August 20, 2022 Dear J-Link Supporters In October 2021, Defense Minister Benny Gantz declared that six Palestinian Civil Society organizations working in the West Bank were terrorist organizations. The apparent intent was to suppress their human rights advocacy and deprive…
JLink statement on Ukraine
J-Link is an international progressive Jewish network dedicated to promoting peace, human rights, and democracy. The past few weeks have shocked the world as we observe the unprovoked aggression of Russia against Ukraine and its legitimate, democratically elected government. The…
Amnesty international on Israel : a biased and counterproductive report – JCall’s and La Paix Maintenant’s press release
As members of JCall and La Paix Maintenant, we have always affirmed our total—but critical—solidarity towards the State of Israel, taking action whenever its right to existence or its legitimacy were challenged. At the same time, we have always considered…
JLink’s Letter to Benny Gantz, Minister of Defense
26 October 2021 Dear Minister Benny Gantz, J-Link, a broad international network of progressive Jewish organizations, approached you in May 2020, then as Chairman of the Knesset, to express our opposition to the proposed annexation of parts of the West…
J-Link: Open letter to Mr. Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel
Open letter to Mr. Reuven Rivlin, President of the State of Israel Sunday 4 April Dear President Rivlin, J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, sides with many other Jewish organizations and individuals around the world in viewing with…
J-Link Statement on the Vaccination of Palestinians
J-Link, the international network of progressive Jewish organizations, joins Israeli NGO’s and international organizations in advocating that Israel supply COVID vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank. What threatens the health and economy of Palestinians also threatens Israeli citizens, including…
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 the…
Global Coalition of Diaspora Jews Against President Trump’s Plan
We are a diverse coalition of Jewish organisations and individuals from communities across the globe. We share a commitment to the Jewish values of justice and peace which can only be fulfilled through a negotiated two-state solution for Israelis and…
JCall-Europe strongly dissents from the “peace plan” proposed by the US administration
The US-sponsored plan for Israeli-Palestinian “peace to prosperity” is not a peace plan. It contradicts previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements on core issues of the conflict: borders, settlements, Jerusalem, and refugees. It runs counter to UN resolutions and the basic principle of…
JCall approves the decision of the Court of Justice of the EU to label the products originating in occupied territories
On November 12th, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided that foodstuffs originating in occupied territories and imported in the EU could not be labelled as “made in Israel” but as goods coming from Israeli settlements. The omission…
“Kahanists” have no place in the Knesset !
JCall Europe sides with other progressive Jewish groups in the Diaspora, from Jstreet USA to the New Israel Fund, from Americans for Peace Now to Jspace Canada, in calling Jewish communities to affirm : Kahanists have no place in the…
Gaza…what’s next ?
“We may forgive the Arabs for killing our children but we cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children”: this tweet was posted by the CRIF on May 15th, following the recent events in Gaza. Even though no…
Donald Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem: a unilateral decision which does not foster peace
Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and to transfer to this city the American embassy located in Tel Aviv is an impediment to a peace process already in bad shape. Jerusalem has been for three thousand…
The Settlement Regulation Law is Immoral, Contrary to the Values of Judaism, and Antidemocratic
The so-called Settlement Regulation Law that was just voted by the Knesset legalizes retroactively previously illegal settlements built on private Palestinian land, and establishes a legal framework for future expropriations. It marks a fundamental break since for the first time…
We support Paris International Conference on the Middle East
After all these years of aborted negotiations and violent periods between Israelis and Palestinians, we welcome favorably all initiatives aiming to advance the search for a solution to the conflict. This is why we support the French initiative to gather…