Jews for Israeli–Palestinian Peace (), abbreviated as JIPF, is a Stockholm-based association, founded by Swedish

Jews Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

in 1982, following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.Landy, D. (2012). Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. United Kingdom: Zed Books.

Activities and advocacy

JIPF states that they want to work for a "fair and lasting peace" in the conflict between

Israelis Israelis (; ) are the Israeli citizenship law, citizens and nationals of the Israel, State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Israeli Jews, Jews and Arab citizens of Israel, Arabs, who respectively account for 75 percen ...

and

Palestinians Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenou ...

, based on national

self-determination Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...

and

independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ...

for both peoples.Om JIPF
(Eng: About Us), JIPF (Swedish) Its political programme include demands for a creation of a Palestinian state, Israel's withdrawal from all territories occupied in 1967, the dismantlement of

Israeli settlement Israeli settlements, also called Israeli colonies, are the civilian communities built by Israel throughout the Israeli-occupied territories. They are populated by Israeli citizens, almost exclusively of Israeli Jews, Jewish identity or ethni ...

s and that the

Palestinian refugee Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or house over the course of the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War. Most Palestinian refug ...

question must be based on the principle of the right of return or economic compensation. With a grant from the ''Helena Berings Minnesfond (English: Helena Berings Memorial Fund)'' the group co-ran a school program in partnership with the Palestinian Association of Sweden.Maria Holm,
Judar för israelisk palestinsk fred och Palestinska föreningen i Stockholm arbetar tillsammans
', (February 2007), Palestinagrupperna i Sverige The program facilitated dialogues between Palestinians and Jews in approximately fifty schools over three years.

Notable members

Dror Feiler Dror Elimelech Feiler (; born 31 August 1951) is a Swedish musician, artist and left-wing activist. He is married to the artist Gunilla Sköld-Feiler. Early life and career Feiler was born in Tel Aviv in 1951 to Eliezer and Pnina Feiler, and m ...

is the chairman of the organization. Other members include

Izzy Young Israel Goodman Young (March 26, 1928 – February 4, 2019), known as Izzy Young, was a noted figure in the world of folk music, both in America and Sweden. He was once the owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, and from 1973 ...

, the journalist

Annika Thor Annika Thor (born 2 July 1950) is a Swedish author and screenwriter from Sweden who has won the August Prize for ''Truth or Dare'' in 1997. Life Thor was born into Jewish family in Gothenburg. She has worked as a librarian, a novelist, screenwr ...

and the

pediatrician Pediatrics (American English) also spelled paediatrics (British English), is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers many of their youth ...

Henry Ascher.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jews for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Jewish anti-occupation groups Jewish political organizations Organizations involved in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Jews and Judaism in Sweden Organizations established in 1982 Palestinian solidarity movement in Europe 1982 establishments in Sweden