{"id":29733,"date":"2023-11-08T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29733"},"modified":"2023-11-08T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T20:19:58","slug":"jvp-took-over-the-statue-of-liberty-to-demand-a-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/jvp-took-over-the-statue-of-liberty-to-demand-a-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"JVP took over the Statue of Liberty to demand a ceasefire.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wire-header-draft-1_1e-1.png\" alt=\"wire header-draft 1_1e (1)\" class=\"wp-image-4671\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/399482621_18365858134072750_8467395816038791979_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"399482621_18365858134072750_8467395816038791979_n (1)\" class=\"wp-image-4979\" title=\"399482621_18365858134072750_8467395816038791979_n (1)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 7, 2023 (jewishvoiceforpeace.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, hundreds of Jews and allies took over the Statue of Liberty with a clear demand: Ceasefire now.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action marked a sharp escalation, one month into Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza. Over 10,000 Palestinians have now been killed, among them over 4,000 children.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The takeover on Liberty Island was led by JVP-NYC. Hundreds of us \u2014 young people and elders, rabbis, descendants of Holocaust survivors, elected officials \u2014 sang \u201cCeasefire now\u201d and carried banners that read \u201cThe world is watching\u201d, \u201cPalestinians should be free\u201d, and \u201cNever again for anyone.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><em>\u201cWe came to the Statue of Liberty today because we are inspired by the words of our Jewish ancestor, Emma Lazarus, that are etched into the monument,\u201d said Jay Saper, an JVP organizer. \u201cThose words compel us to take action to support the Palestinians of Gaza yearning to be free. And we will continue to take action until we bring about a cease-fire and until Palestinians are free.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2023\/11\/statue-of-liberty-protest-calls-for-israel-ceasefire-in-gaza.html\">New York Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The world really is watching: our action was\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/06\/world\/middleeast\/protest-statue-of-liberty-israel-gaza.html\" target=\"_blank\">on the front page of the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzUttgjAi_c\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishvoiceforpeace.org&amp;rp=%2F2023%2F11%2F07%2Fwire-statue-of-liberty%2F%3Fsourceid%3D1001761%26emci%3D56d16956-f37c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73%26emdi%3D07c667ac-9b7d-ee11-b004-00224832e1ba%26ceid%3D757299#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A9625.700000047684%2C%22ls%22%3A5548.599999904633%2C%22le%22%3A6933.799999952316%7D\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzUttgjAi_c\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishvoiceforpeace.org&amp;rp=%2F2023%2F11%2F07%2Fwire-statue-of-liberty%2F%3Fsourceid%3D1001761%26emci%3D56d16956-f37c-ee11-b004-00224832eb73%26emdi%3D07c667ac-9b7d-ee11-b004-00224832e1ba%26ceid%3D757299#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A9625.700000047684%2C%22ls%22%3A5548.599999904633%2C%22le%22%3A6933.799999952316%7D<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In cities across the country, people of conscience are mobilizing&nbsp; to demand a ceasefire. Our protests are shifting and evolving tactically: shutting down highways, ports, train stations, and Congressional offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>On Thursday, November 2, over 500 faith leaders and organizers from JVP-Philly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia\/protest-philadelphia-30th-street-amtrak-septa-israel-hamas-20231102.html\">staged a sit-in<\/a>&nbsp;inside Philadelphia\u2019s 30th Street Station. Over 300 people were arrested, and trains were shut down for hours. Philly commuters received this alert:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/signal-2023-11-07-133403_002-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4983\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>In Durham, North Carolina, JVP-Triangle organizers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IfNotNowOrg\/status\/1720196110591893930\">blocked traffic<\/a>&nbsp;on the main highway for three hours. Congresswoman Foushee called for a \u201chumanitarian pause\u201d during a town hall that same evening.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Friday, dozens of JVP-Seattle organizers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/politics\/patty-murray-calls-for-gaza-war-pause-as-seattle-rally-urges-cease-fire\/\">led a lockdown<\/a>&nbsp;outside the office of Senator Patty Murray.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on Friday, protesters from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) and JVP-Bay Area&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jweekly.com\/2023\/11\/03\/no-u-s-military-aid-to-israel-say-protesters-as-they-block-ship-at-port-of-oakland\/#:~:text=The%20%E2%80%9CBlock%20the%20Boat%E2%80%9D%20protest,group%20Jewish%20Voice%20for%20Peace.\">locked themselves to a U.S. military supply ship<\/a>&nbsp;at the Port of Oakland, delaying it for hours, as part of AROC\u2019s #BlocktheBoat campaign.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Saturday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/this-weekends-dc-protest-was-largest-pro-palestine-mobilization-in-us-history\/\">hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington, D.C.<\/a>&nbsp;in the largest pro-Palestine demonstration in U.S. history.&nbsp;<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Monday, hundreds of protesters at Tacoma Port in Washington&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/protesters-block-tacoma-port-to-halt-ship-believed-to-be-israel-bound\/#:~:text=The%20boat%2C%20organizers%20believe%2C%20will,to%20requests%20for%20more%20information.&amp;text=Protesters%20shut%20down%20lanes%20of,ship%20workers%20to%20turn%20around.\">blocked a U.S. military supply ship<\/a>&nbsp;loaded with weapons bound for Israel.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also on Monday, organizers locked arms and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverfronttimes.com\/news\/activists-block-entrances-to-st-charles-boeing-plant-41191948\">blocked the entrances to a Boeing plant&nbsp;<\/a>in St. Charles, Louisiana that manufactures the weapons used to kill Palestinians in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"ub_divider_5e4804fd-f4d4-4ed8-b3ca-dc0fed18bceb\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We\u2019re building power towards a ceasefire across the country, and our opposition is panicking. So they\u2019re working twice as hard to attack the movement for Palestinian liberation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"ub_divider_1974c595-adb4-470c-9ab0-eb33502e6dc1\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re witnessing a wave of attacks on Palestinians and their allies, fueled by false accusations of antisemitism, anti-Arab racism, and Islamophobia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And proving how out of touch they are from the majority of their constituents, who support an immediate ceasefire, our elected officials are once again choosing instead to dogpile on Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of Congress, because she defended the pro-Palestinian slogan \u201cfrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear:&nbsp; \u201cFrom the river to the sea\u201d is a call for Palestinian freedom and for the equal rights of&nbsp;<em>all<\/em>&nbsp;the people who live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea \u2014 Palestinians and Jews. As our sibling organization, JVP Action, puts it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The full phrase is &quot;From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.&quot; <br><br>If you believe that freedom for Palestinians means eradicating Jews, it says more about you than anyone else. <br><br>Stop trying to tell Palestinians what they mean when they call for freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DqnnxDEwic\">https:\/\/t.co\/DqnnxDEwic<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jewish Voice for Peace Action (@JvpAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JvpAction\/status\/1721368469428482523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jews for Palestinian freedom, we won\u2019t waver in our belief that every life is precious. We know that these false accusations of antisemitism are a cynical distraction from Israeli atrocities, and that diluting the meaning of \u201cantisemitism\u201d puts Jews in greater danger. We know that there is no justice in arming an apartheid state \u2014&nbsp;only in solidarity with each other.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 7, 2023 (jewishvoiceforpeace.org) Yesterday, hundreds of Jews and allies took over the Statue of Liberty with a clear demand: Ceasefire now.\u00a0 The action marked a sharp escalation, one month into Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza. 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