david.chemla – JCall

“A Jewish-Arab Israeli Political Party in the Making?” next event on Sunday 17 January

First conference organized by J-Link on Sunday 17 January 7pm (French time) on a Jewish-Arab Israeli Political Party in the Making for the next elections in Israel. With the participation of : Rula Daood, Co-National Director of Standing Together...

david.chemla4 January 2021

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From one election to the next

Donald Trump needed more than 3 weeks to admit Joe Biden’s victory, and even so, he keeps saying that the election had been fraudulent, which none of the investigations conducted so far has confirmed. If Biden’s victory is undisputable...

david.chemla2 December 2020

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Letter of congratulation by J-Link to President Biden and Vice President Harris

November 11, 2020 Dear President-Elect Biden and Vice-President-Elect Harris: J-Link, an international network of progressive Jewish organizations, congratulates you on your election. We wish you great success with your efforts to heal the divides, promote justice and raise hope...

david.chemla15 November 2020

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“After the American election” : Zoom conference on November 23rd at 7 p.m.

The day after the American election, we face the scenario many observers feared. It is impossible so far to name a winner even though both candidates apparently succeeded in mobilizing massively their electorate. The count of the ballots will...

david.chemla15 November 2020

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The global Impact of the US election

No US election has ever been as significant as this one. Not so much for the Middle East—where we can expect, if Joe Biden wins, a relative continuity of the American position engaged since the Obama years in a...

david.chemla25 October 2020

Conference

“Towards a new Middle East ?”

Zoom conference on October 20th at 7p.m. (Paris time) with Jean-Pierre Filiu, Dominique Moisi and Daniel Shek Are the standardization agreements signed in Washington last September 15th between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on one hand, and Israel...

david.chemla25 October 202015 November 2020

Press Releases

JCall’s press release on Samuel Paty’s murder

Samuel Paty’s horrendous murder stunned all of us by its unspeakable barbarism and shocked JCall’s members as well as all the French. Beyond the pain of the family and of the teachers with which we associate ourselves, JCall asks...

david.chemla25 October 202025 October 2020

Conference

“From social protest to the construction of a political alternative: Zoom meeting on September 22nd at 7p.m. (Paris time)

Zoom meeting on September 22nd at 7p.m. (Paris time) with David Ben Ishay, Dr Eric Setton and Denis Charbit (in French without translation in English) The protest movement in Israel entered its 12th week, increasing nonstop. Each Saturday,several tenths...

david.chemla11 September 202025 October 2020

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Israel between normalization and ongoing protests

For the tenth week in a row, tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated last Saturday on Balfour Street in Jerusalem, in front of the Prime Minister’s residence. They were more than 40000 according to the organizers (who made sure...

david.chemla4 September 2020

Featured Statements

J-Link Statement on Israel-UAE Deal

J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, welcomes the agreement reached between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to normalize ties between the two countries. Recognition of Israel’s legitimate existence and the establishment of diplomatic relations, years after...

david.chemla25 August 202025 August 2020

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What are the perspectives of today’s demonstrations in Israel ?

After 3 elections in less than a year and the establishment of a Union Government supported by 75 deputees, in order to face the epidemy and its consequences, we could have thought that Israel had at last emerged from...

david.chemla9 August 2020

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A great voice of the Zionist left has gone silent

Zeev Sternhell left us last Sunday. Tireless peace activist, Archi-Zionist, as he liked to qualify himself, Zeev Sternhell was one of our godfathers. Historian of the French fascism, Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he won the Israel...

david.chemla23 June 20209 August 2020

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We say no to the project of annexation of parts of the West Bank

Le Monde publishes in its June 19 edition an op-ed against the annexation of part of the West Bank, signed by Dany Cohn-Bendit, Alain Finkielkraut, Bernard-Henri Levy, Dominique Moisi, Pierre Nora, Diana Pinto, Anne Sinclair et Benjamin Stora…. We...

david.chemla19 June 202023 June 2020

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A coalition government against Israel ?

Meeting of the High Court on May, 3th. If the coalition agreements signed by the Likud and he Blue White list are validated by the Knesset, they may put at risk the Jewish and democratic nature of the State...

david.chemla5 May 20209 August 2020

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Annexation endangers the security and democracy of Israel – Appeal to J-Link members and supporters

As members and supporters of J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, we urgently share our deep concerns, backed by the analysis of diplomatic and security experts, regarding the Government of Israel’s intention to proceed with annexation of...

david.chemla5 May 202021 May 2020