Join us at the First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress
People of all backgrounds are invited to join and support this call

Vienna, June 13th-15th 2025 / Sivan 17th-19th 5785 (Hebrew Date)

The world watches in horror the unfolding genocide against the Palestinian people committed by Zionism in partnership with the West. It is our obligation as Jews to take action, as this is done in our name. We must join our Palestinian brothers and sisters in their darkest hour, and work for decolonising Palestine!

Jews and people of Jewish descent everywhere - those whom the Zionist state claims to speak for – are coming together and uniting to declare the unwavering opposition to Zionism.

Since the First Zionist Congress over a century ago, Zionist leaders have claimed to speak on behalf of the entire world Jewry, thus holding Jews and Judaism hostage to Zionism, while permanently attempting to silence our opposition and trampling on the spiritual integrity of the Jewish religion. Jewish tradition, history and culture is totally opposed to genocide.

An impressive history of Jewish resistance to Zionism is as long as Zionism – it included Jewish religious communities as well as secular movements of Jewish descent, and the vehement Jewish opposition to the creation of the Zionist state from within Palestine itself.

Zionism is a crime against Judaism and the indigenous people of Palestine, and we are committed to putting an end to it. Over the years, it has been proven that Zionism, instead of protecting Jews, turned into a great danger by committing atrocious acts in the name of Jews and Judaism. Zionism claims the supremacy of Jews and thereby fully adopts the racist assumption inherent to antisemitism that insists on the “otherness” of Jews.

The Zionist settler-colonial entity denies even the most basic rights to the Palestinians. Zionism is responsible for colonialism, apartheid, ethnic-cleansing and genocide in the West Bank and in Gaza for more than eight decades. Fourteen million Palestinians worldwide are its direct victims. To the atrocities it commits we firmly say “Not in Our Name!” We are devoted to ending Zionism and we are devoted to the decolonisation of Palestine with our Palestinian partners!

Above all, Zionism is a crime against humanity. Dedicated to the oath of the survivors of Mauthausen concentration camp, handed down to us as testimony of resistance against Nazi fascism, we follow their universal legacy and reiterate their message:

“The permanence in the camp, lasting years, has reinforced in our minds the knowledge of the value of brotherhood among the people of all nations. True to these ideals, we make a solemn oath to continue to fight, firm and united, against imperialism and against the instigation of hatred between peoples.”

Together we will join forces at the first Jewish Antizionist Congress and united we will join the Palestinians in liberating Palestine, and building a just and equal society!

Judaism is not Zionism!

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• Kinan Noah , Exeter, UK , Lecturer

• Katrin schüler-springorum , Berlin , Musician

• Juan Jose Llorente-Luque Albert , Valencia, Spain , Communist

• Eva Mayrhofer , Linz

• Jesús Pastor Pardo , Madrid

• Arielle Will , Vienna , Student and Social Pedagogue

• Dorothea Hoffmann, Cuxhaven, Coordinator

• Karolina Debois , Haarlem

• Gerd Brunner , Vienna , SPÖ (Austrian Social Democratic Party)

• Corinna Oesch , Vienna , Historian

• Hala Abed , Vienna , Early childhood educator / Palestine solidarity activist

• Hanne Jones Solfjeld , Oslo , Artist and member of FOR, Peace and Justice Party in Norway

• Saydoon Nisa Sayed , Durban , KwaZulu-Natal Palestine Solidarity Forum – KZNPSF

• Saydz Sayed , Durban , South Africa Palestine Movement

• Inna Brodskaia , Tel Aviv , Psychologist

• Rania Madi , Geneva , In an international organisation based in Geneva

• Therese Jagersberger , Vienna , Teacher / Coach

• Julia Gierlinger , Vienna , Self-employed

• Christian Artner-Yanni , Waidhofen an der Ybbs , Data Consultant

• Alexandra Radlinger , Vienna

• Alexander Flores , Bremen , Retired

• Ebubekir Sari , Vienna

• Sarah Salem , Vienna

• Orla Cunningham , Dublin , Optometrist

• Safi Mohamed Safi , Tunis , Professor Emeritus, human rights defender. Jewish families, including the BenHas family, found refuge with my grandfather during World War II and lived together in friendship.

