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UKJAN
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A group of Jewish academics, educators, & intellectuals opposing both antisemitism & its weaponisation against freedom of speech & protest.

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“We implore our government and all people of conscience to demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release and to defend the rights of those calling for Palestinian and indeed all human rights to be upheld“

Full text of our statement and list of signatories can be found on our website at UKJAN.org.uk

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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“We implore our government and all people of conscience to demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release and to defend the rights of those calling for Palestinian and indeed all human rights to be upheld“

Full text of our statement and list of signatories can be found on our website at UKJAN.org.uk

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March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“In unity and with unwavering determination, we declare that justice will prevail. We will not be silenced; we will resist, remember, and record.”

- The Unified Call for Justice and Freedom in Palestine

www.birzeit.edu/en/news/unif...

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November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
A year later, these demands have only become more urgent.

www.scholarsforpalestine.org

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November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
The statement (www.birzeit.edu/en/news/unif...) lists five concrete actions for the international academic community, urging us to:

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November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
within the academy and in our communities. We commit to the struggle against Islamophobia and to combating antisemitism within the framework of broader anti-racist and decolonial liberation struggles and movements for social justice.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
• We promote ‘safety through solidarity’ (Burley & Lorber, 2024). We acknowledge our communities’ inherited traumas & antisemitism’s deep historical roots in British society. We advocate for compassionate & informed discussion of antisemitism & Israel/Palestine

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
We note the long history of pro-Palestinian/non & anti-Zionist sentiment across Jewish communities globally & in the UK, and the accelerating fragmentation of public opinion on Israel in the Jewish diaspora - a diversity that our institutions too often fail to reflect.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
• We resist the assumption that UK Jews speak with a single voice on any issue inc. Israel/Zionism. Homogenising Jewish opinions on Israel is an act of erasure as is antisemitic stereotyping, so is conflating the interests of Jews worldwide with those of the Israeli state

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
In doing so, they create confusion around what antisemitism is and risk trivialising the real threats it poses to Jewish safety, especially by deemphasising antisemitism on the right.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
• We reject the conflation of criticism of Israel/Zionism with antisemitism. Instruments like the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism have increasingly been used to discipline and criminalise legitimate political speech.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
• Universities must be free from political interference. As academics committed to academic freedom, we support the right of students and faculty to criticise Israel’s actions, to express support for Palestinian liberation, and to engage in nonviolent protest.

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November 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM