Editing Jewish Voice for Peace

{{Short description|American Jewish anti-Zionist advocacy group}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Jewish Voice for Peace
| full_name                = 
| abbreviation             = JVP
| logo                     = Jewish Voice for Peace logo.svg
| logo_caption             = JVP logo since 2020
| type                     = [[Advocacy organization]]
| tax_id                   = 90-0018359
| status                   = [[501(c)(3) organization]]
| founded_date             = {{Start date and years ago|p=y|1996|9}}
| founding_location        = [[UC Berkeley]], [[Berkeley, California]], United States
| location                 = United States
| origins                  = 
| focus                    = {{ubl|[[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]|[[Anti-Zionism]]}}
| method                   = 
| leader_title             = Executive director
| leader_name              = Stefanie Fox<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing JVP's next Executive Director! |url=https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2020/03/06/new-ed/ |access-date=June 5, 2024 |publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace |date=March 6, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| leader_title2            = Chairperson
| leader_name2             = Jethro Eisenstein
| revenue                  = $3.9 million<ref name="form990">{{cite web |title=A JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE INC - GuideStar Profile |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/90-0018359 |website=www.guidestar.org |access-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014220846/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/90-0018359 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| revenue_year             = 2021
| expenses                 = $2.6 million<ref name="form990" />
| expenses_year            = 2021
| endowment                = 
| staff                    = 
| staff_year               = 
| homepage                 = {{official URL}}
| dissolved                = 
}}

'''Jewish Voice for Peace''' ('''JVP'''; {{Langx|he|קוֹל יְהוּדִי לַשָּׁלוֹם|translit=Qōl Yəhūḏī la-Ššālōm}}) is an American Jewish [[anti-Zionist]] and [[Jewish left|left-wing]] advocacy organization. It is critical of [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israel's occupation]] of the [[Occupied Palestinian territories|Palestinian territories]], and supports the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) campaign against [[Israel]].

The group was formed in 1996, and as of 2024 had grown to over 32,000 active dues-paying members. Its chapters at [[Columbia University|Columbia]] and [[George Washington University|George Washington]] universities were suspended in 2024.<ref name="Tress" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/7061772/jewish-voice-for-peace-oct-7-anniversary-essay/ |title=I Run Jewish Voice for Peace. These Are My Reflections on a Year of Unthinkable Horror|date=October 8, 2024 |publisher=Time Magazine}}</ref>

==History==
JVP was formed in 1996 by Julie Iny, Rachel Eisner and Julia Caplan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/american-jewish-peace-archive-julie-iny-2024-03-10|title=American Jewish Peace Archive: Julie Iny|first=The Hannah Arendt|last=Center|website=hac.bard.edu|access-date=April 12, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317165419/https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/american-jewish-peace-archive-julie-iny-2024-03-10|url-status=live}}</ref> undergraduate students at [[UC Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurowitz |first1=Noah |title=Why Jewish Voice for Peace Says 'Not in Our Name' |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/11/why-jewish-voice-for-peace-is-against-israels-war-in-gaza.html |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=Intelligencer |date=November 27, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301200712/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/11/why-jewish-voice-for-peace-is-against-israels-war-in-gaza.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Waxman2017" />

In 2011, the group claimed to have 600 dues-paying members, which had risen to 9,000 by 2015<ref name="Serpick" /> and more than 32,000 by 2024.<ref name="NYTBarkan">{{cite news |last1=Barkan |first1=Ross |title=How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/magazine/israel-october-7-democrats.html |access-date=September 19, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240210181041/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/magazine/israel-october-7-democrats.html |archive-date=February 10, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Drew |first1=Sienna |last2=Phillips |first2=Noach |date=August 5, 2024 |title=The Story of JVP, a Divisively Jewish Voice for Peace |url=https://momentmag.com/jewish-voice-peace/ |access-date=March 31, 2025 |magazine=[[Moment (magazine)|Moment Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Funding==
In 2023, JVP reported revenue of $3.32 million and expenses of $2.7 million.<ref name="ProP">{{cite web | last=Suozzo | first=Andrea | last2=Glassford | first2=Alec | last3=Ngu | first3=Ash | last4=Roberts | first4=Brandon | title=A Jewish Voice For Peace Inc | website=ProPublica | date=May 9, 2013 | url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/900018359 | access-date=April 6, 2025}}</ref> According to JVP, around 85% of the organization's funding comes from "tens of thousands of individual people [...] whose average-sized contribution is $60".<ref name="chronicle" /> JVP has also received support from philanthropic foundations including the Kaphan Foundation, the [[Open Society Foundations]], and the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]].<ref name="chronicle">{{Cite magazine |date=May 31, 2024 |title=Who's Really Funding Campus Protests? |url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/whos-really-funding-campus-protests |access-date=April 1, 2025 |magazine=[[The Chronicle of Philanthropy]] |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531145634/https://www.philanthropy.com/article/whos-really-funding-campus-protests#selection-2319.114-2319.153 |archive-date=May 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=May 5, 2024 |title=Pro-Palestinian protesters are backed by a surprising source: Biden's biggest donors |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/05/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-funding-donors-00156135 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |publisher=Politico}}</ref> According to NBC News, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund awarded JVP "close to a half-million dollars" over a five-year period.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2024 |title=Who's behind the pro-Palestinian protests that are disrupting Biden's campaign events and blocking city streets? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s-palestinian-protests-us-rcna143666 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2025, JVP was ordered to pay a penalty of $677,634 to the U.S. government for stating in their application to receive a second draw loan under the [[CARES Act]] that they were not "primarily engaged in political or lobbying activities". An investigation revealed that JVP was primarily engaged in political activities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Jewish Voice for Peace to pay over $600,000 to settle COVID-19 loan fraud allegation |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-837632 |website=Jerusalem Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenfeld |first=Arno |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Why pro-Palestinian groups are being charged with fraud — and could pro-Israel groups be next? |url=https://forward.com/news/689662/why-pro-palestinian-groups-are-being-charged-with-fraud-and-could-pro-israel-groups-be-next/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=The Forward |language=en}}</ref>

