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IJV Statement on the Israeli Bombardment of Gaza and Civil Unrest in Israel
Leave a commentMay 19, 2021 by IJV
Independent Jewish Voices deeply regrets the loss of life on all sides in Israel / Palestine. We call for an …
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Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA)
April 18, 2021 by IJV
Independent Jewish Voices welcomes and supports the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA). Drafted by an international group of leading scholars on this issue, and signed by over 200 academics in Jewish Studies and related fields, the JDA is a useful tool to help identify, confront and raise awareness of antisemitism in the contemporary world. It is also attentive to issues of free speech, and includes, in relation to Israel and Palestine, examples both of the sort of statements that are likely to be antisemitic and of those which, on the face of it, are not antisemitic. Our founding declaration notes that the battle against antisemitism is undermined whenever opposition to Israeli government policies is automatically branded as antisemitic. Independent Jewish Voices recommends reference to the JDA, or indeed adoption of it, in contexts where a definition of antisemitism, or guidance on the topic, is called for.
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Defining Antisemitism: Freedom of Speech on British Campuses and Beyond
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2020 by IJV
Kenneth Stern in conversation with Seth Anziska and Salma Karmi-Ayyoub, chaired by Jacqueline Rose IJV and Birkbeck Institute for the …
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IJV response to EHRC report
7October 30, 2020 by IJV
As British Jews committed to working for a just peace between Palestinians and Jews in the Middle East, we are dismayed by the bitterness and division currently raging in and around the Labour Party in the wake of the EHRC report on antisemitism in the Labour Party. These inward-looking arguments do nothing to help the crucial struggle against anti-Semitism and at the same time draw attention and energy away from the plight of Palestinians, which continues to worsen while simultaneously fading as a matter of international public and political concern. We call on everybody in the Labour Party, and also on our fellow Jews in Britain, to seek to move beyond the current dispute and to focus on working together for equal human rights and dignity for everybody in the Middle East.
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IJV call to action on Trump “peace plan”
Leave a commentFebruary 10, 2020 by IJV
We are British Jews who believe that a successful resolution of the Israel/Palestine dispute can only be achieved on the …
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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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Jerusalem 2018: Reality, Fact and Fantasy*
Leave a commentMay 31, 2018 by IJV
By Brian Klug On 6 December 2017 Donald Trump announced from the White House that “it is time to officially …
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Resistance as Survival: Recalling May 15th, 1948.
Leave a commentMay 17, 2018 by IJV
By Lynne Segal Write something on the 70th anniversary of the state of Israel and the Nakba I was asked. It …
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IJV Statement: Stop the Gaza Killings
Leave a commentMay 15, 2018 by IJV
STOP THE GAZA KILLINGS LIFT THE SIEGE ON GAZA END THE OCCUPATION Since our last statement on 6 April, each …
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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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