Jewish Voice for Peace, the self-proclaimed progressive anti-Zionist organization that organized a protest that overran parts of the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday, has deep connections to left-leaning foundations and organizers and a history of claiming Israel is an apartheid state engaged in genocide.
The organization portrays itself as a community for Jews “with justice at the center” and tells prospective members that “you are part of building a Jewishness and Jewish life beyond Zionism.” The protest Wednesday, which resulted in scores of arrests by Capitol Police, demanded a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
“We’re organizing a grassroots, multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews into solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle, guided by a vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people,” the organization’s about page reads.
On Wednesday, after its protest was broken up by police, the group posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that "we demand an end to genocide in Gaza," and "we must put the same effort into dismantling the systems of Zionism, apartheid, and colonialism that brought us to this moment."
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