==Views==
Its views are characterised as left-wing,<ref name="foreignpolicy">{{cite news |last1=Al Sheikh |first1=Yaseen |title=Young Americans Are Swinging Toward Palestine's Cause |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/20/americans-palestine-israel-public-opinion-right-wing-politics/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |work=Foreign Policy |date=July 20, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011111435/https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/20/americans-palestine-israel-public-opinion-right-wing-politics/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="newsweek">{{cite news |last1=Ballesteros |first1=Carlos |title=Israel Blocks Jewish Activists 'Voice for Peace' and Other Pro-BDS Groups From Entering the Country |url=https://www.newsweek.com/israel-bds-blacklist-activists-barred-entering-country-773257 |access-date=October 14, 2023 |work=Newsweek |date=January 7, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019112918/https://www.newsweek.com/israel-bds-blacklist-activists-barred-entering-country-773257 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="haaretz">{{cite news |last1=Kaplan Sommer |first1=Allison |title=The Jewish Voice at the Heart of the Boycott Israel Movement |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-03-29/ty-article/the-jewish-voice-at-the-heart-of-the-boycott-israel-movement/0000017f-e111-df7c-a5ff-e37b41e40000 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |work=Haaretz |date=March 29, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=September 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913123637/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-03-29/ty-article/the-jewish-voice-at-the-heart-of-the-boycott-israel-movement/0000017f-e111-df7c-a5ff-e37b41e40000 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fox">{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Mira |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Palestinian advocacy groups drew tens of thousands of new followers on social media. But can they move that support offline? |url=https://forward.com/culture/471343/instagram-growth-pro-palestinian-jewish-groups-ifnotnow-jvp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014220844/https://forward.com/culture/471343/instagram-growth-pro-palestinian-jewish-groups-ifnotnow-jvp/ |archive-date=October 14, 2023 |access-date=October 12, 2023 |work=The Forward |language=en}}</ref> and it is regarded as one of the more professionalized groups of the Palestinian rights movement. Many of JVP's members consider the views of dovish liberal Jewish groups like [[J Street]] to be inadequate.<ref name="Serpick" /> According to its political director, identification as a Zionist and a [[Progressivism|progressive]] is impossible. In contrast with Palestinian-led organizations such as [[Within Our Lifetime]], JVP seeks to work within the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] to shift the party's position to the left on the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name="NYTBarkan" /> JVP has been described by [[Dov Waxman]] as further to the left than [[J Street]] or [[IfNotNow]].<ref name="Waxman2017" />

JVP criticizes what it describes as the "severe [[Human rights in Israel|human-rights violations that Israel engages in]] every day".<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2007 |title='Progressive' Anti-semitism? S.F. Meet Considers Phenomenon |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/progressive-anti-semitism-s-f-meet-considers-phenomenon |access-date=November 8, 2023 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US |archive-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108161513/https://www.jta.org/archive/progressive-anti-semitism-s-f-meet-considers-phenomenon |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Zionism===
JVP endorses the [[Palestinian right of return]].<ref name="Serpick" /> In 2019, JVP declared itself [[Anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]], arguing that contemporary Zionism had become a [[Zionism as settler colonialism|settler-colonial movement]], and Israel had become an [[Israel and apartheid|apartheid state]]. The organization views Zionism as an [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]]-led movement with its roots in Europe, created a "[[racism in Israel|racist hierarchy]]" that erased the history of Jewish communities in the Arab world, North Africa, and East Africa.<ref name="approach">{{cite web |title=JVP's Approach to Zionism |url=https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/zionism/ |website=Jewish Voice for Peace |access-date=August 2, 2023 |quote=We unequivocally oppose Zionism |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823190933/https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/zionism/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Schaeffer Omer-Man|2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herbst |first=Robert |date=January 28, 2019 |title=After years of study and discussion, Jewish Voice for Peace rejects Zionism |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2019/01/discussion-rejects-zionism/ |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=[[Mondoweiss]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions===
On February 20, 2015, JVP endorsed the [[Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions]] (BDS) movement after previously supporting selective divestment from companies operating in [[Israeli-occupied territories]].<ref name="Serpick">{{cite news |last1=Serpick |first1=Evan |title=Embracing Israel Boycott, Jewish Voice For Peace Insists on Its Jewish Identity |url=https://forward.com/israel/217528/embracing-israel-boycott-jewish-voice-for-peace-in/ |access-date=October 13, 2024 |work=[[The Forward]] |date=March 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=wpengine |date=February 21, 2015 |title=Jewish Voice for Peace on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions {{!}} 2015 |url=https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2015/02/20/jewish-voice-for-peace-on-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions/ |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=JVP |language=en-US}}</ref> stating "JVP rejects the assertion that BDS is inherently anti-Semitic, and we encourage discussion both within our own community and outside of it of the growing BDS movement."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koren |first=Daniel |date=March 22, 2016 |title=UJA distances itself from Tony Kushner event |url=https://thecjn.ca/arts/uja-federation-distances-itself-from-tony-kushner-event/ |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=[[The Canadian Jewish News]] |language=en-US}}</ref> JVP justifies its support for the movement by arguing that BDS provides a vehicle allowing individuals all over the world in the Jewish diaspora to bring about real change by threatening in their consumer choices to lower the profits of any business that by their activities reinforces Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.<ref name="Magid">Yehuda Magid, "The Jewish American peace camp: New Expressions of the Jewish diaspora", in Galia Golan, Walid Salem, (eds.), [https://books.google.com/books?id=zE83AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA163  ''Non-State Actors in the Middle East: Factors for Peace and Democracy''], Routledge, 2013 p.159.</ref> Gal Beckerman of ''[[The Forward]]'' wrote that it "is a group that has demonstrated a guerilla-like savvy in staging actions that get its message out to a broader national audience. In its use of BDS, for example, JVP has staked out a position distinct from those who target any and all entities related to Israel, which for many Jews implies a rejection of Israel's very legitimacy. JVP instead targets only entities involved in one way or another with Israel's occupation of the West Bank."<ref>{{cite news |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/137080/ |title=Reporters' Roundtable: JVP and BYU |newspaper=The Forward |date=April 15, 2011 |access-date=April 24, 2011 |archive-date=April 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426050105/http://forward.com/articles/137080/ |url-status=live}}</ref> JVP's executive director Rebecca Vilkomerson stated: "We do feel connected to the global BDS movement. We consider ourselves a part of it."<ref>{{cite news |last=Beckerman |first=Gal |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/137016/ |title=JVP, Harsh Critic Of Israel, Seeks a Seat at the Communal Table |newspaper=The Forward |date=April 13, 2011 |access-date=September 2, 2011 |archive-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819180625/http://www.forward.com/articles/137016/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Waxman |first=Dov |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/942755120 |title=Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-4008-8035-5 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton, New Jersey |oclc=942755120 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035012/https://search.worldcat.org/title/942755120 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Sasson|2016|p=250}}

