NEWS & OPINIONS

Haaretz: Palestinians and Canadian Natives Join Hands to Protest Colonization

Palestinians, both at home and abroad, have found an unlikely partner in the struggle against colonization: First Nations, the indigenous peoples of Canada. By Hadani Ditmars Native peoples from all over the world joined together on Monday as part of an international day of solidarity with Idle No More, an indigenous uprising that has supporters ...

Jacobin: Israel’s Global Reach

by Charlotte Silver That Israeli militarism is rarely discussed beyond the parameters of the "Arab-Israeli conflict" may seem perfectly natural. When the Israeli army is not engaged in an all-out assault on the Palestinian territories, it's busy conducting lethal raids into the West Bank or sending surveillance drones to fly over eternally terrorized Gaza. So it's ...

CounterPunch: Strengthening the Roots of Resistance

Planta Tree for Palestine by JOSIE SHIELDS-STOMSNESS For 112 years, the Jewish National Fund has played a central role in the on-going displacement and dispossession of Palestinians from their land and homes. The JNF was instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 and continues to play a central role in maintaining Israel's regime of ...

IJAN Statement of Support for Idle No More

"There is no mystery why Canada acts almost blindly without critique or question in support of the State of Israel's colonial policies in Palestine: Canada and Israel's policies are marching in lock step because both Canada and Israel are colonial states."

-Robert Lovelace Address to Amnesty International, Toronto, November 01, 2011

The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) supports Idle No More in its struggle for indigenous sovereignty and environmental protection. IJAN is an international network of Jews who reject the premise that our own histories of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing justify the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We are uncompromisingly committed to struggles for human emancipation, of which the liberation of all colonized people and land is an indispensable part. We understand the destruction of indigenous people, land and ways of life as a threat to the survival of all people, living things and the planet. We extend solidarity and continue our fight against colonization in the lands that we live and in Palestine.

Please also see the excellent statement: "Palestinians in Solidarity with Idle No More and Indigenous Rights"

Al Jazeera Opinion Page: Israel’s Insecurity Industry

IJAN's 28-page exposé, Israel's Worldwide Role in Repression, is featured in this opinion piece by Belen Fernandez for Al Jazeera.

The Anti-Defamation League Sticks to What it Knows Best: Racism

In the wake of the decisions not to indict officers Darren Wilson or Daniel Pantaleo for murdering Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) - a Jewish organization purportedly founded to fight racism and anti-Semitism - has revealed itself to be once again standing on the wrong side of history. Not only did the ADL urge “calm” of protestors in the face of righteous anger against the state murder of Black people across the United States, they also stood with the St Louis grand jury: “we respect the grand jury’s integrity and their commitment to meeting the heavy responsibility thrust upon them.” And, adding insult to injury, the ADL praised the NYPD despite the shameful and brutal murder of Eric Garner and the midst of their violent repression of protestors.