CHAPTERS & SECTORS

No Pride In Apartheid

Bay Area IJAN organized queer members and supporters in a powerful action during this year's massive San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Parade. We marched with Jews March for Pride, a Jewish contingent of the parade that was unfortunately, but not surprisingly, overrun by powerful Bay Area Zionist institutions.

No Cover for Israel’s Brutality: Jews of Conscience Disrupt Israeli Consul General in San Francisco

As bombs rain down on Gaza, and Israel intensifies its latest genocidal attacks with a ground invasion, the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, and the Board of Rabbis of Northern California hosted “Stop the Sirens in Israel: An Emergency Solidarity Gathering” at Temple Emanu-El. "Stop the Sirens" is a national effort sponsored by the Reform Movement and led by the Jewish Federations of North America. In San Francisco, the Israeli Consul General, Andy David, spoke—or tried to speak.

The role of Iran in the struggle against Zionism

On May 4, the IslamicRepublic News Agency (IRNA) published an article that materially misquoted andmisrepresented the positions of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network(IJAN). (Berlin, May 4-Iran must lead global anti-Zionist campaign: French Jewishactivist).

The article implied that IJAN expects Iran to be "the vanguard of the confrontation [againstZionism and Israel]."The article also failed to report criticism of Iran'sengagement that our speaker clearly expressed, creating the false impressionthat IJAN awaits and accepts Iran'sleadership in the struggle against Zionism. To correct the misconception aboutIJAN that the article in question promoted, we wish to make the followingclarifications.