• Büsra Öztürk , Vienna , International Law Consultant

• Tea Loncar , Vienna , Teacher

• Rabih Akasha , Vienna , Engineer

• Thomas Calice , Vienna , Retired

• Hector Grad, Madrid, Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (Spain), former member of Matzpen (Israel)

• Mark Klein , Toronto

• Mohammed Hammoudi , Tangier, Morocco , Retired engineer

• Haroun Mahomed , Centurion

• Shereen Mills , Johannesburg, South Africa , Writer

• Gloria Alexandra Müllner , Vienna , Musician, Teacher

• Kate Josephson , Providence, Rhode Island, USA , Psychotherapist, Activist

• Hasan Mohamed , Johannesburg, South Africa , Activist

• Bernard Spiegal , London , Member of JNP, JVL, CAMPAIN

• Bernard Spiegal , London

• Martin Adel , Vienna , Retired/Pensioner

• Barkaoui Kamel , Paris , Professor

• Gisela Renner , Hanover , Open-minded thinker

• Clemens Strutzenberger , Linz , Palestine Solidarity Linz

• Annette EXNER-RAFFOUL , London , Retired

• Philippe Benmann , Brunn am Gebirge , Airline Pilot

• Andrew SAMUELS , London , SAP

• Gerhard Summer , Bludenz , BDS Austria

• Heba Zaphiriou-Zarifi , London , Self-employed

• Cornelia Ernst , Bremen , Retired

• Laurent Cohen , Barcelona , Interpreter and translator. Junts Asociación Catalana de Jueus i Palestinsd

• Chana Basha Helfand , Philadelphia , Teacher, writer, artist

• Inge Lødner , Oslo, Norway , Architect

• valle Lopez-Tello Jimenez , La Carlota , International peace activist

• theda Ohling , Hamburg , Activist against militarization and war

• Alina Smesic , Vienna , Social pedagogue, trauma and resilience counselor

• Tareq Alsawalhi , Offenbach am Main , Employee at Frankfurt Airport

• Roshan Pedder , London , Activist for Palestine for over five decades

• Francisca Bebelman , Innsbruck

• Jackie Charbit-Middleton , Eastleigh, United Kingdom , Psychoanalytic psychotherapist

• Christopher Gaynor , Rotherham , Supporter of human rights

• Helen Pitman , London , Psychotherapist

• Urs Graf , Sirnach , Psychologist

• Hassan Noah , Vienna, Austria , Anti-colonial activist

• Johann Wuehrer , Linz , Retired Catholic priest

• Ildiko Buza-Kiss , Freiburg

• Julian Flores , Graz , Bookseller

• Becker Hans Dietrr , Herrenberg 71083 , Retired doctor

• Lazar François , Paris , Activist for a one-state solution, contributor for the newspaper Informations Ouvrières

• werner groß , Ovelgönne , Werner Groß, active member of VVN/BdA district association Oldenburg/Friesland/Wesermarsch

• rieß ruth , Ovelgönne , The Anticapitalistas, the red song duo from Wesermarsch

• Anja Woschick , Zollikon , Pianist

• Alois Mantler , Vienna , Retired Catholic theologian

• Mahmoud Shukry , Vienna

• Gerlinda Hochhauser , Vienna , Retired teacher

• Renate Häberle , Schwäbisch Hall, Germany , Teacher

• Julio Cesar Rodriguez , Berlin, Germany , Sound recordist

• Evelin Wollner , Vienna, Austria , Sociologist

• Aysel Dolma , Munich, Germany , Marketing and communications

• BrigitteMayer,Social worker

• Alistair Bingham , Derry , Human being

• Mathias Vorauer , Salzburg , Musician, activist

• Henry Naftali Lowi , Toronto , Jewish anti-Zionist – member of IJV, JVP, INN, UJPO, and F4P

• Amila Softic , Vienna , Mother

• Ulrike Koushan , Salzburg , Peace activist

• Wolfgang Puschnigg , Vienna

• Jürg Kammermann , Mödling , I am a retired teacher and as a person who has a pretty good knowledge of the Palestinian history I feel deeply sorry for the dire conditions Palestinians are forced to live in. The brutal acts of this Israeli government is the source of the wordwide increasing antisemitism and thus a threat to the Jewish community.This congress is a great, great idea. Congratulations to all organizers!