===Gaza war===
JVP attributed the [[7 October attacks|2023 Hamas attack on Israel]] and the subsequent [[Gaza war]] to "Israeli apartheid and occupation — and United States complicity in that oppression." JVP said "Inevitably, oppressed people everywhere will seek — and gain — their freedom."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tress |first1=Luke |title=US pro-Palestinian groups applaud Hamas terror onslaught, plan support rallies |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-pro-palestinian-groups-applaud-hamas-terror-onslaught-plan-support-rallies/ |access-date=October 11, 2023 |work=Times of Israel |date=October 8, 2023 |archive-date=October 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008151416/https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-pro-palestinian-groups-applaud-hamas-terror-onslaught-plan-support-rallies/ |url-status=live}}</ref> JVP called for the U.S. government to "immediately take steps to withdraw military funding to Israel and to hold the Israeli government accountable for its gross violations of human rights and war crimes against Palestinians."<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Lebovic |first1=Matt |title=A tear in the tent: The US Jews who are protesting Israel following Hamas massacres |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-tear-in-the-tent-the-us-jews-who-are-protesting-israel-following-hamas-massacres/ |access-date=October 11, 2023 |work=Times of Israel |date=October 11, 2023 |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011183551/https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-tear-in-the-tent-the-us-jews-who-are-protesting-israel-following-hamas-massacres/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Following the attack, the organization "liked" a post on social media which described the conflict as "the latest unprecedented wave of resistance" by Palestinians. When questioned by ''[[The Forward]]'', the organization removed its like from the post in question.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Arno |title=Meet the Jews defending Hamas |url=https://forward.com/news/563870/meet-the-jews-defending-hamas/ |access-date=October 11, 2023 |work=The Forward |date=October 9, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=October 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012061106/https://forward.com/news/563870/meet-the-jews-defending-hamas/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2023 |title=Palestinian Youth Movement on X: "ALL OUT FOR THE RESISTANCE, ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 🧵 Thread 🧵of local protests and actions for Palestine in the wake of the latest unprecedented wave of resistance. SCROLL to find your city ⬇️:" / X |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020234544/https://twitter.com/palyouthmvmt/status/1710791817870885033?s=20 |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> JVP used language urging lawmakers to examine the "root cause" of Hamas's attack, which they believe is Israeli occupation. ''The Forward'' wrote that this was a way for JVP "to acknowledge how objectionable most observers found the attacks on civilians while keeping their advocacy focused on pressuring the Israeli government to make concessions."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenfeld |first1=Arno |title='Root cause' of violence is focus for Palestinian groups |url=https://forward.com/news/564103/palestinian-advocacy-groups-root-causes-hamas-attack/ |access-date=October 11, 2023 |work=The Forward |date=October 10, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=October 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011163920/https://forward.com/news/564103/palestinian-advocacy-groups-root-causes-hamas-attack/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Jews Say No to Genocide-Hollywood Protest for a Ceasefire in Gaza.jpg|alt=group of protesters walking in the middle of the street with Palestinian flags and a sign that says: "Jews say no to genocide"|thumb|November 15, 2023, protest with Jewish Voice for Peace and If Not Now on Hollywood Blvd]]Since November 2023, JVP's chapter at [[Columbia University]] has been under suspension. The university stated that both the JVP chapter and [[Students for Justice in Palestine]] had breached university policies, engaging in "threatening rhetoric and intimidation", leading to the suspension of the clubs.<ref name="Tress">{{Cite web |last=Tress |first=Luke |date=January 18, 2024 |title=Columbia University's Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace remain suspended as new semester begins |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/01/18/ny/columbia-universitys-students-for-justice-in-palestine-and-jewish-voice-for-peace-remain-suspended-as-new-semester-begins |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119030056/https://www.jta.org/2024/01/18/ny/columbia-universitys-students-for-justice-in-palestine-and-jewish-voice-for-peace-remain-suspended-as-new-semester-begins |url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2023, the [[Anti-Defamation League]] classified anti-war protest events led by Jewish groups including Jewish Voice for Peace and [[IfNotNow]] as "anti-Israel", adding the protests to a database documenting rising antisemitism in the US. ADL CEO [[Jonathan Greenblatt]] labelled the Jewish organizations "hate groups" and equated anti-Zionism with antisemitism.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://theintercept.com/2023/11/11/palestine-israel-protests-ceasefire-antisemitic/ |title=Anti-Defamation League Maps Jewish Peace Rallies with Antisemitic Attacks |publisher=The Intercept |access-date=November 12, 2023 |archive-date=November 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112091414/https://theintercept.com/2023/11/11/palestine-israel-protests-ceasefire-antisemitic/ |url-status=live}}</ref> This led to criticism of ADL, including from its own staff, one of whom quit in protest, stating: "Those were Jewish people who we [as the ADL] were defaming, so that felt extremely, extremely confusing, and frustrating to me. And it makes it harder to talk about that when any criticism of Israel, or anyone who criticizes Israel, just becomes a terrorist."<ref name="TG11">{{cite web |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Anti-Defamation League staff decry 'dishonest' campaign against Israel critics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/05/adl-pro-israel-advocacy-zionism-antisemitism |accessdate=January 5, 2024 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035021/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/05/adl-pro-israel-advocacy-zionism-antisemitism |url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2024, [[George Washington University]] suspended its JVP chapter along with eight other student groups for unapproved protests on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forgette |first=Brooke |title=GW sanctioned nine student groups for pro-Palestinian encampment, log confirms |url=https://gwhatchet.com/2025/02/10/gw-sanctioned-nine-student-groups-for-pro-palestinian-encampment-log-confirms/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The GW Hatchet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 April 2025 |title=Student Organization Conduct History |url=https://students.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6881/files/2025-01/Student%20Groups%20and%20Organizations%20with%20Conduct%20Violations%20%28Jan.%202025%29.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207022637/https://students.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6881/files/2025-01/Student%20Groups%20and%20Organizations%20with%20Conduct%20Violations%20%28Jan.%202025%29.pdf#expand |archive-date=7 Feb 2025 |access-date=12 April 2025 |website=George Washington University}}</ref> These suspensions followed earlier suspensions for an event in the fall of 2023 where [[Students for Justice in Palestine]] projected messages including "Glory to our [[Martyrdom in Palestinian society|martyrs]]" and "Free Palestine [[from the river to the sea]]" on campus buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marr |first=Hannah |title=GW suspends SJP for three months after anti-Israel library demonstration |url=https://gwhatchet.com/2023/11/14/gw-suspends-sjp-for-three-months-after-anti-israel-library-demonstration/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The GW Hatchet}}</ref> 

