New Group Position: JWPF is Anti-Israel In a unanimous vote of street vigilers, Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends have officially declared ourselves to be anti-Israel. Two main reasons have propelled this decision: We recognize that Israel has no right to exist as a Jewish state, and that the theft of Palestine is a Zero […]

Ann Arbor Jews Wall Themselves In In an effort to once again shield themselves from the painful truths of their Apartheid state, members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor took pains not only to erect murals on the six-foot-high cyclone fence so their children – who haven’t yet hardened their hearts and minds […]

JWPF Adopts Bus Stop Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends has adopted a bus stop under the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority’s (AATA) “Adopt-a-Stop” program. The stop pictured below is located at 2000 Washtenaw, which happens to be the same address as Beth Israel Congregation — talk about luck! Since we will be there at least […]

Maintaining Democracy in Ann Arbor Will the electorate accept a candidate for City Council who has a reputation for coddling the powerful and violating the mission statement of the organization he directs? Time will tell, but we report that Chuck Warpehoski, Director of the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, has tossed his ill-fitting hat […]

Susan Abulhawa’s new article, “Solidarity and Realpolitik: My Response to Jeff Halper,” on the Palestine Chronicle has been added to the Deir Yassin Remembered web site.

Protesting “Celebrate Israel” Day Here is our flyer for the May 20 protest of the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor’s “Celebrate Israel” day. We have noise permit, bullhorn, and need five sturdy volunteers to hoist the 30-foot Palestinian flag. There may be some activists who would rather attend a Nakba memorial event instead of […]

*Susan Abulhawa, April 14, 2012, “Why are Palestinians paying for Germany’s sins?” on DeirYassin.org *Rich Siegel, January 1, 2012, “The cult of atheist Zionism posing as Judaism” on DeirYassin.org *Rich Siegel, April 5, 2012, “My Pro-Palestine CD Reviewed & then ‘Un-reviewed’ ” on RighteousJews.org *Rich Siegel, March 15, 2012, “Permission to examine ‘Jewishness’ ” on […]