• Thomas Strakhof , Bielefeld , Peace activist

• Avner Reshef , - , Musician, teacher, photographer

• Marlene Stripecke , Bonn , BDS movement

• Dr. Detlef Griesche , Bremen

• Frank Arnold , Paris , Activist, member of POI

• Azman Annemarie , Vienna , Peace activist

• Franziska Harbich , Vienna , Researcher

• Marlene Conrady

• Othmar Zendron , Vienna , Historian

• Barbara Oehlmann , Dortmund

• Roba Darwish , Ennsdorf , Student

• Wilhelm Langthaler, Vienna , Palestine solidarity Austria

• Theda Ohling , Hamburg, Germany , Retired

• Claudia Fritz , Innsbruck, Austria , Artist

• Markus Raithmayr , Lans, Austria , Architect

• Elke Oelze , Rzeszów, Poland , Pensioner

• Nickhil Sharma , Norwich, England , Lecturer

• Tom Oberbichler , Vienna, Austria , Author

• Thrassyvoulos Papadopoulos , Kiel, Germany , Teacher

• Silvia T. , Innsbruck, Austria , Psychotherapist

• Angelika Tschernitz , Wörgl, Austria , Employee

• Shantala Seychelles , Wörgl, Austria , Office worker

• Raphael Kaufmann , Hall, Austria , Carpenter

• Felicitas Berg , Vienna, Austria

• Irina Vana , Vienna, Austria , Activist and social scientist

• Ursula Beiler , Sulz, Austria , Artist

• Charly Walter , Innsbruck, Austria , Interior designer

• Klaus Schreiner , Innsbruck, Austria , Small business owner

• Carola Mühlegger , Innsbruck, Austria , Hairdresser

• Sema Aydin , Lustenau, Austria , Travel agency clerk

• Renate Krewish , Tyrol , Palestine solidarity activist from Tyrol

• Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Hinrichs , Ramsau am Dachstein , Founder of the EVAL movement, environmental and peace activist

• Andrea Baumann , Sistrans , Artist

• Safaa Mohajeri , Berlin , Researcher

• Birgit Schlager , Vienna , Mediator

• Albana Hasmeta , Tirana , Safeguarding practitioner

• Fernando Augusto Taipa Ribeiro da Costa , Freamunde , Humanist

• Paolo Sanvito , Vienna , University lecturer

• Vera Hillebrand , Vienna , Student

• Guy Daniel , Johannesburg , Member of South African Jews for a Free Palestine

• Adeola Awogbemi , Toronto , Nonprofit worker

• Laurent Cohen Medina , Barcelona , Member of Junts Associació Catalana de Jueus i Palestins

• Ian Goldman , Cape Town , -

• Christina Angerer , Innsbruck 6020 , Psychotherapist

• Sabine Amina Richter , Bolzano – Innsbruck , Regional developer and consultant for companies and organizations

• Sabrina Ouellet , Gatineau

• Robert Lenhart Lenhart , Innsbruck

• Patrizia Pichler , Innsbruck 6020 , Companion in the life process

• Gohlke-Kosso Gohlke-Kosso , Hamburg , Humanist

• Joshua Makalintal , Innsbruck , Social scientist / university employee

• Asli Telli , Cologne , Academic and peace activist

• Karl-Heinz Hinrichs , Ramsau am Dachstein , Founder of the EVAL movement, environmental & peace activist

• AIDA EL KHOURY DE PAULA , Madrid, Spain , Consultancy: Evaluator and researcher – programmes & policies

