March 29, 2006 EJJP is deeply concerned about the further escalation in violence caused by the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian city of Jericho and the storming of the Muquata and the prison compound by its Army on 14 March. The purpose of this attack was to capture and put… Read More »EJJP Statement: Withdrawal of British and American Monitors from the Jericho Prison
March 20, 2006 Baruch Marzel: IDF must assassinate left-wing activist Uri AvneryBy N adav S hragai, Haaretz Correspondent National Jewish Front leader Baruch Marzel, now campaigning for the March 28 Knesset election, saidMonday the leaders of the Kadima party are “traitors” and “criminals” and called on the Israel DefenseForces to… Read More »EJJP statement: ultra right-wing Israeli politician said “left-wing activists are bringing destruction on themselves”
February 9, 2006 The Occupation is not sustainable, the Occupation is illegal, theOccupation must stopEJJP is a federation of Jewish groups from many European countries, opposed tothe Occupation of the Palestinian territory. We back non-violent action aimed atending the Occupation – including boycott actions aimed against the occupation andrefusal of… Read More »Press release: EJJP fact-finding trip to Israel and the West Bank
January 1, 2006 The current campaign being waged in Germany and Austria by Jewish and other groups against people, whether of Jewish or other backgrounds, who have stated their legitimate criticism of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, is totally unacceptable. Israel is no more immune to criticism than any… Read More »Press release: Suppressing Criticism of the Israeli Occupation
December 21, 2005 Dismayed by the refusal of EU to publish their own Ramallah and East Jerusalem Heads of Mission findings regarding Israeli state actions towards non Jewish residents of East Jerusalem, Jewish and other peace groups and Palestinian Solidarity campaigns around Europe have decided they must take matters into… Read More »Press release: Jewish and Palestinian organisations defy EU secrecy
November 28, 2005 World leaders and their media sycophants have greeted Sharon’s disengagement from Gazawith almost audible and distasteful sighs of relief. It is as if Sharon has provided them with asalve for their guilty consciences, smarting from the discomfort of the ICJ ruling against theSeparation Barrier and the refusal… Read More »In the shadow of disengagement
October19, 2005 Refuse to support the Israeli occupation! In defence of international law and human rights:boycott, divestment and sanctions against the occupation.At its meeting in London in September 2005 the EJJP decided to add to its declaration of aimsthe following clauses:a. EJJP supports non violent action aimed at ending the… Read More »EJJP 2005 Annual Plenary Session.
October 3, 2005 European Jews for a Just Peace Jewish New Year 5766 It is both tragic and shameful that, on the Eve of Rosh H’Shanah, the Jewish New Year, the beginning of the High Holidays, the period of remembrance, spiritual self-examination, and repentance by Jewish people everywhere, destruction and… Read More »Press Release: Rosh H’Shanah Statement
September 11, 2005 o all appearances every political action against the ongoing Israeli Occupation and its illegal elements has been outmanoeuvred by the occupying power. For thirty-eight years massive land and water confiscation, roadblocks, extrajudicial killings, closures, curfews, and collective punishment have taken place in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in… Read More »No Other Way – Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against the Occupation
June 10, 2005 European Jews for a Just Peace, being a part of the international solidarity movement supporting the human and political rights of Israelis and Palestinians alike, calls upon Israeli academics to boycott the continuing presence of the Israeli army on Palestinian territory. We know that many members of… Read More »CALL UPON ISRAELI ACADEMICS
March 1, 2005 EJJP welcomes the occasion of the “London Meeting on supporting the Palestinian Authority” for the bringing the world’s focus on to the question that is, still, Palestine. The bombing of a nightclub queue in Tel Aviv and the deaths of 11 Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli… Read More »Press release: The Cart before the Horse
February 1, 2005 Stealing land from Palestinians is nothing new for the Israeli state. The recent disclosure of a cabinet decision, taken six months ago but hidden as a dirty secret until now, legitimising the theft of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem confirms the view of a senior official at… Read More »Press release: A catastrophic lapse of memory?
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