We Have a Friend in Bibi Benjamin Netanyahu (aka ‘Bibi’) delivered a speech at a joint session of Congress this Tuesday, where he received 29 standing ovations, compared to his president’s 25 for the State of the Union Address on January 24th (…and we thought he was OUR president). The reason that the peace community […]

Watch the Belly Button, Not the Ball For those now singing the praises of Barack Obama’s call for a “two-state” solution based on the Jewish state’s return to the 1967 borders, “with mutually agreed swaps”, we remind them of the basketball defense drills drummed into youngsters as they learn to play the sport. The offensive […]

JWPF Acknowledged by Vineyard Church Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends is in receipt of an email from the Rev. Ken Wilson of the Vineyard Church Ann Arbor in which the pastor expresses sympathy for the congregants of Beth Israel, and Rabbi Rob Dobrusin as they “endure” our silent, non-violent and seven year old vigils. […]

Al-Awda Conference About 150 people took part in the Ninth Annual International Convention of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, in Anaheim, California last week. Three representatives from Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends participated. In view of our Nobel Peace Prize-winning President’s Moe Greene Special -style assassination of Osama bin Laden, this writer […]

  Counterpunch: The Role of Jews in the Palestine Solidarity Movement In our report of February 5, 2011 we detailed a talk given by this writer in Seattle. At the suggestion of salon-host Ibrahim, we have provided a written description of that talk, and on-line newsmagazine Counterpunch has selected it for publication. Other websites have […]

  Jewish Federation: Vigils Still Relevant In his Sabbath address to the Jewish community in Ann Arbor, Jewish Federation President David Shtulman writes “If Terry Jones Protested at a Synagogue“. Once again a local Jewish leader (it was Rabbi Dobrusin the last time, see: Rabbi Dorbrusin Hijacks Religious Freedom Day Panel) feigns sympathy with their […]

  Two “Off-Topic” Messages Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends sees clear linkages between the financially-ailing State of Michigan and a US foreign policy that sends our taxes to support Israeli Apartheid. We took this message to the “We Are One” protest on the University of Michigan campus this week. The protest focused on Governor […]