• Jara Walburh , Munich

• Gianfrancesco Costantini , Rome, Italy , Sociologist, freelance professional

• Thomas Rudhof-Seibert , Frankfurt , Philosopher

• Isik Baltas , Krems on the Danube

• Marie Jose Saade , Beirut , Human

• Rahikainen Sanni , Activist

• Wolfgang Sinz , Innsbruck , Retail salesman

• Kamile Batur , Ankara , Architect, assistant professor

• Sadettin Kaplan

• Zeynep Başer , Istanbul / Vienna , Evaluator at Evaluators 4 Justice

• Andreas Hennefeld , Vienna , Social worker

• May Pettigrew , Marseillan, France , Independent evaluator

• Renate Khrewish , Mötz

• Ian Davies , Paris , Consultant

• Marco Lorenzoni , Brussels , Founding member, Evaluators for Justice

• Christine Bosch , Stuttgart

• Enton DIMNI , Durrës, Albania , International development expert

• Zeynep Baser , Vienna , Civil society professional / Activist

• Liliane Amir , Zurich , Human

• AdnanBayer, Vienna, Translator

• Peter Jancsy Schebesta , Córdoba, Spain

• Permjit Bir , London , Anti-racist activist

• Ramez Najjar , Vienna , Practicing Architect, Professor

• Lucija Podic , Vienna , Art Historian

• Alfredo Roldán-Flores , Newton , 15 Avon Place, Newton, MA 02458-1511

• Sharon Caterina Mileo , Vienna

• Susanne Levin , London

• Tasnim Al-Rifai

• David Cannon , Peckham , Chair of Jewish Network for Palestine (UK)

• Peter Eisenstein , Oslo , Vice Chair, Peace and Justice Party, Norway

• Sigrid Wojtowicz , Vienna , Certified Art Therapist

• Edith Dr Heinrich , Mariapfarr/Salzburg , Physician (private practice), Travel Medicine

• Takahisa Amona , Vienna

• Kristina Nowak , Berlin, Germany , Teacher

• Pierre Levy , Paris, France , Journalist

• Peter Holapfel, Waldkraiburg, Germany ,Musician

• Stéphanie Caligara , Vienna , Lawyer

• Chiho Yamamoto , Trierweiler

• Annette Bornemanm , Trier , Physiotherapist

• Richard Wagman , Paris , Founder and Honorary President, French Jewish Peace Union (UJFP)

• Christiane Godart , Luxembourg

• Elisabeth Lindner-Riegler , Vienna , Activist

• Naomi Amesbauer , Vienna

• Sonia Lipson , Somerville , Family Nurse Practitioner

• Michael Young , West Hartford, CT, USA , Art Historian

• Camille Lévy Sarfati , Tunis, Tunisia , Author, curator and organizer

• Fanny Jaquet , Grenoble, France

• Daniil Voloshin , Hamilton, Ontario , Medical student at McMaster University

• Elena Teplanová , Bratislava , Activist, Slovak Initiative for a Just Peace in the Middle East

• Nina Hörschläger , Vienna , Student

• oz shelach

• Eli Haligua , Vancouver , Co-founder of Avlaremoz

• Avi Haligua , Vancouver

• Patrick Pav , Weingarten , Oberschwaben for Palestine

• Shelly Steinberg , Munich , Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich

• Michel Staszewski , Brussels , Member of the Anti-Zionist Jewish Alliance in Belgium (AJAB)

• Gunter Zeilinger , Vienna , Just a programmer / grandson of “We had nothing against Jews, but it wasn’t our concern” Nazi bystanders

• Yaar Peretz , London , University Lecturer

• Amanda Levine , Montreal , IJV (Independent Jewish Voices)

• J Karsemeyer , Toronto , retired educator

• K Burger

• Eitan Bronstein Aparicio , Brussels , De-Colonizer

• Doron Ben David , Jaffa (Tel Aviv) , Musician, Activist

• Mariam Ahmed , Stuttgart

• Richard Wagman , Paris

• Martin Luzi Büechi , Bern , Editor Palaestina-News.ch

• Raja Haddad , Vienna , Professor, retired Physician

• Elana Auerbach,Berkeley,Berkeley Network for Palestine

• Elfriede Krutsch , Berlin , Doctor, member of IPPNW, human rights activist

• Kerstin Wydra , Kranichfeld , Professor

• Jodi Melamed, Milwaukee, WI, USA , Professor and organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace

• Aminah H., Vienna

• Béatrice Orès, Paris, French Jewish Union for Peace

• François Pradal , Paris, France, Tsedek!

