EJJP has signed a statement supporting Francesca Albanese, along with 29 other Jewish organizations and groups from Europe, Northern America and Israel/Palestine.
Francesca Albanese has long been under attack from politically motivated organizations, which have been waging toxic smear campaigns to silence her and to harm her human rights mandate. Those organizations have one objective: shielding the Israeli government from international criticism and legal accountability.
Regrettably, representatives of some Western governments have been giving a strong tailwind to these smear campaigns, by accusing Ms. Albanese of antisemitism. The 30 Jewish organizations reject such allegations, which are unfounded and recklessly incite against Ms. Albanese, at the risk of endangering her personal safety.
The signatories condemn the shameful diplomatic and military support that many Western governments, in particular the United States and Germany, have offered to Israel’s ongoing campaign of mass killings of Palestinian civilians and its barbaric destruction of all foundations of Palestinian life in Gaza.
By extension, the signatories condemn the escalating political instrumentalization of antisemitism in this regard, specifically through the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism, which is also being weaponized against Ms. Albanese and the United Nations more broadly.
The horrific violence Israel has been inflicting on Gaza in the name of ‘protecting Jews’, will not deliver safety to Jews. On the contrary, the inaccurate and ill-fated conflation of the State of Israel with the Jewish people actually exposes and endangers Jews.
The only path towards safety and stability for all is a human-rights based approach and the reaffirmation of the international legal order through the consistent enforcement of international law – precisely what Ms. Albanese stands and calls for.
Signatory organisations
Antizionist Jewish Alliance in Belgium (Belgium)
Boycott from Within (Palestine/Israel Decolonizer) (Belgium)
Een Andere Joodse Stem (Belgium)
European Jews for a Just Peace (Europe)
European Jews for Palestine (Europe)
IfNotNow Toronto (Canada)
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (Argentina)
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (Spain)
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (UK)
Israelis Against Apartheid (Israel/Palestine)
Jewish Call for Peace (Luxemburg)
Jewish Voice for Labour (UK)
Jews for Justice for Palestinians (UK)
Jews for Palestine (Ireland)
Jøder for Retfærdig Fred af 5784 (Denmark)
Jødiske Stemmer for Rettferdig Fred (Norway)
Judeobolschewiener*innen (Austria)
Judeus pela Paz e Justiça (Portugal)
Jüdische Stimme für Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit in Israel/Palästina (Switzerland)
Jüdische Stimme für gerechten Frieden im Nahen Osten (Germany)
Junts Associació Catalana de Jueus i Palestins (Spain)
MARAD, Collectif juif decolonial (Switzerland)
Nahlieli – Jews For Justice In Palestine (Finland)
Tsedek! (France)
Union des progressistes juifs de Belgique (Belgium)
Union juive française pour la paix (France)
United Jewish People’s Order (Canada)