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IJAN Presents at US Campaign Conference

IJAN organizers Sara, Mich, and Ilana attended the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation's Annual Membership Conference. The US Campaign is a coalition of almost 400 organizations around the country that do work to raise awareness about the 1967 Israeli occupation (of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem) and U.S. support for the occupation. The US Campaign itself focuses its work on supporting BDS campaigns around the country, building a broader base of people and organizations to support Palestine solidarity work, and attempting to change U.S. policy towards Israel. IJAN attended the conference to co-present a workshop entitled "Legal and Popular Approaches to Challenge Zionist Organizations in the United States" with American Muslims for Palestine, and to consider joining the US Campaign as a member organization. The workshop was very successful and sparked discussion about the surveillance and policing work of the Anti-Defamation League as well as the campaign to challenge the legal status of the Jewish National Fund (Stop the JNF). We were very excited to see that Kristin was elected to the US Campaign's Steering Committee at the end of the conference, and have since decided to become a member organization of the US Campaign.

IJAN-TC Supports Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign

On November 29, MN BBC served a lawsuit against the state on the basis of three counts. Violation of Minnesota law is its first count. The second count says that since the United States signed and ratified the Fourth Geneva Convention, that international treaty is the law of the land, and therefore investments in activities contrary to the Convention are also contrary to U.S. law. The third count claims that the SBI is exposing Minnesota taxpayers and pensioners to potential lawsuits based on an 18th century law allowing non US citizens who have been harmed by illegal activity to sue aiders and abettors. This count claims that Minnesota is providing “material support for illegal activity” (wording reminiscent of other charges recently faced by Palestinian solidarity activists).

IJAN-TC and Oceti Sakowin share event at Up Against the Wall

IJAN TC, in partnership with Oceti Sakowin (The Seven Fires Summit), presented on Settler Colonialism: There and Here, Then and Now as part of the Up Against The Wall photography exhibit. This dynamic presentation brought together the parallel realities of occupation and colonization in both the US and Historic Palestine in the midst of an exhibit showcasing images of militarized borders (US/Mexico, Spain/Morocco and Israel’s walls in Palestine). The IJAN TC/Oceti Sakowin collaboration was amongst a dozen community organizations that presented at Up Against The Wall, bridging the intersections of different issues and creating a space of cross movement building.