• Ingrid Fontaine, Vienna

• Michael Pröbsting, Solidarity activist, RCIT, thecommunists.net

• Hadar Cohen, Brooklyn, NY, Artist & Educator

• Ozlem Suleyman, Vancouver, Activist, supporter of IJV

• Kalliopi Damanaki, Vienna, Retiree

• Patrick Poch, Vienna, Librartist

• Maddie Uayeet, Sussex, England, Artist, JVP

• Kathy Wazana, Toronto, Documentary filmmaker, life-long activist for justice for the Palestinian people – both on the ground in Palestine and in Toronto, Canada (Playgrounds for Peace, Just Peace Seder and Community Mimouna, Speaking Through Walls, Gaza Flotilla)

• Franz Sölkner , Thal , Peace and solidarity activist, historian, retired

• Mike Cushman , London , Membership Secretary, Jewish Voice for Labour (UK)

• Salma Mughrabi , Chur/Switzerland , Private

• Anett Fiedler , Dresden , Graduate social worker

• Stefanie J. Steindl , Vienna , Photographer

• Thomas Christian Billing , Berlin , Piano maker

• Mohamed Boudjenane , Toronto , Canadian Arab Federation

• Shirarose Wilensky , Vancouver , Member of Independent Jewish Voices

• Daniela Neumann , Pany , Historian

• Evelyn Bertram , Hilden

• Dr Andreas Reiner , Vienna , International lawyer

• Michael Thiel , Hamburg, Germany , Retiree

• Ismail Zayid , Halifax

• JackieBarshak,San Francisco,Code Pink – Women for Peace

• Erwin Bartsch, Baden bei Wien, Retired peace activist

• Gerhard Bruny, Vienna ,Retired printer

• Edin Sacirovic , Sarajevo , Lawyer

• Elena Solomon , Tel Aviv - Yafo

• Jean Claude Schaechter , Salernes, Var, France , Retired, Solidarité Var-Palestine, UJFP

• Ken Stone , Hamilton, ON, Canada , retired teacher and anti-war activist

• Stephen Aberle , Vancouver, BC, Canada , Member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada

• Tracey Thomas-Falconar , Toronto , Anarres Natural Health

• Penny Oyama , Burnaby, BC, Canada , retired nurse, supporting member of Independent Jewish Voices, Vancouver, B.C.; grandmother

• Michael Scheinberg , Collingswood , South Jersey for Gaza (NJ-USA)

• Rev. Dr. Robin Wardlaw , Toronto , retired Protestant minister, peace and justice activist, including Israel and Palestine

• Elya Piazza , Philadelphia, PA , PhD, Jewish Studies, Activist

• Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta , Burnaby , Member of Independent Jewish Voices - Canada, "recovering Zionist," principal author of Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation

• Mary Lou Jorgensen-Bacher , Toronto , worked for the government for 29.3 years

• UBALDO Jimenez , Toronto, Canada , Interpreter

• Carl Rosenberg , Vancouver, BC , member of Independent Jewish Voices Canada

• Jenny Stimac , Toronto , Retired teacher; Member of Independent Jewish Voices and WorldBeyondWar

• Sheila LindField , Vancouver, BC, Canada , Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) - member

• Ann Hawkins , Bolton , Retired teacher union activist, human rights advocate

• Alexis Kellum-Creer , Vancouver , Administrator

• Ronny Yaron , Toronto , 80-year old activist for Palestine justice, climate action, human rights, and socialist democracy. Toronto, Canada

• Jake Javanshir , Toronto

• Ronny Yaron , Toronto , Ass. of Career Educators

• Anna Lippman , Toronto , PhD candidate

• Rabbi David Mivasair , Hamilton, Ontario , Active member, Independent Jewish Voices Canada

• Elizabeth Block , Toronto, Canada , Member of Independent Jewish Voices

• Angela Waldegg , Vienna , Artist, theater scholar, Women in Black, Vienna

• Stephanie Beier , Rinteln , Teacher

• Marah Zabalawi , Weingarten , Oberschwaben for Palestine

• Maria anna Zillgen , Bremen

• Raimund Boris Lechthaler , Freistadt , Solidarity Workshop Austria

• Atran Youkhana , Munich , DiEM25 Activist

• Carrie Bramen , Buffalo , Professor

• Yola Kipcak , Vienna , Spokeswoman for the RKP (Revolutionary Communist Party)

• Christoph Pechtl , Vienna , RKP student, ÖH student union candidate of the Revolutionary Communist Party

• Dagmar Ruhm , Ratzersdorf an der Traisen , Independent theologian and TEM practitioner

• Shaheen Khan , Potchefstroom , Student

• Nancy Herron , Johannesburg , I'm a Christian activist and support TheCall

• Stiaan van der Merwe , Johannesburg , Christian activist for alternative to the Zionist project (by many names)

