WTF are people protesting outside the DNC???

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63. Chomsky was not the founder. Jewish Voice for Peace was founded by Julia Caplan, Julie Iny, and Rachel Eisner in 1996 in

1996 in Berkeley, California, as a far-left activist group with an emphasis on the “Jewish tradition” of peace, social justice, and human rights. It is currently led by Rebecca Vilkomerson, who joined the organization in 2002, and its board members include controversial Israel critics Judith Butler, Noam Chomsky, and Tony Kushner.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-wake-of-war-leftist-self-hating-jews-find-a-voice/

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skxq5brft

https://web.archive.org/web/20010812085421/http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/about/history.html

Protesters implore Clinton, Netanyahu to abet peace

BY LESLEY PEARL | OCTOBER 11, 1996

https://jweekly.com/1996/10/11/protesters-implore-clinton-netanyahu-to-abet-peace/

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Sponsored by A Jewish Voice for Peace, Monday's rally attracted speakers and endorsements from Americans for Peace Now, San Francisco's Congregation Beit Tikkun, Berkeley's Kehilla Community Synagogue, the Palestinian American Congress and United Muslims of America. A small Berkeley-based organization, A Jewish Voice for Peace formed in response to the recent violence in Israel following the opening of a new entrance to the Old City tunnel.

"We're denouncing the violence, the disintegration of the peace accords and reminding President Clinton of his responsibility as a co-signer," said member Julie Iny. "We've always worried about Palestinians reneging on their word. We are equally worried the Israeli government will do the same."

Participants held banners stating, "Oslo is the first step toward a better future — Netanyahu: Don't hold us back" and "79.5 percent of Israelis support implementing the Oslo accords. So do we." The group's agenda appeared one of forging ahead for peace rather than casting blame. However, most speakers and attendants placed the responsibility for keeping the accords alive upon Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

JVP member Rachel Eisner urged Clinton to pursue the following points: ensuring Jerusalem's status quo until final-status talks, freezing settlement expansion, withdrawing Israeli forces from Hebron, keeping the Israel Defense Force out of Palestinian autonomous areas, easing border closure and promoting economic opportunities for Palestinians. "The peace process is not a public relations tool," she said.

RACHEL LENA EISNER (FOUNDER)



JULIE INY (FOUNDER)