After the IDF had killed Hezbollah leader [[Hassan Nasrallah]] in Lebanon in September 2024, [[Instagram]] removed the JVP's posts for violating its guidelines by sharing posts in support of Nasrallah.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anti-Zionist U.S. Student Groups Mourn Nasrallah's Death, Vow to Continue His 'Fire of Resistance' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2024-09-29/ty-article/.premium/anti-zionist-u-s-student-groups-mourn-nasrallah-vow-to-continue-his-fire-of-resistance/00000192-3dc2-dee0-a9bf-3ff20adf0000 |url-access=subscription |publisher=Haaretz}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Flax |first1=Debra |title=Report highlights JVP's 'extremist ideology,' terrorist connections |url=https://www.jns.org/report-highlights-jvps-extremist-ideology-terrorist-connections/ |website=JNS.org |date=January 8, 2025}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:IDF-D9-demolishes-Palestinian-structure-01.jpg|thumb|An IDF Caterpillar D9L razing a house in the Gaza Strip]]
During 2004 and 2005, JVP protested [[Caterpillar Inc.]] for selling bulldozers to Israel, and said that Israel's use of the [[Caterpillar D9|D9]] [[Armored bulldozer|armoured bulldozer]]s in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was a violation of [[human rights]] and Caterpillar's business code of conduct. Along with four Christian groups, JVP introduced a [[shareholder resolution]] calling on Caterpillar to re-examine its sales of bulldozers to Israel. The resolution was rejected by 97 percent of the votes at the Caterpillar 2005 [[shareholders' meeting]]. JVP continued to introduce shareholder resolutions at Caterpillar shareholder meetings every year since 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/050422/caterpillar.shtml|title=Caterpillar rejects anti-Israel motion|first=Jordana|last=Rothstein|newspaper=Jewish News of Greater Phoenix |date=April 22, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050525051012/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/050422/caterpillar.shtml|archive-date=May 25, 2005|access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> In 2010 the resolution received 20% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/caterpillar-idUSN0917419920100609|title=3 stockholder proposals fail at CAT annual meeting|date=June 9, 2010|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=June 19, 2016|archive-date=August 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809054558/http://www.reuters.com/article/caterpillar-idUSN0917419920100609|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2010, JVP launched a [[divestment campaign]] against the pension fund [[TIAA-CREF]] for investing in Caterpillar, [[Elbit]], [[Veolia]], [[Motorola]], and [[Northrop Grumman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/tiaa-cref |title=Campaigns &#124; TIAA-CREF: Divest from the occupation |publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724051059/http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/tiaa-cref |url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2016|reason=page is now https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions/ and facts need updating}}{{better source|date=September 2024}}

