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 info@auphr.org
Contact JVP-PDX at info@jvp-pdx.org
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:
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