The role of direct action in movements for justice has always been to agitate and provoke, to dramatize urgent issues and invite people to take a side. In fact, that was precisely our goal in organizing the waves of disruptions this past Sunday at the Celebrate Israel parade in New York City, the day before…
Watching Israel being celebrated in the Celebrate Israel Parade in NYC felt, in some ways, like a surreal experience — but, tragically, it was very real. People were chanting and screaming in support of Israel. American and Israeli flags were intertwined. Israeli settlements were celebrated. Some yarmulkes bore Donald Trump’s name. Juxtapose Israel being hugely…
I’m going “on record” condemning Jewish Voice for Peace’s tactics at the Israel Day Parade. Protesting the parade, even from inside, is something I totally respect. And I have never marched in the parade myself, since I consider it to be overly nationalistic and jingoistic, as well as needlessly confrontational. However, JVP also endangered the…
Five activists from Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) were arrested Sunday afternoon at the 69th annual Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City for third degree trespassing and disorderly conduct, an NYPD spokesman told the Forward. The group targeted, infiltrated and disrupted a contingent of participants from five Jewish LGBTQ organizations, including Jewish Queer Youth….
Police arrested seven activists amid disruptions at the Celebrate Israel Parade on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Sunday, the left-wing Jewish Voice for Peace said in a statement. The activists were part of a group of 100 members of JVP and the youth-oriented leftist group IfNotNow, who protested along the route of the pro-Israel parade. “There…
(JTA) — Tens of thousands of people lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue to show their support for Israel. The “Celebrate Israel” parade was held on Sunday afternoon, under the banner of “Celebrate Israel All Together.” The parade also recognized 50 years of the reunification of Jerusalem. Nine members of Israel’s Parliament were scheduled to march in…
A major British organization condemned criticism of Queen Elizabeth II in the wake of the release of a video showing her giving a Nazi salute at the age of 7. The president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, on Sunday praised the royal family for its close relationship with the Jewish…
Tens of thousands marched in New York in the Celebrate Israel Parade, which is marking its 50th anniversary. Organizers had expected some 35,000 participants in Sunday’s parade up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Among the elected officials participating in the annual parade were New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio….
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