In September 2010, Israeli artists came to JVP asking for US support to an artistic boycott of the theater in the city of [[Ariel (city)|Ariel]], in the Israeli-occupied territories. JVP drafted a statement that was signed by over 150 theater and film professionals. On the significance of the action, JVP said that it "was the first time such mainstream figures had drawn a line around normalizing settlements which are illegal according to international law, and which constitute one of the main impediments to a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians".<ref>{{cite web|title=Israeli Artists Condemn Settlements|date=September 6, 2010|url=http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/making-history-support-israeli-artists-who-say-no-normalizing-settlements-4|publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace|access-date=November 16, 2013|archive-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183144/http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/making-history-support-israeli-artists-who-say-no-normalizing-settlements-4|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2014, when the General Assembly of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]] voted to divest its stock in Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions to protest "the companies' profiting from the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and pressure Israel to withdraw", JVP members attended the church's convention and supported the divestment measure. Rabbi Alissa Wise, a JVP co-director of organizing, told the Presbyterians that to her, divestment "helps Palestinians build their power. So that Israel is convinced, not by force, but by global consensus that something has to change."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/presbyterians-debating-israeli-occupation-vote-to-divest-holdings.html |title=Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel |first=Laurie |last=Goodstein |date=June 20, 2014 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509204254/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/us/presbyterians-debating-israeli-occupation-vote-to-divest-holdings.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Demonstrations and events===
[[File:Dec 2 Seattle Gaza Siege Protest.jpg|alt=group of people at a protest holding signs like "End the siege in Gaza"|thumb|December 2, 2006, protest in downtown Seattle with Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Voices of Palestine, Dyke Community Activists and Women in Black]]
In 2006, JVP helped organize a demonstration outside a meeting of the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] (AIPAC) in [[Sacramento, California]]. The stated purpose of the protest was to argue that AIPAC does not represent the views of all American Jews regarding Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=oid%3A254409|title=The Lobby: Local activists take on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee|first=R. V.|last=Scheide|newspaper=Sacramento News and Review|date=December 14, 2006|access-date=February 5, 2007|archive-date=December 18, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218031446/http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=oid%3A254409|url-status=live}}</ref> As part of a coalition of over 100 organizations, JVP participated in the 2011 Move Over AIPAC conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moveoveraipac.org/ |title=Moveoveraipac |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830083155/http://www.moveoveraipac.org/ |archive-date=August 30, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 

On February 25, 2007, JVP was one of twelve groups that sponsored a demonstration in [[Teaneck, New Jersey]], against the sale of homes in [[Israeli settlement]]s in the West Bank. The organizations said that in the past, such homes were "sold exclusively to Jewish people" and that Palestinians were not allowed to buy them "because of their religion and their ethnicity". The groups said that the home sale, which took place at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun in Teaneck, might violate [[international law]] and [[New Jersey law]]s against [[Fair housing|discriminatory sales practices]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/02/24/settlement-sale/|title=Israeli settlement sale in Teaneck discriminatory, may violate international law and the roadmap|publisher=American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee|date=February 23, 2007|access-date=March 17, 2007|archive-date=March 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302034645/http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2007/02/24/settlement-sale|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/nyregion/26settle.html|title=Seeking New Israeli Settlers, Synagogue Draws Protesters|first=Trymaine|last=Lee|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 26, 2007|access-date=March 25, 2008|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914044643/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/nyregion/26settle.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The JVP position on the [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict]] was that Israel's actions were "an opportunistic agenda for short-term political gain at an immense cost in Palestinian lives" which are "illegal and immoral and should be condemned in the strongest possible terms".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/article_1146.shtml|title=JVP statement on Gaza attacks|date=December 28, 2008|publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231031613/http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/article_1146.shtml|archive-date=December 31, 2008|access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> JVP joined marches and demonstrations condemning Israel in many cities, including [[Racine, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://journaltimes.com/news/local/rally-marches-for-peace-in-gaza-strip/article_54d1bf56-cee4-59b2-84a5-8363c08b7673.html |title=Rally marches for peace in Gaza Strip |first=Pete |last=Wicklund |date=January 4, 2009 |work=Journal Times |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401095351/https://journaltimes.com/news/local/rally-marches-for-peace-in-gaza-strip/article_54d1bf56-cee4-59b2-84a5-8363c08b7673.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/394694_protest04.html?source=mypi|title=Hundreds march in Seattle to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=January 3, 2009|access-date=August 15, 2016}}</ref>

