As the genocide in Gaza continues, more Americans than ever stand in solidarity with Palestine. But action has been met with reaction: We discuss the repression facing the Palestinian solidarity movement as a whole, and explore the threats to Jewish pro-Palestine organizing. We’ll talk about how this repression harms our Palestinian comrades, and contextualize recent developments within both US history and the Trump administration’s escalating authoritarianism. 

Guests: Sonya Meyerson-Knox, JVP Communications Director; Rabbi Lonnie Kleinman, JVP Rabbinical Council; Dottie Zellner, veteran JVP member and civil rights activist

CREDITS:

JVP Radio is produced by Fivel Rothberg, Noémie Hakim-Serfaty, and Rosa Schwartzburg. Hosted by Rosa Schwartzburg and Noémie Hakim-Serfaty. Theme music “Lo Galerian” by Eleanore Weill. Art by Liora Ostroff.

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Learn more about:

The Anti-Palestinian Origins Of American Islamophobia;

The Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Activism in the US;

The Origins and Growing Dangers of US Antiterrorism Law;

Project Esther;

The Systemic Censorship of Palestine Content;

The JVP Rabbinical Council;

Dottie Zellner’s work with SNCC;

An action led by JVP’s Elders;