join us in building the only tenable progressive vision for the world: One in which all people are free.
VISUALIZING JUSTICE FOR ALL
Justice for one community must be part of a vision of justice for all.
As people concerned with securing freedom, justice, and equality for all, we know the importance and the power of our collective voice and action. 15 years ago, Palestinian civil society called on people of conscience everywhere to fight injustice and engage in broad boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaigns against Israel until it recognizes the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and complies with international law.
15 years of grassroots organizing and more than 250 boycott and divestment victories later, growing numbers of progressives understand that the racist, separate-and-unequal policies of the Israeli government are incompatible with the values of safety, dignity, and justice for all people.
Justice requires accountability for injustices and an end to complicity. A fundamental change in U.S. policy on Palestine/Israel—with an end to the $3.8 billion of annual U.S. military funding to Israel paid for with taxpayer dollars—is necessary.
The U.S. has repeatedly refused to hold the Israeli government accountable for its ongoing human rights violations against the Palestinian people, effectively subsidizing its racist, separate-and-unequal regime of control and domination. We must divest from this oppression and instead invest in the safety of our communities, healthcare, environment, housing, and education.
As we build a world grounded in progressive values, we must approach the issue of Palestine/Israel with a rights-based framework that ensures safety for all. With the Freedom Is the Future vision and policy demands, Palestinians in the U.S. lay out a vision of justice that demands an end to U.S. complicity in the Israeli oppression of their people, as well as a set of policy demands grounded in universal aspirations for freedom, justice, and self-determination.
Collectively, we have the power to take action and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, uplifting their demands for justice and using our power as constituents, activists, and people of conscience to demand change in U.S. policy. Join us as we fight for freedom, justice, and equality for all—from the U.S. to Palestine.
WHY NOW?
For 70+ years, Palestinians have been struggling for freedom, justice, and equality. In 1948, more than 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes and land to make way for the establishment of the State of Israel.
Since then, Israel has maintained a separate-and-unequal system, with one set of laws and benefits for Israeli Jews and a matrix of control and domination for Palestinians.
This system is characterized by:
The theft of Palestinian land and resources for the exclusive use of Jewish Israelis
Racial profiling of Palestinians
The Israeli military’s targeting and killing of Palestinians
Mass incarceration and criminalization of Palestinians (including the systemic arrest and imprisonment of Palestinian children)
The refusal to allow Palestinian refugees expelled by Israel to return to their homes
Oppressive military rule and occupation for Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip
The treatment of Palestinian citizens of Israel as enemies of the state and their subjugation to the same tactics of violence, land confiscation, and punishment for resistance and protest as their fellow Palestinians across the oPt.
And more. Throughout it all, the voices of the Palestinian people have largely been ignored by the U.S. and international community. That must change.
AS PROGRESSIVES…
As we move towards a progressive vision for the world in which all people are free, the dial is moving towards accountability for Israel’s ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people. U.S. policy has long contributed to injustice and oppression, both domestically and globally. Progressives are challenging this status quo in the streets and in Congress.
From demanding an end to weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over its war crimes in Yemen to demanding an end to the criminalization and killings of Black people, progressives are pushing for change, slowly but surely. A fundamental change in U.S. policy on Palestine/Israel must be a part of the broader progressive wave towards justice for all.