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On International Day Of Solidarity With The Palestinian People, Jews Across The Globe Stand With Palestine

Friday, 29 November 2024, 4:38 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

At the heart of our work is the fight for Palestinian liberation and the struggle for a world free of racial and ethnic hierarchy, colonial domination, and unbridled militarism. We re-dedicate ourselves to those actions. Palestine must be free and ... More >>

Aotearoa’s Jewish Groups Ask, “How Many Flashing Lights Does It Take For Our Government To Notice?”

Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:21 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu urge the New Zealand government to enhance protections for vulnerable Muslim communities, warning that current policies risk repeating past failures. More >>

Jewish Groups Call On The NZ Jewish Council To Withdraw Its Misleading Survey Of Antisemitism

Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 12:55 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

AJV filed an Official Information Act request to parse the Jewish Council’s funding submission claim that it had “widespread Jewish community support, across multiple organisations.” More >>

Jewish Groups Call On Israeli Govt To Respect International Court Ruling & Withdraw From Occupied Palestinian Territory

Thursday, 25 July 2024, 2:44 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

The International Court of Justice has condemned Israel’s occupation of Palestine, its system of apartheid against Palestinian people, and the crimes that it has committed in the Occupied Territory. More >>

Why Did A German Bank Close The Jewish Voice Account?

Friday, 29 March 2024, 7:01 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

The Berliner Sparkasse bank has frozen the account of Jüdische Stimme (Jewish Voice) until the organisation submits documents including the full names and addresses of its members. More >>

Rights Groups Call For Stronger Government Action To Prevent Slaughter In Rafah

Thursday, 15 February 2024, 2:42 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

“What’s happening in Rafah is of a different order of magnitude, even in the context of Israel’s deadly war on Gaza, and so our response needs to be too” - say human rights groups, Alternative Jewish Voices - Dayenu and Justice for Palestine. More >>

Food Is Not A Weapon: Jewish Groups Call On MFAT To Re-commit To Lifesaving Aid

Monday, 29 January 2024, 11:53 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

“Alternative Jewish Voices and Dayenu call on Foreign Minister Peters to increase – or at a bare minimum to maintain – NZ’s funding to UNRWA for humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. In the midst of a humanitarian catastrophe, we cannot ... More >>

Alternative Jewish Voices Stand Up With Palestinians Because 'never Again' Is Today

Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 11:22 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Alternative Jewish Voices stand up with Palestinians because 'never again' is today We stand up with Palestinians because never again is right now. We stand up because it is right. We unify our religion and our principles when we stand beside the oppressed ... More >>

What Happens When We Speak About Palestine In Aotearoa?

Monday, 16 January 2023, 11:25 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Justice for Palestine and Alternative Jewish Voices carried out a survey to counter the confusion of surveys on antisemitism published in 2022. In the New Zealand Jewish Council’s Survey , the Council deliberately used the International Holocaust Remembrance ... More >>

Jewish Grps In 10 Countries Join Germans & NZers To Protest The Suppression Of Palestinians’ Right To Public Expression

Friday, 27 May 2022, 7:21 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Jewish groups in Germany and New Zealand protested alongside Palestinians when mayors of Berlin and Wellington banned pro-Palestinian demonstrations.  Justice for Palestine staged a guerilla projection in defiance of the Wellington ban. Photo ... More >>

New Zealand Jewish Council calls New Zealanders antisemitic for holding views consistent with the world’s leading human rights organisations

Thursday, 31 March 2022, 9:26 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

The NZ Jewish Council has released a survey which calls hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders antisemitic for expressing views consistent with those of the world’s leading human rights organisations. By conflating legitimate criticism of Israel ... More >>

Jewish Council Calls NZers Antisemitic For Holding Views Consistent With The World’s Leading Human Rights Organisations

Thursday, 31 March 2022, 9:23 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

The NZ Jewish Council has released a survey which calls hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders antisemitic for expressing views consistent with those of the world’s leading human rights organisations. By conflating legitimate criticism of Israel ... More >>

Isolate The Hate

Thursday, 17 February 2022, 1:54 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

Ugly messages are spreading, capitalising on the protest on the grounds of Parliament. Public health protest has become entangled with death threats and unvarnished racist hate. Expressions of menace and violence are circulating through social and conventional ... More >>

Resistance Is Not Terror

Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 10:46 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has issued a military order which designates six leading Palestinian legal and human rights groups as "terrorist" organisations. The government of Israel has declined to back its orders with evidence. The order ... More >>

Not At This Hui, And Not In Our Names

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 8:52 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

  We, Alternative Jewish Voices , hope for a productive and unifying second day at the Christchurch anti-terrorism hui. Security is something we build together and give each other. A threat may be singular, but our safety is collective. We are ... More >>

From The River To The Sea

Friday, 11 June 2021, 1:07 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

Alternative Jewish Voices has been thinking about that phrase, "from the river to the sea." Several weeks ago, Wellington had a series of big, many-lingual demonstrations seeking justice and safety for Palestinians. One was on the steps ... More >>

When A Stone Confronts A Rifle

Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 8:58 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

When a person holding a stone confronts soldiers who are armed with rifles, ask yourself why they are willing to do that. On May 8, 80,000 Palestinians came to stand in front of rifles and pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque. They overwhelmed the rifles with ... More >>

Calling Out The Injustices Of Israeli Government Actions Does Not Constitute Anti-Semitism

Monday, 11 January 2021, 6:06 am | Alternative Jewish Voices

Statement by: Sh’ma Koleinu / Alternative Jewish Voices collective https://ajv.org.nz/ , 10/1/21 Two organisations – the Israel Institute of New Zealand and the NZ Jewish Council - have again accused groups and individuals – including Green Party MP ... More >>

NZ’s Alternative Jewish Voices Joins International Groups In Supporting Palestinian And Arab Statement On Antisemitism

Friday, 11 December 2020, 1:13 pm | Alternative Jewish Voices

Alternative Jewish Voices is pleased to join international Jewish activists for justice, applauding a recent statement on antisemitism by 122 Palestinian and Arab academics, writers and intellectuals. The statement , published in the Guardian, ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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