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WRITING FROM JWJIP

The first action undertaken by JWJIP was writing our  NOT in Our Name Statement  in October, 2000.  It has been widely distributed.

Writings by Individual Members and Friends of JWJIP

34 YEARS OF ISRAELI POLICY HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR ITS UNHOLY WAR IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA 

by Ellen Cantarow
 

SHORT (?) REPORT ON TODAY'S ACTION AT THE "STAND WITH ISRAEL" RALLY   by Marty Federman, April 14, 2002

No one can deny any longer that there is a significant - and obviously growing - Jewish voice that is not hostile to the idea of Israel as a Jewish state, but will not allow the institutional community to claim a monolithic, uncritical support of the Israeli government's self-defeating policies and horrific actions.

I went to a protest today, Union Sq., NYC. by Nicole Binder, March 30, 2002

I went to an amazing protest today that I learned about late last night. I was up until 5 A.M., making signs, reading the news and crying. There were at least 250 people there today, media, big and small. It lasted over three hours....

No choice but to persist: Israelis resist  by Sue Katz

Because of their dream of living in a just society, many Israelis are finding the strength to maintain their movement groups and to develop new ones in response to the unspeakable deterioration of the situation in Palestine/Israel. Women continue to provide the critical mass of activists, although the men are also hanging on. Here is a selected overview of political groups trying to check the government's excesses of vicious injustice.

GUERRILLA THEATRE LIVES!  by Sue Katz 

Today (Feb 22, 2002) I went to support some women from our Jewish Women for Justice in Israel / Palestine who put together a street theatre piece extraordinare. 

Who Are These People, My People?  by Rebecca Elswit, July 2001

i will write what i see, i said. what did you see, she asked? i saw the police break a boy's arm, i said. maybe he was the one who killed my son five years ago she said.

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