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Anti-Zionism is a rejection of racism and imperialism, not just criticism of Israel

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Activists Eyad Kishawi, Max Ajl, and Liliana Cordova-Kaczerginski applaud Jewish Voice for Peace’s recent statement outlining its “unequivocal opposition to Zionism,” but raise a critique that it gives credence to the idea that Zionism emerged from Jewish life, and was not a colonial ideology developed to expand western imperialism in Palestine. “Anti-Zionism is not merely criticism of current Israeli policies or even the idea of a Jewish nation-state,” they write, “It is a rejection of an imperially-imposed, racist, settler-colonial state.”

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After years of study and discussion, Jewish Voice for Peace rejects Zionism

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For 22 years after its founding Jewish Voice for Peace declined to take a position on Zionism. Now it has boldly stated that “Zionism has meant profound trauma for generations” and “We unequivocally oppose Zionism because it is counter” to “our vision of justice, equality and freedom for all people.” JVP member Robert Herbst writes that the landmark statement “helps restore in my Jewish heart and soul a modicum of pride.”

From Spinoza to Vilkomerson, Jewish voices for peace have long been banned– by Jews

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Rebecca Vilkomerson’s acknowledgment of Israel’s travel ban of Jewish Voice for Peace — “as we at JVP are now feeling the pain of exclusion, we are very aware that Palestinians have always faced profiling and bans on entry to Israel” — recalls Spinoza’s gracious acceptance of his excommunication by Amsterdam Jews in 1656. As history now shines on Spinoza, one day it will shine on Vilkomerson and JVP.

‘I came to explore the wreck of Zionism’: A report from the 2017 JVP meeting

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Liz Rose reflects on the 2017 JVP membership meeting in Chicago: “Stefanie Fox, Deputy Director at JVP, also critiqued the power structures that drive Israeli politics in her opening remarks at Saturday’s plenary. Fox talked about her own process of getting ‘past the layers of denial,’ and moving to the place where she could ‘acknowledge what had been stolen.’ Quoting from Adrienne Rich’s poem, ‘Diving into the Wreck,’ Fox read, ‘I came to explore the wreck,’ and she beautifully connected Rich’s poem to her own ‘understanding the wreck of Zionism.'”