• Samantha Mashapa , Johannesburg , Dialogue and Advocacy Analyst

• Nadim Anani , Kuala Lumpur , Health informatician and rejecter of Zionism at my Australia-based university

• Rosita V , Oakland, CA , Union Nurses for Palestine (UN4Pal)

• Jasmin Safadi , - , Female artist

• Igor Kviatkovski , London , Research Associate, Imperial College London

• Márkó Kovács , Budapest , Working-class movement activist

• Fabienne Presentey , Montreal, Quebec, Canada , Member of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada

• Alain Alameddine , Beirut, Sham , Coordinator at the One Democratic State Initiative

• Judith Bernstein , Munich , Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich

• Shelly Steinberg , Munich , Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue Group Munich

• David Goldberg , London , Supporter of Jews for Justice for Palestinians

• Anita Block , Toronto , Member of Actions4Palestine

• Frank Haidar , Vienna

• Valter Cvijic , Vienna , Activist with Yugoslav roots

• Nabila Irshaid , Vienna , Palestinian-Austrian artist

• Brigitte Gaertner-Coulibaly , Germany , Former teacher, daughter of an activist imprisoned by fascists in a concentration camp during WWII

• Sid Shniad , Vancouver, British Columbia , Founding member, Independent Jewish Voices Canada

• Kurt Mueller , Kreuzlingen , Retired engineer

• Miriam Delorme , Paris , UJFP (Französische Jüdische Union für den Frieden)

• Stéphane Delorme , Viroflay , UJFP (Französische Jüdische Union für den Frieden)

• Naomi Junnor, Glasgow, UNISON

• Nachshon Amir , Sandringham

• youssef karaki , United Kingdom , Marine electrician/engineer, social media activist

• Khalid Shoqeer , Jordan

• Danijela Topic Vizcaya , Vienna , Member of DiEM25

• Jacquelyn Rutchik , New York , Medical professional

• Melanie Jacobs , Colorado , Writer

• Selda Canarslan , Munich

• smadar carmon , Toronto , Independent (note: corrected spelling)

• Alan Fortuny Fortuny , Alan Fortuny Sicart

• Andrea von Sarnowski , Munich , Human being, mother, academic

• Suzanna Treumann , Munich , Artist, painter, writer, peace activist, former museum guide and teacher

• Volker Tanner , Simbach , Member of DiEM25

• Leonardo Torres , Schwabach (Germany) , MSc biotechnology

• Khayim Illia Perret , Fier, Albania , Singing syndicalist, IWW

• evelyn tischer, Regina, Activist

• Pere Solà , Barcelona

• Helmut Schriffl , Münchendorf

• Renate Bursik , Vienna , Retired teacher / Palestine Solidarity

• Gernot Gauper , Vienna

• Elisa Hebenstreit , Vienna , Teacher, member of DiEM25

• Hagen Bonn , Bernau bei Berlin , Author

• Traudlinde Aigner

• Mary Pampalk , Vienna , Women in Black, Vienna

• Viktoria Waltz , Dortmund , Retired lecturer in spatial planning, activist and author on the Palestine conflict since 1984, with a focus on Zionist "spatial planning"

• Annemarie Azman , Vienna

• Manuela Winklehner , 3500 Krems , Human

• Erica Fischer , Barcelona , Writer

• Christine Hülser , Graz

• Franz Sölkner , Thal , Retired, historian, peace activist

• Gabriel Jacovkis , Barcelona – Spain , Musician and writer

• Werner Ruf , Edermünde , Political scientist, professor of international relations, University of Kassel, Germany (retired), peace activist, spent many years in North Africa

• Michael Kösten , Vienna , Leftist, trade unionist against nuclear energy and war

• Judit Somi , Ozd (Hungary) , Militant worker

• Gerd Brodowski , Hagen/Westphalia , Ordinary average guy

• Judit Morva , Budapest , Retired

• Grete Martin , Vienna

• Susanne Brunngraber , Linz , Therapist

• Natascha Lamac , Mödling , Lawyer

• Martin Weinberger , Vienna , Freelance editor, proofreader, and adult educator

• Michaela Elgebaly , Vienna , Teacher

• Regina Wyschata , Salzburg , Social worker

• Renate Akoum , Vienna

• Erwin Zimmermann , Strasshof an der Nordbahn

• Johann Wührer , Linz , Roman Catholic priest

• Eva Maria Neubauer , Vienna , -

• Annemarie Azman , Vienna , Justice and peace for Palestine

• anita Kux , Vienna , Former teacher, now retired

• Friedrun Wiesinger , Salzburg

• Hanna Sukare Schörghofer , Vienna , Author

• Robert Poth , Vienna , Retiree

• Sonja Schrei , Vienna , Teacher

• Mag. Zita Breu , Vienna , Artist

• Sarah Winter , Graz

• thomas prader , Vienna , Retired lawyer

• Albert Schönhuber , Schildorn , Retired person and peace activist for Palestine
  

