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Bruce Mirken Oct 12, 2023

Jewish Voice for Peace statement on #Israel vs. #Hamas: "There is only one way to end violence: to address its root cause, 75 years of Israeli military occupation and apartheid. We must end U.S. complicity in this systemic oppression." https://www.commondreams.org/news/jvp-congress-gaza

'We Must Prevent Mass Atrocities and End This': US Jewish Group Calls on Congress to End Gaza Carnage

"There is only one way to end violence: to address its root cause, 75 years of Israeli military occupation and apartheid," said Jewish Voice for Peace. "We must end U.S. complicity in this systemic oppression."

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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Oct 12, 2023

@BruceMirken I’m a long time peace activist who believes that violence is not the answer. And as usual, JVP does not speak for me. Notice that they make no mention of the innocent Israelis slaughtered. This is typical of them. If you want to communicate that all life is sacred, you need to say that. They do not.

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Pax Ahimsa Gethen

@rabbijill @BruceMirken

FWIW they do mention the slaughtered Israelis in this statement issued today:

"Jewish Voice for Peace mourns deeply for the over 1,200 Israelis killed, the families destroyed, including many of our own, and fears for the lives of Israelis taken hostage. Many are still counting the dead, looking for missing loved ones, devastated by the losses."

https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/10/statement23-10-11/

Jewish Voice for Peace calls on all people of conscience to stop imminent genocide - JVP

We can and we must stop this. Never again means never again — for anyone.

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Pax Ahimsa Gethen Oct 12, 2023

@rabbijill @BruceMirken

The JVP statement also goes on to say:

"We wholeheartedly agree with leading Palestinian rights groups: the massacres committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians are horrific war crimes. There is no justification in international law for the indiscriminate killing of civilians or the holding of civilian hostages."

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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Oct 12, 2023

@funcrunch @BruceMirken it’s good they included that sentence. JVP has a history. They have created a huge amount of pain within the jewish community. I don’t know of 1 single Jew who wishes harm on the innocent citizens of Gaza. That is not unique to JVP. Maybe JVP could be imploring HAMAS to stop using the Gazans as human shields. Or to release the hostages.