Photos from "International Resistance to Zionism" Panel (SF)

Here's a brief analysis from a local organizer who attended our panel last week, which filled the 522 Valencia Auditorium with close to 100 people:

A remarkable international panel broke new ground in the Bay Area, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. In a packed meeting called by the anti-Zionist International Jewish Solidarity Network, Arab Jews, Palestinian and Jewish activists with backgrounds from India, Puerto Rico, Israel, Lebanon, France/Argentina, Britain, and the US, tackled burning questions facing the Middle East and the world. Speakers placed Zionism as the partner of US imperialism and addressed their weakening power, among Jews for whom it claims to speak and act. Speakers also described the brutal racism of the Israeli settler state that the anti-war and anti-racist movements must confront to support the Palestinian struggle, including the mountain of survival work women do to repel the genocidal Israeli assault. The clear and unambiguous anti-Zionism of the meeting is an exciting expression of the newly emerging network of anti-Zionist Jews demanding that we impose boycotts, divestment and sanction against Israel, as part of a broader movement for liberation.

And some photos -- video will hopefully be coming soon, as will report-backs from similar panels that happened in London and Los Angeles.







Thanks to all of our panelists, co-sponsors, and volunteers!

You can read more about Reuven Abarjel's history and participation in the movement on IndyBay.

More photos from the panel are also on IndyBay.