The Young Jewish Declaration is a project created by young JVP leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youngjewishproud.org/about/|title=The Young Jewish Declaration|publisher=youngjewishproud.org|access-date=June 7, 2011|archive-date=May 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521073954/http://www.youngjewishproud.org/about/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Young Jewish and Proud'' debuted at the 2010 Jewish General Assembly when five of its members disrupted Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]'s speech.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLm6d2Mzgg&feature=player_embedded |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/xjLm6d2Mzgg |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Israel/Palestine: Young Jews Protest Netanyahu at Jewish GA|date=November 9, 2010|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/08/AR2010110804358.html |title=Netanyahu defends construction in East Jerusalem |first=Joel |last=Greenberg |date=November 10, 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826224047/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/08/AR2010110804358.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_16559851 |title=As Netanyahu speaks in U.S., Israel publishes plans for new settlement housing |first=Isabel |last=Kershner |author-link=Isabel Kershner |date=November 9, 2010 |work=The Denver Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111190019/http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_16559851 |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/11/08/protesters_interrupt_netanyahu_new_orleans_speech/ |title=Protesters interrupt Netanyahu New Orleans speech |first=Cain |last=Burdeau |date=November 8, 2010 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070809/http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/11/08/protesters_interrupt_netanyahu_new_orleans_speech/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/11/11/young-jewish-activists-attract-positive-press-for-anti-occupation-message/ |title=Young Jewish Activists Attract Positive Press for Anti-Occupation Message |first=Wendy Elisheva |last=Somerson |date=November 11, 2010 |publisher=Tikkun Daily Blog |access-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401095353/https://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2010/11/11/young-jewish-activists-attract-positive-press-for-anti-occupation-message/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, JVP, under moderation by leader Rabbi Alissa Wise, hosted a virtual panel on antisemitism featuring [[Marc Lamont Hill]], [[Barbara Ransby]], [[Peter Beinart]] and [[Rashida Tlaib]] as speakers. They spoke against antisemitism being used to label advocacy in support of Palestine, while additionally attributing the [[Right-wing politics|right]] as being the largest source of antisemitism, referencing the 2019 [[Poway synagogue shooting]] as an example.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sakes |first1=Ben |title=Rashida Tlaib defends her relationship with Jews on a panel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/145855846/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |work=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]] |date=December 23, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422181138/https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel/145855846/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Jewish Voice for Peace, along with [[IfNotNow]], led an October 16, 2023, [[2023 Democratic National Convention protests|rally]] in Washington, D.C. which [[Calls for a ceasefire during the Gaza war|called for a ceasefire]] in the [[Gaza war]] and for United States President [[Joe Biden]] to support a ceasefire.<ref name="White">{{Cite web |last=White |first=Abbey |date=October 17, 2023 |title=Wallace Shawn Calls for End of "Massacring" in Israel-Gaza Conflict at D.C. Rally: "I Don't Really Believe in Revenge" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wallace-shawn-criticizes-us-response-israel-gaza-conflict-dc-rally-1235619903/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025035043/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/wallace-shawn-criticizes-us-response-israel-gaza-conflict-dc-rally-1235619903/ |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the speakers was actor [[Wallace Shawn]].<ref name="White" /> On October 27, protestors organized by Jewish Voice for Peace occupied [[Grand Central Terminal]] in New York City, calling for a ceasefire and wearing t-shirts saying "Not in our name".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fahy |first1=Claire |last2=Julian |first2=Roberts-Grmela |last3=Piccoli |first3=Sean |date=October 27, 2023 |title='Let Gaza Live': Calls for Cease-Fire Fill Grand Central Terminal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/grand-central-protest-nyc-israel-hamas-gaza.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107152445/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/world/middleeast/grand-central-protest-nyc-israel-hamas-gaza.html |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> On November 6, about 500 members of Jewish Voice for Peace–New York City took part in a sit-in at the [[Statue of Liberty]] to demand a ceasefire.<ref name="Luscombe">{{cite news |last1=Luscombe |first1=Richard |date=November 6, 2023 |title=Protesters stage sit-in demanding ceasefire in Gaza at Statue of Liberty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/statue-of-liberty-protest-gaza-ceasefire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106234156/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/06/statue-of-liberty-protest-gaza-ceasefire |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |access-date=November 7, 2023 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Photographer [[Nan Goldin]] addressed the demonstration, saying, "As long as the people of Gaza are screaming, we need to yell louder, no matter who attempts to silence us."<ref name="Luscombe" />

On March 13, 2025, protesters gathered in the lobby of the [[Trump Tower]] to protest [[Detention of Mahmoud Khalil|the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil]] by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]]. Many protesters were seen wearing shirts that said, "Not in Our Name". 98 of the protesters were arrested on the charges of [[Trespass to land|trespassing]] and resisting arrest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=El-Bawab |first=Nadine |title=98 protesters arrested at Trump Tower sit-in for detained activist Mahmoud Khalil |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/hundreds-protesters-stage-trump-tower-sit-calling-release/story?id=119762664 |access-date=March 26, 2025 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>

The JVP convened its largest ever conference in April 2025 in [[Baltimore]], Maryland. Attendees included [[Rashida Tlaib]], [[Cori Bush]], [[Naomi Klein]], and [[Linda Sarsour]]. Attendees participated in chants supportive of Palestinians, students, immigrants, and transgender people. Many attendees wore [[keffiyeh]]s, a symbol of Palestinian resistance. According to [[Religion News Service]], during the [[Gaza war]] JVP saw "a surge in popularity" that was striking for "a decades-old group that has long been dismissed as fringe or even accused of being antisemitic — including by fellow Jewish groups." Religion News Services noted that "some of the political power JVP accrued on Capitol Hill has diminished. Progressive Democrats, particularly members of the left-leaning 'squad,' rallied with the group last year, but some, such as former Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, lost their reelection bid".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jack |title=At Jewish Voice for Peace conference, a balance of popularity and risk under Trump |url=https://religionnews.com/2025/05/09/at-jewish-voice-for-peace-conference-members-struggle-with-popularity-and-risk-under-trump/ |access-date=29 May 2025 |work=Religion News Service |date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

