Free speech on Israel

On 13 October, EJJP lobbied Miguel Moratinos, Deputy Director General of the United Nations, against adoption of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. The United Nations has been considering promulgating an Action Plan against antisemitism for some two years. It has been under considerable pressure to include the IHRA WD… Read More »EJJP lobbies the UN against adopting the IHRA WD

Audrey Azoulay 21 March 2023 Director-General, UNESCO Dear Ms. Azoulay. We are writing to you about UNESCO’s guidance document, “Addressing anti-semitism through education: guidelines for policymakers”, and in particular about the paragraph regarding the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism (IHRA WD), under Defining Antisemitism. While the paragraph… Read More »EJJP commends UNESCO for not adopting the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. EJJP recommends adopting the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism.

The big American group, Jewish Voice for Peace, has been lobbying the social media companies, particularly Facebook for a year or more, with some success. It recently asked for European support, which EJJP was glad to to give. We lobbied Meta (Fcebook and Instagram) Google (YouTube) and Tik Tok. We… Read More »EJJP lobbies the big social media companies not to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.

31 January 2023 To the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Dear Dr. Borrell, re: your answer to MEPs questions regarding the International Holocaust Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism and apartheid related to Israel European Jews for a Just… Read More »EJJP lobbies EU High Representative on his statement regarding the IHRA WD and protecting Israel from allegations of apartheid

EJJP learned that the Israeli Delegation to the UN was planning to table a resolution in the General Assembly endorsing the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Working with the Palestinian delegation, we quickly drafted our letter and paper in order to lobby all the delegations to reject any such proposal.… Read More »EJJP lobbies national delegations to United Nations

2 February 2022 To the kind attention of The Board of Deans University of Maastricht We would like to express our concerns about the inflammatory and unfounded allegations made against Free Palestine Maastricht (FPM), a student-led organization at the University of Maastricht. As Jewish and Israeli groups whose work is… Read More »EJJP, Jewish Voices for Peace (Canada) and Gate 48 write to University of Maastricht in support of Free Palestine Maastricht (FPM)

Introduction EJJP is the only progressive European Jewish umbrella organisation. We represent twelve Jewish groups in seven EU Member States, the UK and Switzerland. We are part of a broader network of progressive Jewish organizations, including some in the United States and Canada. We are in agreement with the need… Read More »EJJP submission to the European Commission consultation on “strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life in the EU”

March 15 2021 Dear Mayor ….,, We are writing to you about the Global Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, which we understand you will be attending. We want to alert you to the nature of the organiser, the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM); to what you will be asked to support; and to the legal… Read More »EJJP warns mayors not to ban BDS or anti-Zionist events

March 16 2021 European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP) writes to Director O’flaherty of the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency and Vice President Jourova of the European Commission, urging them not to attend the so-called Global Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism. The letter t alerts him to the nature of… Read More »EJJP urges senior European Union officials not to attend the so-called Global Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism

October 29, 2020 Dear President Francesca Del Bello, We recently learned that you have been the subject of an indefensible smear campaign over the district council’s sponsorship of the Falastin Festival in Rome. We thank you for maintaining your sponsorship despite these attacks. As a network of 11 Jewish groups… Read More »EJJP supports Roman District Mayor in resisting anti-BDS pressure

June 16, 2020 Dear Vice President Borrell, Vice President Schinas, Commissioner Reynders, Ms. Saastamoinen, and Ms. Kanellopoulou, Please find enclosed our press release on the European Court of Human Rights ruling that BDS is legal, and our lead Op Ed from the EU Observer of 12 June. In view of… Read More »EJJP informs High Representative Borrell and other officials of the European Court of Human Rights ruling that BDS is legal

December 4, 2019 Didier Reynders Commissioner for Justice Dear Mr. Reynders We are writing to you to seek the removal of Mrs. Katharina Von Schnurbein as Coordinator for Combating Antisemitism. The grounds of our submission is that she regularly oversteps the bounds of objectivity in the politically charged area of… Read More »EJJP makes formal complaint to EU Commissioner for Justice about the behaviour of Katharina Von Schnurbein