Know the largest network of anti-Zionist Jews; From establishment to the most important goals
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News quoted by Al Jazeera, “Ijan”, the international anti-Zionist Jewish network, is a movement initiated by a group of Jewish activists in 2008 with the aim of confronting the policies of the Zionist regime towards Palestinians formed It was.
The goals of this network are to confront and disintegrate the apartheid and racist Zionist regime and support the right of Palestinians to self-determination and struggle against the occupation. This movement has launched many demonstrations in Western countries.
Establishment of the anti-Zionist Jewish movement
The international anti-Zionist Jewish movement was formed in 2008 in the context of Jews who were against the policies of the Zionist regime and wanted to excommunicate the behavior of this regime on behalf of Judaism. This group always condemns the racial cleansing carried out by the Zionist regime against the Palestinian nation.
This movement was founded by an anti-Zionist Jewish woman named “Sarah Kirshnar” and a group of native Jews from England, America, Canada, Europe, Israel, India, and Mexico. And Argentina was established.
The most important founders of this network are:
Sarah Karsnar: Ms. Karsnar is one of the main founders of this company, who started her activities in solidarity with the Palestinian nation during the second intifada. did He has always been a defender of Palestinian rights and an opponent of the policies of the Zionist regime.
Michael Kalmanovich: He played a key role in strengthening the positions of this anti-Zionist network in the world and his efforts to raise awareness about the rights Palestinians and criticism of the policies of the Zionist regime followed.
Sam Weinstein: He was born in America and was one of the influential founders of the Anti-Zionist Jewish Network. He has participated in many international circles regarding the rights of Palestinians and has called for the removal of the racist regime in Palestine.
Goals of the anti-Zionist Jewish movement
In its institutional charter, this network stated its goal of destroying the Zionist racist regime and emphasized the necessity of trying to return the Palestinian refugees and ending the colonization of Palestine by Israel has emphasized.
In its charter, this movement emphasized the full right of the Palestinians to determine their own destiny and confront the Israeli occupation, and stated that in this struggle, they will specifically focus on the Palestinian national movements. and the organizations led by the Palestinians.
This network emphasized the necessity of fighting against Zionism and stated that the movement is seeking political, legal and economic domination over the Jews of European nations.
Anti-Zionist Jews reject the colonial expansionism of the Zionist regime and the Zionists’ view of Palestine as an abandoned land, and believe that this claim is only to justify the destruction of Palestinian lives. It has been done.
This group has expressed its opposition to Zionist organizations and political lobbies of this regime, which were established to support and strengthen Zionist ideas in the world, and expressed its solidarity with the nation. They declare Palestine and efforts to establish justice and support Palestinian-led campaign groups against oppression.
The turning points of anti-Zionist Jewish network campaigns
After the start of the Zionist war against the Gaza Strip in 2008, the Zionist opponents affiliated with this movement started their protests in the cities of the United States and some other cities by forming Human chains, which were held in front of the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, for example, began.
In December 2009, the members of this movement organized a large march in front of the building of the diplomatic mission of the Zionist regime in New York City.
The elements of this movement also condemned the war of the Zionist regime against the Gaza Strip in 2014 and emphasized their presence with the Palestinian resistance and asked the international community to stop the Zionist regime to prosecute because of repeated crimes against Palestinians.
Following the start of the al-Aqsa storm operation and the brutal attack of the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip, the members of this movement held repeated protests, especially in the framework of the student movement in American universities.
About 100 members of this network participated in the protests in San Francisco and occupied the lobby of the hotel where the Israeli Consulate is located in this city. The American police attacked this demonstration and arrested dozens of them.
At the beginning of 2025, the London police arrested the anti-Zionist Jewish activist Yael Kahn and interrogated him. In this regard, Sam Weinstein, a member of this movement in England, said: We [in England] have a Zionist government that receives some orders from Quds and the Israeli embassy. Neutrality has no meaning here.
The group stated that Kahn was arrested simply because he drew comparisons between the behavior of the Nazis and the horrific genocide that took place in Gaza. This is despite the killing that Israel is doing against the women and children of Gaza, some of whom are less than one year old; It can be compared with the most heinous crimes in history.
This movement considered the arrest of the priest as an attempt to silence this growing movement and stated that the genocide that Israel is carrying out is only possible with political support and military aid. Multiple Western governments are possible.