israel :: Latin America :: Morocco :: United Kingdom :: United
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Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
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