=== Publication ===
In 2004, JVP published a collection of essays entitled ''Reframing Anti-Semitism: Alternative Jewish Perspectives''. Among the topics it discussed were [[antisemitism]] and stereotypes of Jews in modern America. It argued that the [[Jewish left]] and critics of Israeli policy had ceded the fight against antisemitism to the [[Jewish right]] and that critics of Israel or Israeli policies should not be accused of antisemitism.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/reframingantisem00jewi |title=Reframing Anti-Semitism: Alternative Jewish Perspectives |publisher=Jewish Voice for Peace |year=2004 |isbn=0-9760806-0-5 |editor-last1=Picciotto |editor-first1=Henri |location=Oakland |editor-last2=Plitnick |editor-first2=Mitchell |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==Reception==
Opponents of Jewish Voice for Peace argue that the organization amplifies a view that is often seen as [[Extremism|fringe]] within the American Jewish community, creating greater tolerance for views and statements considered offensive by Zionists.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pine |first=Dan |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/63049/jvp-rabbi-says-fight-is-for-equality-not-israels-demise/ |title=JVP rabbi says fight is for equality, not Israel's demise |date=September 29, 2011 |newspaper=j. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205065211/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/63049/jvp-rabbi-says-fight-is-for-equality-not-israels-demise/ |archive-date=December 5, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2016}}</ref> The ADL, a vocal longtime critic of the organization, has argued that JVP unfairly places the onus of resolving the conflict on Israel.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/israel-international/anti-israel-activity/c/backgrounder-jewish-voice.html Jewish Voice for Peace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522000939/http://www.adl.org/israel-international/anti-israel-activity/c/backgrounder-jewish-voice.html |date=May 22, 2013}} September 27, 2010</ref> JVP has at times been denied participation or membership in broader Jewish community events or spaces.<ref name="JTA-findingourvoice">{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Ben |date=January 23, 2007 |title='Progressive' anti-Semitism? S.F. meet considers phenomenon |publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |url=http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070123ProgressiveantiS.html |access-date=January 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121070438/http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20070123ProgressiveantiS.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=January 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Fishkoff |first=Sue |url=http://www.jta.org/2011/03/14/news-opinion/united-states/brandeis-hillel-excludes-a-controversial-group-on-israel-generating-debate |title=Brandeis Hillel excludes a controversial group on Israel, generating debate |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=March 14, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=September 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927054405/http://www.jta.org/2011/03/14/news-opinion/united-states/brandeis-hillel-excludes-a-controversial-group-on-israel-generating-debate |url-status=live}}</ref> While some Jewish leaders concede that the community is too quick to censor criticism of Israel, even the Jewish state's critics among the community are reluctant to welcome JVP into the fold.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/the-progressive-jewish-question/|title=Is Community Open to Critics of Zionism?|first=Ira|last=Youdovin|newspaper=The Forward |date=February 23, 2007|access-date=March 4, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070224113534/http://www.forward.com/articles/the-progressive-jewish-question/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = February 24, 2007}}</ref> JVP has been criticized for partnering with groups including Electronic Intifada, Al-Awda, and the Movement for Black Lives, all of which have characterized Israel's treatment of Palestinians as apartheid and accused the state of genocide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pine |first=Dan |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/69058/report-rips-jewish-voice-for-peace-and-its-tactics/ |title=Report rips Jewish Voice for Peace and its tactics |newspaper=j. |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=July 27, 2013 |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822050518/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/69058/report-rips-jewish-voice-for-peace-and-its-tactics/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tol">{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-pro-bds-group-endorses-anti-israel-black-lives-matter-platform/ |title=Jewish pro-BDS group endorses anti-Israel Black Lives Matter platform |date=August 6, 2016 |agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808000720/http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-pro-bds-group-endorses-anti-israel-black-lives-matter-platform/ |url-status=live}}</ref> 

