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Standing for Palestinian lives, land, and liberation is not antisemitic. It’s part of the fight against racism.

To be anti-racist one must also be anti-Zionist In 2023, the long-term lobbying efforts of Zionist organizations resulted in a U.S. House of Representatives resolution declaring that anti-Zionism means the same thing as antisemitism. Across the US, elected officials, government agencies, companies, universities, and other institutions increasingly use accusations of antisemitism to punish and vilify ...

IJAN Bay Area Urges SF Board of Supervisors to Adopt Pro-Ceasefire Resolution

IJAN Bay Area is strongly supportive of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors' ceasefire resolution, which will be put to a vote this Tuesday, January 9th. In advance of Tuesday's decision, and in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace, Bay Area, and other Jewish organizations, IJAN has distributed a petition urging SF's city supervisors to ...

SIGN THE PETITION: JCRC Bay Area Doesn’t Speak for Me

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) has a known track record of not only attacking communities of color in the Bay Area but targeting teachers, school districts, non-profits, educational initiatives, and city councils. JCRC-BA promotes the silencing of people and organizations that speak up for Palestinian freedom and human rights. It does so by wielding ...

IJAN Stands with Angela Davis

To be Anti-Racist, you must be Anti-Zionist The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network applauds Dr. Angela Davis’ uncompromising commitment to liberation for all people. We see in the recent revocation by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute of Dr. Angela Davis’ honorary award a renewed effort to discredit activists, academics, and anyone else who aligns ...

WOMEN’S MARCH PETITION: Palestinian liberation is central to a liberatory, intersectional feminist movement

Click Here to Sign the Change.Org Petition Petition Language: "Accusations of antisemitism, which have been leveled at the National Women’s March since its beginning in 2017, are now fracturing the movement. As anti-racist Jewish women and queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming people who have participated in Women’s March activities, we’re deeply concerned about allowing a ...

IJAN Statement of Solidarity for Omar Barghouti

On March 19, Israeli tax officials entered the home of Omar Barghouti, the Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In a blatant act of political harassment, continuing on years of threats, they interrogated him and his wife for hours that day and on the following days. The International ...