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Anniversary Statement and Call to Action
Hello, IJAN's first Anniversary Statement and the Call to Action are ready for use and are attached below. I put them here only because I was having trouble uploading them to the forum, but I will put them up there as soon as I can.The Statement includes, for the second side of the paper, a ... Anniversary Statement and Call to Action
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Protest Toronto International Film Festival Spotlight on Tel Aviv
The Toronto-based Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) is urging people to write letters protesting the Toronto International Film Festival City-to-City Spotlight on Tel Aviv. John Greyson, internationally renowned filmmaker, has pulled his film from the festival. Read CAIA's statement, and the letter Greyson sent to TIFF's organizers.
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Ideas for Action

Confront Zionism: Support the Palestinian call for boycotting Zionistand Israeli cultural, educational, sporting and political events and academicinstitutions. Confront Zionist organizations that support Israeli apartheid,that censor and target individuals and organizations for criticism of Israel, and thatcollaborate in US/European Islamophobia.  

  • Partner with Palestinians and other targets of the US/Israel agenda or Islamophobia. Organize protests, direct action, etc. targeting Zionist institutions or an Israeli consulate. Read and distribute IJAN's founding Charter.
  • Organize a rally or direct action to target 'Jewish' institutions that support Israel in the name of defending Jews. Use these actions to demand that these institutions cease disguising political and economic support of Israel as Jewish cultural and community work.
  • Take action that demonstrates solidarity with people and organizations that have faced attack for criticizing Israel or supporting the Palestinian struggle. Organize joint actions and events with these individuals, organizations, and communities. Use these actions to defend and reinforce the right of all people to stand in solidarity with Palestine.

Divest from Israel: Supportthe Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. 

  • Sticker Israeli products using the provided on-line stickers or create your own.
  • Distribute letters to stores carrying Israeli products that highlight the request to de-shelve Israeli products.
  • Partner with existing local BDS campaigns targeting businesses, organizations or government officials that support Israel.
  • Organize a public tachlit service, a ritual that symbolizes the casting away of our misdeeds, to spiritually divest from Zionist narratives and mythology and to atone for the ways that we have fallen short in countering them in the past year. The service can orient us toward a new year with renewed commitment to struggles for justice in Palestine and in the communities and countries in which we live and organize.

Put the Charter out intothe World: Use the founding Charter asan opportunity to voice and bring visibility to anti-Zionist politics and makeconnections with other struggles for justice in your locale and around theworld.  

  • Organize educational events that make connections between Zionism, US imperialism, and struggles for justice in your own location-whether they be economic or racial, about gender or environmental justice, or about indigenous, immigrant and labor rights. (For example, in San Francisco we are organizing an educational forum on water justice-from Gaza to Bolivia to Oakland.)
  • Organize a forum offering diverse perspectives and testimonies based on the founding Charter. (For example, testimonies might be heard of those most impacted by Zionism and/or struggling against similar experiences of displacement and racism-from the US Wall of Death to the Right of Return for Katrina survivors.)
  • Organize cultural events that reflect the anti-Zionist, anti-oppression and anti-colonial politics of the Charter.
  • Organize meetings with local public officials to introduce yourselves as an anti-Zionist Jewish constituency and let your officials know that they will hear from you on issues pertaining to Israel.
  • Publish the Charter in community, local and regional newspapers and publications.
  • Use the Charter to build relationships with Palestine Solidarity and other anti-imperialist, anti-racist, social justice organizations that can lead to joint campaign and organizing work moving forward.  
 
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