  Additional signatories:

• One Democratic State
  A Palestinian political organization working to reclaim the narrative and center it on the solution: A transition from the settler state to a democratic state.

• Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East

  Germany

In December 2024 a collective of Austrian Jews signed an Anti-Zionist Declaration:

Viennese Jewish Anti-Zionist Declaration - Dec. 2024

We, the undersigned, as individuals from Jewish family backgrounds, descendants of displaced persons and/or Holocaust victims, Holocaust survivors, and resistance fighters against the Nazi regime, all with ties to Austria, oppose Zionism and the actions of the state of Israel in our commitment to universal human rights, equality, and a just peace in the Middle East.

We declare that our values are not represented by the Vienna “Israelitische Kultusgemeinde”, which claims to speak for Jews in Austria and which unconditionally supports Israel.

We oppose the marginalization or suppression of Palestinian and anti-Israel voices within Austrian politics, media, and state institutions and in particular, we call for dissenting Jewish voices to be heard.

We, like other Jews around the globe, condemn Israel’s actions against Palestinians, the genocide Israel is committing in Gaza, the ethnic cleansing, and the colonial seizure of the occupied West Bank. We unequivocally declare: “Not in our name” and “Never again for anyone.”

The anti-Semitic mayor of Vienna, Karl Lueger, once declared: "I decide who is a Jew." Those who aligned with his policies were exempt from being labelled as "Jews" by Lueger, while dissenting voices opposing his policies were, by his definition, the voices "of the Jews."

Even today, our anti-colonial Jewish voices in Austria are silenced and delegitimized according to this principle—albeit reversed as "We decide who is not Jewish." Those who align with Israel are allowed to be considered "Jewish" and to speak as Jews, while those who do not are expected to remain silent as "non-Jews." We recognize this as a form of anti-Semitism and as complicity in spreading anti-Semitism, as it conflates Jewish identity inseparably with the genocide of Palestinians and fuels hatred against Jews.

We unequivocally stand for our right to freedom of speech, to freely express our democratic and anti-colonial views without being labelled by some as “traitors,” “fake Jews,” or “self-hating Jews,” and by others as “terror supporters,” “Israel-haters,” or simply “anti-Semites.”

Our reference point is based on the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism from March 2021, which provides a timely definition of antisemitism that separates legitimate criticism of the state of Israel from hostility or prejudice against Jews. Both the authors and the 359 signatories are highly reputable academics and experts in the field of anti-Semitism research. The Jerusalem Declaration can offer an alternative to the 2016 working definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The IHRA deliberately conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism, serving as a political tool to suppress criticism of Israel and contributing to false accusations of antisemitism.

We support Palestinian demands for justice, self-determination, and the full realization of all national, political, civil and human rights as enshrined in international law.

We understand Judaism as a religion and a culture with rich traditions. We reject Zionism as a form of ethno-nationalism, racism, and colonialism. We recognize Zionism as a nationalist ideology that does not stand for equality among all citizens. From its inception, Zionism was a settler-colonial project, and it remains so to this day. The state of Israel was born out of the expulsion of native populations and the seizure of their land. Its foundation embodied an expansionist drive to make Israel a nation “from the river to the sea” bringing war and chaos to the entire region (Lebanon, Syria, etc.). We reject both so-called “right-wing Zionism” and “left-wing Zionism,” as both rest on the same principles.

Zionist ideology has led Israel to displace people, steal land, deny access to fields and water, build walls, and commit genocide against the Palestinian people. The extremist government of Israel continues its path of colonizing Palestine and maintaining its apartheid system with the support of the USA and the EU. We stand for a solution that guarantees equal rights to all people in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, regardless of nationality or religion. In accordance with UN Resolution 194, the right of return applies to displaced persons and their descendants and should be upheld.

