Jewish Voice for Peace

‘Zionist animals’: Anti-Israel activists plan to ‘flood’ UN General Assembly with protest

Within Our Lifetime, JVP, and PYM to march on UN, call for sanctions on Israel, and demand Netanyahu’s arrest.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators gather outside the UN Headquarters during a "Stop Starving Gaza" protest in New York City, July 29, 2025.
JUST AFTER the Hamas attack on October 7, even before the IDF began its ground operation in Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace was already calling to ‘Stop the genocide of Palestinians.’

Breakaway Jewish group joins 'student intifada' after split from Jewish Voice for Peace

The group framed itself as part of what it termed a global “student intifada” and said it was aligning with the “Popular University,” a loose network of pro-Palestinian activists.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place at University Yard on the campus of George Washington University, in Washington, DC.

GWU suspends JVP amid US gov't review of university antisemitism failures

The decision, first reported by the student paper, the GW Hatchet, lengthened the suspension period to the end of spring 2026, and the disciplinary probation was extended through spring 2027.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Jewish Voices for Peace logo.

Protests yields limited results, Jewish Voice for Peace retools to focus on swaying elections

Despite another temporary ceasefire, the war is ongoing. And JVP is changing its structure and strategy.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA, ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Kirsten Gillibrand apologizes to Zohran Mamdani over ‘global jihad’ remark

The apology, which was first reported by Politico, comes after Gillibrand had previously backed away from the comments she made, telling Rolling Stone that she “misspoke.”

JULY 2, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Zohran Mamdani over a pro-Palestinan protest in Chicago on October 8, 2023

Top 10 weird things activists put on seder plates this Passover

In an Instagram post shared by Independent Jewish Voices and IfNotNow, a slice of watermelon could be seen illustrated next to an olive on a seder plate.

APRIL 16, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators from the group Jewish Voice for Peace hold an emergency Passover Seder outside of ICE headquarters on April 14, 2025 in New York City.

Fate of the Zionist movement must be decided by Zionists, not by anti-Zionists - opinion

There are plenty of places for anti-Zionists in this world; the WZC is not one of them.

MARCH 4, 2025ByELCHANAN POUPKO
RABBI DOV Landau delivers a class at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, 2023. To maintain the integrity of this election, the World Zionist Congress must make it clear that anyone who does not reject Landau’s position in the strongest terms cannot be elected or vote in this election, the writer argues.

Columbia students, stand with humanity and against barbarity - opinion

Since October 7, 2023, Columbia’s campus has been engulfed in protests, inflammatory rhetoric, and an unsettling surge of antisemitism.

FEBRUARY 21, 2025ByDAVID FRIEDMAN, EZRA GONTOWNIK
A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

JVP strongly opposed by US Jewry - poll

The findings highlighted a clear rejection of JVP’s ideology and methods by American Jews, reaffirming the broad support for Israel among the Jewish majority.

FEBRUARY 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JEWISH VOICE For Peace members and supporters hold a rally outside the Zeckelman Memorial Holocaust Museum in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Jewish Voice for Peace to pay over $600,000 to settle COVID-19 loan fraud allegation

JVP will be paying twice the amount it received for a $338,817 second-draw loan under the Paycheck Protection Act Program.

JANUARY 15, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
MEMBERS of Jewish Voice for Peace demonstrate in New York in 2015. (Courtesy)

Pro-Palestine activists occupy NY Public Library to protest Gaza 'Scholasticide'

"We gather today in one of New York's most iconic libraries to remind the world that all libraries in Gaza have been destroyed," said one of the protesters.

DECEMBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
"Study-in for Gaza" protest at New York Public Library on December 21

'Same as the KKK': New SJP-affiliated group works to remove Hillel from US campuses

Drop Hillel claims to be campaigning for non-affiliated Jewish spaces without Zionist connections.

OCTOBER 22, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Israel protestors confront Pro-Palestine protestors during a rally against the Baruch College Hillel campus organization at Baruch College on in New York City. June 05, 2024.

University of Maryland reverses decision to allow anti-Israel protest on October 7

University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace had been set to hold their October 7 vigil for Gazans killed in the Israel-Hamas War at a campus hall.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
SIGNS, FLAGS and photos are on display at a vigil in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of hostages kidnapped on October 7. Only 10% of Palestinians polled believed Hamas committed war crimes.

George Washington University suspends JVP chapter as colleges prepare for Israel protests

The groups were temporarily suspended last fall after pro-Palestinian students projected inflammatory messages on campus buildings weeks after the Oct. 7 attacks.

AUGUST 21, 2024ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Demonstrators gather at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, US, May 2, 2024.

'Let Gaza live': Anti-Netanyahu demonstrators hold sit-in protest at congressional offices

The protests were reportedly organized by Jewish Voices for Peace.

JULY 24, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Police officers stand guard during a protest in support of Palestinians inside of the Cannon Office Building one day prior to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to the U.S. Congress in Washington, U.S., July 23, 2024.