{"id":39892,"date":"2026-08-15T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:25:14","slug":"open-letter-from-global-jewish-organizations-in-support-of-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39892","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter from Global Jewish Organizations in Support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>. . HUMAN RIGHTS . . <\/p>\n<p>An article from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2026\/08\/open-letter-from-global-jewish-organizations-in-support-of-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions\/\">Transcend Media Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A call for Jewish organizations around the world to publicly endorse the BDS movement and support coordinated nonviolent pressure to end Israeli impunity.<\/p>\n<p>8 Aug 2026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0We, the undersigned Jewish organizations, collectives, and community members around the world, write today out of profound moral urgency.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli state is accelerating the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians through mass displacement, settler violence, and the destruction of Palestinian communities. In Gaza, Israel is carrying out a genocide that has killed tens of thousands of people, devastated civilian infrastructure, displaced the vast majority of the population, and subjected Palestinians to starvation and collective punishment.<\/p>\n<p>These crimes demand concrete action from us, in whose name they are being committed.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BDS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BDS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"568\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BDS.jpg 900w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BDS-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/BDS-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a>Members of Zidovsky Hlas Solidarity (Jewish Voice of Solidarity) at a protest in Prague.<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>In the United States, Jewish Voice for Peace has expressed principled support for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), demonstrating that Jewish ethical principles can and must be mobilized in opposition to oppression.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of devastation has reached a point where silence is no longer defensible.<\/p>\n<p>We therefore call upon Jewish organizations around the world to publicly endorse the BDS movement and to support coordinated nonviolent pressure to end Israeli impunity. We also urge governments and international institutions to respond to growing calls from civil society, human rights organizations, and citizens for concrete measures of accountability, including the suspension of the EU\u2013Israel Association Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>We affirm support for:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Boycott, divestment, and sanctions as legitimate, nonviolent tools for advancing<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 \u2028Palestinian freedom, equality, and human rights;<\/p>\n<p>(continued in right column)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">Question related to this article:<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p><em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=32846\">How can war crimes be documented, stopped, punished and prevented?<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>(continued from left column)<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Economic, cultural, academic, and institutional pressure on Israel until it ends its<br \/>\n\u2028violations of Palestinian rights and complies with international law;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 The right of individuals, organizations, and institutions to advocate for and participate<br \/>\n\u2028in BDS without censorship, retaliation, or legal penalty;<\/p>\n<p>\u00b0 Building broad Jewish support for BDS globally as an expression of solidarity with Palestinians and opposition to Israeli oppression.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a moment for maintaining old divisions and political boundaries while an entire society is being destroyed. We may not agree on every political framework, but we believe the time has come to place our collective moral weight behind meaningful action, publicly support BDS, and demand accountability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Organizations<\/p>\n<p>Umbrella Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Jews for Palestine (EJP)<br \/>\nGlobal Jews for Palestine (GJP)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Different Jewish Voice (Een Ander Joods Geluid) (Netherlands)<br \/>\nAJAB \u2013 Antizionist Jewish Alliance (Belgium)<br \/>\nErev Rav (Netherlands)<br \/>\nJewish Call for Peace (JCP) (Luxembourg)<br \/>\nJewish Network for Palestine (United Kingdom)<br \/>\nJewish Peaceniks (United Kingdom)<br \/>\nJewish Voice of Solidarity (\u017didovsk\u00fd hlas solidarity) (Czech Republic)<br \/>\nJews for Justice for Palestinians (JfJfP) (United Kingdom)<br \/>\nJ\u00f8der for Retf\u00e6rdig Fred (af 5784) \/ Jews for Just Peace (5784) (Denmark)<br \/>\nJ\u00f8diske stemmer for rettferdig fred (Jewish Voices for Just Peace) (Norway)<br \/>\nJudeobolschewiener*innen (Austria)<br \/>\nJ\u00fcdische Stimme (Germany)<br \/>\nJunts Associaci\u00f3 Catalana de Jueus i Palestins (Catalonia\/Spain)<br \/>\nLoud Jew Collective (Melbourne, Australia)<br \/>\nShoresh EU<br \/>\nThe Vilne Bund (Lithuania)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;  &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to make a comment on this article, you may write to coordinator@cpnn-world.org with the title &#8220;Comment on (name of article)&#8221; and we will put your comment on line.  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An article from the Transcend Media Service A call for Jewish organizations around the world to publicly endorse the BDS movement and support coordinated nonviolent pressure to end Israeli impunity. 8 Aug 2026\u00a0\u2013\u00a0We, the undersigned Jewish organizations, collectives, and community members around the world, write today out of profound &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=39892\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Letter from Global Jewish Organizations in Support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,13],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-39892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global","category-human-rights","tag-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39895,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39892\/revisions\/39895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}