Jewish Voice for Peace Criticizes Biden’s Antisemitism Speech at U.S. Holocaust Museum (Democracy Now!, 2024-05-08)
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“The group Jewish Voice for Peace criticized Biden’s speech, saying he «disgraced the memory of the Holocaust by using our history of persecution to justify the Israeli military’s genocide of Palestinians.»”
@adachika192@palestine … Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Senator Bernie Sanders announced plans to introduce a resolution to condemn bigotry in all forms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “No to antisemitism. No to Islamophobia. No to all forms of racism and bigotry.”
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Has Sanders introduced a motion condemning Biden’s support for genocide?
"Schnoll explained to Bollag that, in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel and subsequent war on the Gaza Strip, there had been a policy change, and donors were no longer allowed to support JVP."
Statement on Columbia University’s discriminatory and repressive treatment of Jewish students (Jewish Voice for Peace, 2024-04-22)
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“… in shutting down public protest and suspending students, the actions of the University of #Columbia are not ensuring safety for Jewish students — or any students — on campus.”
“Yesterday’s statement by the White House, like the administrators of Columbia University, dangerously and inaccurately presumes that all Jewish students support the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians. This assumption is actively harming Palestinian and Jewish students.
The administration has not only harassed Jewish students and failed to ensure their safety and well-being, it has also obstructed their religious observances during Shabbat and prevented them from accessing their Jewish community on the eve of Passover…”
Jewish Voice for Peace‘s call for action - Tell Congress: Stop funding the Israeli military.
“While Biden continues his support for Israel's genocide, broader political support for U.S. complicity in these atrocities is cracking and buckling under the pressure of our movements. More and more Senators and Representatives are starting to call for accountability. We need action now. Call your members of Congress and demand an end to the flow of U.S. military funding and weapons to Israel.”
Protesters hold hands locked together during a Jewish Voice for Peace rally for a ceasefire in Gaza on November 3, 2023, in Seattle, US [File: Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo]