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Bay Area Launches Network with Press Conference and Tashlich

On Thursday, October 2nd, Bay Area members of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) gathered for a press conference and rally to announce IJAN's launch with a reading of the founding Charter. The event was held in front of the East Bay Jewish Community Federation Building to confront and expose the role of Zionist institutions in perpetuating atrocities committed against Palestinian people.

Call to Action

Our pledge in theCharter will be carried out through our commitments to: 1) solidarity with Palestinian self-determination, 2) participation in global movements toend imperialism, and 3) theextrication of Jewish history, politics, community, and culture from the gripof Zionism.

To these ends, in thishistorical moment, IJAN will be a clear anti-Zionist Jewish point of reference to set an ideologicalpole, open space for non-Jewish anti-Zionist voices, and broaden support forPalestinian liberation.

Towards fulfilling thisstrategic role, we are calling anti-Zionist Jews to take up the followingactions in the world: