Category Archives: IJV Statements
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IJV Statement on BDS and Responsible Investment Campaigns
Leave a commentJune 14, 2019 by IJV
Since the launch of Independent Jewish Voices in 2007, the prospects for peace between Israel and Palestine have progressively diminished …
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Not In Our Name
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2018 by IJV
This week, the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News and Jewish Telegraph are publishing the same front page, headed “United we stand” …
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Global Jewish organizations condemn attempts to stifle criticism of Israel
1July 20, 2018 by IJV
Independent Jewish Voices is proud to join Jewish Voice for Peace and over 30 other Jewish organizations worldwide in signing …
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IJV response to the Jewish Chronicle on Jeremy Corbyn
1July 19, 2018 by IJV
We note with dismay and outrage the front-page headline in today’s Jewish Chronicle, which uncritically quotes Labour MP Margaret Hodge’s description …
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Joint statement on Tory links to antisemitism in European politics
Leave a commentApril 18, 2018 by IJV
As the House of Commons holds a debate on antisemitism called by the Conservative Party, we are calling on the …
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Stop the Murders in Gaza
Leave a commentApril 6, 2018 by IJV
Independent Jewish Voices is horrified by the killing today (Friday 6 April) by Israeli military forces of at least …
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Jeremy Corbyn and the Jewdas Seder: A Statement by Independent Jewish Voices
1April 3, 2018 by IJV
Independent Jewish Voices was founded to challenge the view that communal bodies such as the Board of Deputies and more …
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Independent Jewish Voices: 100 Years After Balfour
Leave a commentOctober 9, 2017 by IJV
On 2 November 1917, a letter from the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour was transmitted to the Zionist Federation, promising British …
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IJV Statement on Allegations of Antisemitism in the Labour Party
10May 1, 2016 by IJV
We are concerned at the proliferation in recent weeks of sweeping allegations of pervasive antisemitism within the Labour Party. Some …
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IJV SG Statement on current cycle of violence
Leave a commentJuly 10, 2014 by IJV
We watch in horror and utterly condemn the pointless cycle of violence being stoked by Israel’s ongoing bombing of crowded civilian areas in Gaza, resulting in an escalating death toll, devastating civilian injuries and the continued destruction of homes and livelihoods. We reject the UK government’s one-sided support for Israel’s massive and disproportionate retaliation to the rocket attacks from Gaza and urge instead that it calls for peace negotiations and an end to all bloodshed.