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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Jewish Voice for Peace holds Shabbat service with Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rep. Rashida Tlaib should have been en route to her grandmother’s house last Friday. Instead, as many of you already know, Rashida was making the heart- wrenching decision to not take Netanyahu up on his conditional “humanitarian” visit to Palestine. The only way they would let her in was if she kept her mouth shut — a degrading and impossible demand of the lifelong organizer for the rights and dignity of all people. Rashida is a hero, and that is why JVP Action launched on Friday night with a Shabbat event in Detroit. We honored her leadership and let her know that we are here to support her and her commitment to human rights for all. I can’t think of a better way for us to show what JVP Action will be about than this beautiful Shabbat with the Palestinian granddaughter of a woman who is older than the Israeli state and living under a controlling military occupation. Here’s a video of Rashida speaking with JVP organizer Reuben Telushkin. https://twitter.com/SarahRahal_/status/1162491148910419970 This is just the first of many actions JVP Action will be a part of to support our heroes in Congress — including Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Betty McCollum and more – but it illustrates the heart of our work as an organization. We’re going to show up in community with each other and with power to fight for what’s right. As JVP Action, JVP is now unleashed and able to weigh in about electoral politics. What can you do to become involved? Come to a welcome summit webinar to learn all the ways you can join the action Donate to our Champion Defense fund so we can stay ready to mobilize Follow us on social media (twitter) and (facebook), and check out our website so you can be the first to hear about all the action I couldn’t be more excited to launch this new area of work, and it couldn’t come at a more critical time. We’re a vibrant, powerful community, covering every congressional district in the US, and we’ve got a whole new way to fight for justice, equality and freedom for all people. Join us! Stefanie Stefanie Fox JVP Deputy Director https://www.jta.org/2019/08/18/united-states/rep-rashida-tlaib-joins- shabbat-service-in-detroit-park-after-canceled-israel-trip Links to the latest articles in this section Only 19.7% of Americans agree with US State Dept on Israeli settlements Join Taayush In the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills Join Taayush In the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills