Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel

10/16/2024

Please join us for this crucial presentation.

05/09/2024

NJP/I News & Upcoming Events Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel (NJP/I) is a local community group whose aim is to educate and inform Northfield and the surrounding area about the ongoing occupation of Palestine and to advocate peace and justice for all people who live in Palestine and Is...

05/03/2024

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01/18/2022

Occasionally, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel wants to make our audience aware of events presented by other local organizations. This is one such event.

Presented by the Minnesota BDS Community with support from the Duluth DSA Community, Long Past Due for Indigenous Perspectives will feature Ricky deFoe of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Ashraf Askar, a Palestinian American, sharing perspectives on water issues and water respect within their communities. Please join us for this zoom event.

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022
Time: 7:00pm
Register: https://dsausa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIud-GoqDguGtaOOuCgkI2nGLNAMMInV3FO

05/22/2021

Palestine Solidarity Rally
Saturday, May 22
11am -- Bridge Square -- Northfield
Sponsored by Carleton Democratic Socialists of America
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/291947609248043?ref=newsfeed

As Palestinians begin a historic general strike, Israel continues its mass bombing campaign against Gaza and police/militia terror campaign against all Palestinians. At least 212 civilians, including more than 60 children, have so far been murdered.
Come stand in solidarity with Palestinians fighting for their lives, and ask that Angie Craig sponsor HR-2590 to stop US money from funding this ongoing genocide.

Rise Up Minnesota: Palestine is Calling
Saturday, May 22
3pm -- Bryant Park -- Minneapolis
Sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine-MN & many other organizations
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/177130494323092?fbclid=IwAR0nJmaQSLnbS1Sklu-6-9JSi7lNVFh2XoGZsRlkr6YMVpdJUQ9iq4nLjVY

Let’s show Palestine that MN stands with them. Come out to support the people of Palestine, demand the end to Israeli violence on Gaza, and to stop the forced displacement of the Sheikh Jarrah families.
We will be starting at Bryant Square Park and marching.
If you have any questions about the rally or would like to co-sponsor, please DM us or send email to [email protected]

When a Minnesota Law Silences Us
Monday, May 24
7:00pmCDT via Zoom
Registration:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xQgPbAcDRSe3C_kDx3LE1g

In 2017, Minnesota enacted laws that prohibit the state legislature and any state agency from doing business with a vendor that discriminates against Israel. This law – and similar laws in other states – are in direct violation of the First Amendment and one’s right to freedom of speech.

Come learn about these laws and the efforts to repeal them from Meera Shah of Palestine Legal (https://palestinelegal.org/staff ) and other local speakers.

Co-hosted by American Muslims for Palestine-MN, Jewish Voice for Peace-Twin Cities MN, BDS Community, Middle East Peace Now, MN Break the Bonds, MN Friends of Sabeel, Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, Palestine/Israel Justice Project, Palestine Legal, Women Against Military Madness

Dima Khalidi is the founder and director of Palestine Legal and Cooperating Counsel with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). She oversees Palestine Legal’s array of legal and advocacy work to protect people speaking out for Palestinian freedom from attacks on their civil and constitution...

05/05/2021

No corner of the world has been untouched by the global coronavirus pandemic. And nothing more clearly demonstrates the ongoing Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) for the Palestinian people than Covid 19.

Every May 15, Palestinians and their supporters commemorate the Nakba, events during which Zionist forces violently drove nearly a million Palestinians from their homes throughout 1947 to 1949.

“Personal Stories of the Nakba (The Catastrophe)” will be 1 p.m., Saturday, May 15, 2021. This NJP-produced video features three Palestinians sharing family stories from that time. Normally held in person in Bridge Square in downtown Northfield, the commemoration presented by Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel will be held online this year because of coronavirus concerns. Go to njpmn.org and scroll down to “Upcoming Event” for the registration link

As people around the world observe the Nakba of history, headlines of Israel’s successful immunization program hide an ongoing catastrophe in the Occupied Territories. For months, Israel has denied its obligation, under the Geneva Conventions, to vaccinate Palestinians.

Writing from the West Bank in February, Doctors Without Borders medical adviser Matthias Kennes said that Israeli citizens were 60 times more likely to be vaccinated than people in Palestine.

“If asked why vulnerable people cannot be vaccinated in Palestine, I do not know how to answer. It is inexplicable and unbelievable. Worse than that — it is unjust and cruel,” he wrote.

International aid groups, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are pressuring Israel to help vaccinate Palestinians. But the Occupied Territories still lag far behind their occupier in vaccinations and a return to “normalcy” – conditions that are harsh even in the best of times.

This online event is free and open to the public and is organized by Northfielders for Justice in Palestine/Israel, a diverse group of community members who organize local events to educate and advocate for justice and peace in Palestine/Israel. For more information about the event or NJP, visit the website at www.njpmn.org or write to [email protected].