August 3, 2004 For two weeks now, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has prevented around three thousand Palestinian residents from returning to their homes in the Occupied GazaStrip. By closing the border with Egypt at Rafah, the IDF is forcing children, patients, pregnant women and the elderly to stay at… Read More »Press release – 3000 Palestinians trapped at border by Israeli Army

June 14, 2004 The full text of the founding document of EJJP is as follows: We, representatives of fifteen Jewish peace organisations from eight European countries, gathered together at the conference “Don’t say you didn’t know” in Amsterdam on the 19 and 20th of September 2002, call upon:A) the Israeli… Read More »Declaration of Amsterdam

June 6, 2004 We, “European Jews for a Just Peace”,a network of 18 Jewish organizations in ten European countries, are actively opposed to the occupation of the Palestinian territories beyond the green line, to the policies of collective punishment, unlawful killing, torture, house demolition, land and water confiscation and to… Read More »Open Letter to the European Institutions

May 22, 2004 We, European citizens from ten European countries gathered in Paris for a meeting of the organisation European Jews for a Just Peace, condemn in the strongest possible terms the Israeli government’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and especially in Rafah. Many of its actions amount to… Read More »Statement by European Jews for a Just Peace

May 17, 2004 The Israeli supreme court has authorized the army to demolish homes in Rafah without further legal process and according to military sources and Israeli media, the army plans to raze a strip of 3.5 Km length and 500-800 meters wide. This means that about 1/3 to 1/2… Read More »PRESS STATEMENT ON HOUSE DEMOLITIONS IN RAFAH

April 18, 2004 We, European Jews for a Just Peace*, heard, with dismay, of the assassination of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, on 17th April, following closely on Bush’s endorsement of Sharon’s plans at the White House last week. This has given a green light for ever more irresponsible, unilateral Israeli… Read More »EJJP statement on the Bush-Sharon meeting and the Rantisi assassination

February 16, 2004 The Israeli government claims that reference of the issue of the “separation wall” to the International Court in the Hague is not a legal issue but a political one. They are right. The “separation wall” is a political issue. They are wrong. The “separation wall” is also… Read More »EJJP Statement on the International Court of Justice

January 29, 2004 The attack by Zvi Mazel, Israel’s ambassador to Sweden, on the work of art ‘Snow White and the madness of truth’ by Dror Feiler* and Gunilla Skold Feiler was not about art. It is incomprehensible and unacceptable that an official representative for a country calling itself a… Read More »The Mazel Affair – EJJP statement on the act of the Israeli ambassador in Stockholm, 16 January 2004

November 21, 2003 A statement of the European Jews for a Just Peace* As European Jews committed to a just and durable solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we welcome the Geneva Accord with relief and with hope. As stated in its introduction, the Accord represents an attempt to meet the… Read More »EJJP welcomes the Geneva Accord

October 31, 2003 We condemn absolutely the Israeli Defense Force military order of October 9, 2003 (“Israel Defense Forces, Security Directives Order (Judea and Samaria) (No. 378) 1970.”, as reported in Ha’aretz, 20 October 203). This order applies to Palestinian residents of the West Bank who find themselves living between… Read More »EJJP press release on harassment of Palestinian residents in the “seam zone”

October 6, 2003 On behalf of European Jews for a Just Peace, a network of Jewish organisations in nine different European countries, we express our solidarity and strong support for you, Israeli Air Force pilots, who have refused to carry out illegal and immoral actions in the occupied territories. We… Read More »EJJP statement of support to the Israeli Air Force pilots

August 18, 2003 European Jews for a Just Peace wishes to add its voice to those – in Israel, in Palestine and around the world – who are protesting about the construction of the so-called ‘separation wall’ or ‘fence’. We see it as a clear attack on the possibility of… Read More »Peace needs bridges not walls

July 17, 2003 On March 16th, Rachel Corrie’s death was caused by a brutal act of violence by the IDF in the city of Rafah, Palestine, while she was involved in a non-violent, humanitarian action to protect unarmed civilians. We wholeheartedly hope that her parents and all who were near… Read More »Condolences to Rachel Corrie’s family