Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of IfNotNow, an American progressive group which advocates for Palestinians and opposes Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and blockade of Gaza as part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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News IfNotNow Made An Impact With Its Birthright Protests. Now It’s Stopping Them.
Birthright Israel has sent 650,000 young Jews to Israel over the past two decades, and few have complained about their free trip to the Jewish state. But last summer, something strange started happening. Members of IfNotNow, the Jewish organization that raises awareness about Palestinian suffering and American complicity in it, would go on the trips…
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Fast Forward Did Members Of Jewish Group IfNotNow Help Ban Star Of David At A Pride March?
A Jewish group that has raised the profile of the movement protesting the Israeli occupation of land Palestinians claim for their own is tied to the decision by a gay pride march to not allow the star of David flag at its event on Friday. Members of the D.C. chapter of IfNotNow — which has…
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Fast Forward Progressive Jewish Groups Back Omar After Trump Attack Tweet
Progressive Jewish groups are expressing their support for Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Trump tweeted a video on Friday that criticized a recent statement she made about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Trump’s video, which has been seen more than 10 million times, spliced footage of 9/11 with comments the Minnesota Democrat made at…
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Fast Forward 15 Jewish College Students Arrested Protesting Outside Birthright Offices
NEW YORK (JTA) — Fifteen activists from IfNotNow, a Jewish group of millennials that protests Israel’s control of the West Bank, were arrested Friday while demonstrating outside Birthright Israel’s offices in New York City. The activists were college students, according to IfNotNow, which has been protesting Birthright in a variety of ways since last year, including…
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Fast Forward IfNotNow Protests Outside Chabad On Shabbat Over Visiting IDF Veteran
(JTA) — Members of a left-wing group protested a speech by a former Israeli soldier at the Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Texas in Austin. About a dozen protesters from the Austin chapter of IfNotNow sang protest songs and carried signs reading “Occupation is not moral” and “Moral combat? Moral disaster” in front…
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Community What Really Happened During The Birthright Walkouts
In recent months, several young Jews have walked off of or have been asked to leave their Birthright trips as part of an initiative by the anti-occupation group IfNotNow called Birthright: Not Just A Free Trip. I was a participant on the same bus as the three recent participants who allege they were kicked off…
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Opinion Walking Off Birthright? Check Your Privilege
The activist group IfNotNow has a webpage devoted to arranging disruptions of Birthright trips. At notjustafreetrip.com you can sign up with them if you’re attending a Birthright trip and fill out a form letting them know what kind of support you need. One of the options is, “I want to take action on my trip.”…
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Opinion I Was Kicked Off Birthright For Asking Questions About The Occupation
On the fifth day of my Birthright trip, as we drove south from a Kibbutz up north to Tel Aviv, I asked our trip leader if the towering concrete wall I could see from my window was the wall that separates the West Bank from Israel. Two hours later, I stood on a street corner…
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