As JVP members committed to collective liberation, we see these false claims of antisemitism for what they are: insidious efforts to discredit the struggle of the Palestinian people for their national liberation and distractions from the genocide itself – a genocide which would not be possible without the direct financial and political support of the US government.
Author: Sophie Cassel and Rebecca Wishnie
Submitted on behalf of Jewish Voice for Peace of Vermont-New Hampshire by Sophie Cassel, UVM alumna and resident of Richmond, VT, and Rebecca Wishnie, Middlebury alumna and resident of Winooski, VT.
Jewish Voice for Peace of Vermont-New Hampshire is the local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace, a national, grassroots organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just and lasting peace according to principles of human rights, equality, and international law for all the people of Israel and Palestine.