Invest In Peace

As an American Jew, I am greatly concerned about the survival of Israel as a just society. I was born in Luxembourg to emigre German Jews who fled Europe in 1939 just months before World War II broke out. Many members of my family were less fortunate and perished in the Holocaust.

Israeli security is weakened by the occupation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank and Gaza. Israel’s international position and its special moral claim upon the world is undone by the occupation. A just settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to a stable Middle East. Such a settlement must include the creation of a viable Palestinian state assisted by Israel and the international community to achieve economic growth and the necessary institutions of civil society.

Voting for selective divestment from companies that benefit from the occupation is a powerful way to pressure the US and Israeli governments to end the occupation.

–Jacques