​The Movement for Justice for Palestinians is rooted in Human Rights, Justice and Equality

Details
Written by AUPHR and JVP-PDX AUPHR and JVP-PDX
Published: 14 August 2015 14 August 2015
Hits: 7088 7088


​The Movement for Justice for Palestinians is rooted in Human Rights, Justice and Equality

A Statement by Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR) and Jewish Voice for Peace -Portland (JVP-PDX)

Portland, Oregon - August 14, 2015 - Recently, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Jewish Voice for Peace issued statements saying that they would no longer work with Alison Weir and If Americans Knew due to Ms. Weir/IAK not working within the principles of anti-racism set by these organizations. ​ See their statements here and here.

​We agree with​ the statements and positions taken by​ both organizations.  Anti-racism principles must be a core part of our work if we wish to mainstream our movement and build principled ties to other movements that will lead to mass mobilization in support of Palestinian rights​ and social justice for all communities.​  White supremacists have no place in our work.  We cannot fight racism by encouraging racists and feeding and validating a racist framework.

​While challenging Israel’s racist system of inequity is a focus for many of us, we cannot forget the wider context of U.S. complicity, ongoing US support for ​non​-democratic​​ violent regimes around the world, home-grown US racism and systems of inequality, and our own settler-colonial and slavery roots.  To treat Israel as a case apart blinds us from joining with other movements and ignores the fact that Israel plays a role in furthering longstanding US foreign policy.

We stand firmly that ​the movement for Palestinian justice deserves its place front and center with all current and historic movements to combat racism, settler colonialism, and dispossession, such as the Civil Rights movement,​#BlackLivesMatter​,​ the Immigrants rights movement, ​​ ​the South African anti-Apartheid movement​.  ​ Our movement should be rooted in time-honored universal principles of universal human rights backed by international law. 

Contact AUPHR at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact JVP-PDX at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Links:

US Campaign Statement on Complaint Filed Regarding Alison Weir and If Americans Knew: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=4510

Jewish Voice For Peace Statement On Our Relationship With Alison Weir:

https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/jewish-voice-for-peace-statement-on-our-relationship-with-alison-weir/


###

Fair Use Notice
This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml . If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.