We assert that it is not antisemitic to point out and oppose the systematic racial discrimination by the state of Israel, that it is not antisemitic to accuse Israel of settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide and that it is not anti-Semitic to call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel as common, non-violent forms of political protest.

We oppose the Austrian Federal Government’s support of Israel and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank, an immediate halt to all arms deliveries to Israel, an end to all cooperation that supports Israel’s apartheid policies, especially in the military, security, and surveillance technology sectors, as well as an immediate termination of the EU Association Agreement. Ultimately, Israel must also be held accountable for its crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.

We, the undersigned, assert that Israel’s existence does not protect Jews; rather, it is the duty of all states worldwide to create a climate in which racism—including antisemitism—has no ground, and all people can live in safety.

Judaism is not Zionism.

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Supporters of the "Vienna Jewish Anti-Zionist Declaration":

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1. Dalia Sarig, Palestine activist, lived in Israel for a time but returned to Austria due to structural racism

2. Benjamin Fasching-Gray, member of Judeobolschewiener:innen

3. Monika Vykoukal, member of Judeobolschewiener:innen

4. Andrew Feinstein, his mother survived in a coal cellar hidden in Vienna Floridsdorf and later emigrated to South Africa, former ANC Member of Parliament

5. David Sonnenbaum, environmental and community activist

6. Adam Baltner, author, lives in Vienna

7. Ruth Orli Moshkovitz, BDS activist, member of Judeobolschewiener:innen

8. Elisabeth Dokulil, Dr., descendant of Holocaust survivors

9. Gunnar Bernhard, caregiver for people with disabilities, descendant of Nazi persecution victims

10. Samuel Welber, member of Women in Black Vienna, emigrated from Israel

11. Davut Mizrahi, art dealer in Vienna

12. Paul Stern, descendant of Nazi regime victims

13. Franziska Markus, granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor and descendant of family members murdered in Auschwitz, member of Austrian Jews for Decolonial Anti-Zionism (OJDA) and Peace Movement West Austria

14. Maya Rinderer, activist with Judeobolschewiener:innen, descendant of Holocaust survivors

15. Mara Zuckerhut, descendant of Holocaust survivors

16. Axel Magnus, trade unionist

17. Claire Chatel, textile artist

18. Eliora Henzler, descendant of Rabbi Rashi (Talmud commentator)

19. Joan Unterweger, Women in Black Vienna, Beacon (NY) Ceasefire Now Coalition

20. Patricia Dicker, retired textile entrepreneur, daughter of opponents of National Socialism

21. Felicitas Schönauer, physician, descendant of Holocaust victims

22. Esther Attar-Machanek, artist

23. Marianne Kohn, descendant of Holocaust survivors, managing director of Loos Bar

24. Nir Adin-Unger, in exile

25. Eva Burian, retired psychologist, descendant of Holocaust victims

26. Ellen Lewis, former teacher at the International School, progressive activist, co-founder of the initiative "Not In Our Name" Vienna

27. Hannah Hetzer, works in drug policy, U.S.-Austrian citizen with Jewish roots, based in New York

28. Rebecca Hetzer, works in the humanitarian aid sector, U.S.-Austrian citizen with Jewish roots, based in Juba, South Sudan

29. Béatrice Orès, daughter of Holocaust survivors, one of whom was imprisoned in Mauthausen

30. Vidal Serfaty, descendant of Abraham Serfaty (socialist & anti-Zionist in Morocco) and Vidal Serfaty (Chief Rabbi of Morocco)

31. Albert Farkas, editor

32. Michael Srba-Deywicz, freelance consultant – political science/law/NGOs, emphasizes that as a Jewish humanist, one must never remain silent when injustice is committed against people – human rights are universal

33. Kurt Winterstein, left songwriter

34. David Zellnik, playwright, perfomrer and teacher, son of a Jew expelled from Austria in 1939

35. Martin Adel, Pensioner, descendant of a family persecuted by the Nazis

36. Miranda Adelfang, teacher, granddaughter of a Jewish Holocaust survivor. ‘Watching what is currently happening in Gaza opens up old wounds.’

Additional signatories:

• Austrian Jews for Decolonial Anti-Zionism (OJDA)

• Peace Movement Austria West