Jewish Voice for Peace

A joint letter urges the presidential candidate to oppose regime-change interventions and broad-based sanctions, engage with Iran and North Korea, and support a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"In the midst of a global pandemic, prisons are Petri dishes and all sentences are death sentences."

"During this moment of very real, terrifying anti-Semitism coming from white nationalists and the White House, we need Congress to catch up and finally speak out."

One critic said, "it's an obvious attempt to kill the BDS 'Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions' movement."

The vote comes eight months after 69 percent of student voters supported a referendum to divest from companies profiting from military occupation.

"The illegal blockade of Gaza by Israel imprisons every aspect of life for Palestinians in Gaza, and the inhumane restrictions on food, electricity, and healthcare are all forms of violence, carried out daily for the past 11 years by Israel."

"This rhetoric from the president is going to get Jews killed. It already has."

"By his continued encouragement of white supremacy and his daily racist attacks on immigrants and people of color, Trump is making the American Jewish community less safe by the day." 

"It is an affront that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, under pressure from President Trump, would deny entry to representatives of the U.S. government."

"Such actions amount to war crimes," declared Amnesty International