JVP has become the bête noire of the organized Jewish community in the United States, which has largely excluded the organization.<ref name="Waxman2017">{{cite journal |last1=Waxman |first1=Dov |title=Young American Jews and Israel: Beyond Birthright and BDS |journal=[[Israel Studies]] |date=Fall 2017 |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=177–199 |doi=10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.08 |jstor=10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.08 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.08 |access-date=September 18, 2024|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Others in the Jewish community have argued that JVP has been unfairly shut out.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/136658/ |title=Leonard Fein: How Big a Tent? |newspaper=The Forward |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=August 2, 2011 |archive-date=September 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915161249/http://www.forward.com/articles/136658/ |url-status=live}}</ref> According to political scientist [[Dov Waxman]], the anger which JVP's actions and positions arouse in many other American Jewish groups is just one index of a broader polarizing controversy within the Jewish American community at large, whose leaders had hitherto managed to shut out internal disagreements from the public purview.<ref>Dov Waxman, [https://archive.org/details/troubleintribeam0000waxm/page/247 ''Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel''], Princeton University Press, 2016 p.2.</ref> Since the 2010s, there has been a shift toward greater tolerance for JVP within the community. Some left-wing Jews have praised the organization for giving an outlet to younger Jews who are more critical toward Israel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/jewish-american-openhillelstudentorganizationisraeloccupation.html |title=Reclaiming the Jewish Soul |first=Mark |last=LeVine |author-link=Mark LeVine |date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Al Jazeera America |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=April 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426004027/http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/10/jewish-american-openhillelstudentorganizationisraeloccupation.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Hijab">{{cite news |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/202233/jewish-voice-peace-conference-what-solidarity-looks |title=At a Jewish Voice For Peace Conference: This Is What Solidarity Looks Like |first=Nadia |last=Hijab |author-link=Nadia Hijab |date=March 20, 2015 |work=The Nation |access-date=May 15, 2015 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081952/http://www.thenation.com/article/202233/jewish-voice-peace-conference-what-solidarity-looks |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2013, the [[Presbyterian Peace Fellowship]] awarded JVP its Peaceseeker Award "for their courageous work for justice and peace in Palestine and Israel," noting that the fellowship "celebrates their work of nonviolence in the face of violence."<ref>{{Cite web |title=2013 Peaceseeker Award: Jewish Voice for Peace and the Israel/Palestine Mission Network – Presbyterian Peace Fellowship |url=https://www.presbypeacefellowship.org/2013-peaceseeker-award-jewish-voice-for-peace-and-the-israel-palestine-mission-network/ |access-date=November 9, 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109184436/https://www.presbypeacefellowship.org/2013-peaceseeker-award-jewish-voice-for-peace-and-the-israel-palestine-mission-network/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, JVP was criticized for inviting [[Rasmea Odeh]], a former [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]] member convicted by Israeli military courts for her role in the [[1969 PFLP bombings in Jerusalem|1969 Jerusalem supermarket bombing]], as a featured speaker in its biennial conference.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-voice-for-peace-to-host-convicted-terrorist-at-confab/ Jewish Voice for Peace to host convicted terrorist at confab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022143915/https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-voice-for-peace-to-host-convicted-terrorist-at-confab/ |date=October 22, 2017}}, Times of Israel, Josefin Dolsten, March 22, 2017</ref><ref>[http://forward.com/news/national/366799/israel-convicted-rasmea-odeh-for-terrorism-in-1970-next-week-shell-address/ JVP Plan To Feature Convicted Terrorist As Speaker Upended By Deportation Agreement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022082255/http://forward.com/news/national/366799/israel-convicted-rasmea-odeh-for-terrorism-in-1970-next-week-shell-address/ |date=October 22, 2017}}, Forward, Aimee Levitt, March 22, 2017</ref><ref>[http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Jewish-Voice-for-Peace-to-host-terrorist-at-panel-482679 Jewish Voice for Peace to Host Terrorist at Panel], JPost, Danielle Ziri, February 27, 2017</ref> Odeh was subsequently deported from the United States after pleading guilty to immigration fraud and losing her American citizenship.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/terrorist-rasmea-odeh-who-killed-two-in-jerusalem-bombing-deported-from-united-states-1.444744 Terrorist who killed two in Jerusalem bombing deported from United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022141736/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/terrorist-rasmea-odeh-who-killed-two-in-jerusalem-bombing-deported-from-united-states-1.444744 |date=October 22, 2017}}, The Jewish Chronicle, Daniel Sugarman, September 19, 2017</ref>

==See also==
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* ''[[+972 Magazine]]''
* [[Ameinu]]
* [[Breira (organization)]]
* [[Brit Tzedek v'Shalom]]
* [[Een Ander Joods Geluid]] (Netherlands) 
* [[European Jews for a Just Peace]]
* [[IfNotNow]]
* [[Independent Australian Jewish Voices]]
* [[Independent Jewish Voices]] (UK) 
* [[Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)]]
* [[Jews for Justice for Palestinians]]
* [[Neturei Karta]]
* [[Partners for Progressive Israel]]
* [[Peace movement#Israel|Peace Movement – Israel]]
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==References==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Sasson |first=Theodore |editor1-last=Greenspahn, Frederick E. |title=Contemporary Israel: New Insights and Scholarship |date=2016 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-1-47-989680-6 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw_MCgAAQBAJ&q=left+%22jewish+voice+for+peace%22&pg=PA250 |chapter=The Politics of Israel |access-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510034954/https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw_MCgAAQBAJ&q=left+%22jewish+voice+for+peace%22&pg=PA250#v=snippet&q=left%20%22jewish%20voice%20for%20peace%22&f=false |url-status=live}}
* {{cite web | title=JVP just declared itself anti-Zionist and it's already shifting the conversation | website=+972 Magazine | date=January 30, 2019 | url=https://www.972mag.com/jvp-anti-zionist-rebecca-vilkomerson-2/ | first=Michael | last=Schaeffer Omer-Man | access-date=October 22, 2020 | archive-date=October 2, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002003708/https://www.972mag.com/jvp-anti-zionist-rebecca-vilkomerson-2/ | url-status=live}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|first=Ali|last=Abunimah|title=The Battle for Justice in Palestine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r70cAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1|date=March 3, 2014|publisher=Haymarket Books|isbn=978-1-60846-347-3|pages=1–|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=May 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510035003/https://books.google.com/books?id=r70cAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/troubleintribeam0000waxm |url-access=registration |quote=jewish voice for peace. |title=Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel |last=Waxman |first=Dov |date=2016 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-69-116899-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/troubleintribeam0000waxm/page/2 2]}}

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