The American Muslims for Palestine held a press conference attended by several media outlets on May 12, to announce its nationwide ad campaign calling for an end to Israeli apartheid and US support for Israel.

The Jewish Community Resource Council, the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee tried hard to stop the ads by denouncing them as anti-Semitic and offensive to the organization Jewish community, a charge immediately refuted by Jewish Voice for Peace, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and other Jewish solidarity partners. 

 The attack by the JCRC and its Zionist partners ignores the fact that Israeli policies meet the legal requirements for apartheid, set by several international legal standards as well as a comprehensive study called “Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? A re-assessment of Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territories under international law,” by the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa. Even Israeli officials use the terminology that JCRC, the ADL and AJC call “morally reprehensib

Former Israeli Foreign Ministry director-general ambassador to South Africa Alon Liel: “If you, President Obama, intend to come here for a courtesy visit - don’t come …You yourself know full well that Israel is standing at the apartheid cliff.” (2013)  ~ From JVP press release

AMP is heartened by and grateful for the support of JVP, the Asian Law Caucus, the Council on American Islamic Relations – San Francisco Bay Area, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center and Friends of Sabeel-San Francisco.

“We are committed to bringing this ad to other cities across the country in our efforts to raise awareness of Israel’s occupation of Palestine and how it is supported by hard-earned US tax dollars,” said Kristin Szremski, AMP’s national director of media and communications.

 You can help support this ad campaign by making a donation to AMP today! 

(CHICAGO 05/06/2013) – The American Muslims for Palestine, a national grassroots organization educating Americans about Palestine and its rich cultural and historical heritage, categorically condemns Israel’s attacks on Syria in recent days.

AMP also condemns Syrian President Bashar Al-Asaad and his regime for their relentless and deadly assault on their own people. We assert that Israel, as the occupier of Palestine and the Syrian Golan Heights, has no business and no right to bomb yet another Arab land. Instead, AMP calls on the United Nations and international community to intervene to halt Bashar and his genocidal attacks on his fellow countrymen, who are so valiantly struggling for freedom and democracy.

Israel is an aggressor nation and is serving its own interests, ultimately ensuring its continued occupation of the Golan Heights and Palestine, through its use of immense air power. The international community must remember Israel’s position as an occupier and demand it cease all such airstrikes.

AMP counters that political speech is not anti-Semitic

(SAN FRANCISCO 05/10/2013) – The American Muslims for Palestine, a national grassroots organization educating the public about Palestine and its rich cultural and historical heritage, today announced its nationwide outdoor advertising campaign has come to San Francisco’s Muni buses. The ads call for an end to Israeli apartheid and to unconditional American aid for Israel. The campaign, which will appear on buses from the Presidio garage, will run for four weeks before moving to Chicago, Washington DC and elsewhere in the country.

The American Muslims for Palestine congratulates AMP Chairman Dr. Hatem Bazian upon the release of a groundbreaking study on Muslims living in the San Francisco Bay Area, which he co-authored with Farid Senzai, Director of Research - ISPU, assistant professor, Santa Clara University.

This benchmark study, “The Bay Area Muslim Study: Establishing Identity and Community,” is the first of its kind on the Bay Area’s 250,000 Muslim community, serves many purposes including providing groundbreaking data on its demographics, sense of identity, economic well being, political and civic engagement, and the challenges that it faces. The resulting data is useful for academics and practitioners wishing to pursue further research, as well as for the community and its leaders, philanthropists and foundations, policymakers, and the general public. As a source of information, it will serve as an important tool for advocacy and media purposes, given that data about the community has often been misrepresented. Finally, the report will add to and complement the growing body of empirical data on local Muslim communities and the national portrait.