Occupy Zionism for Justice and Freedom makes the case for Israel and Jewish public life. We argue hard. We cite our work. We do not trade the record for slogans.
This is an American advocacy project. Our focus is the bond between American civic life and Israel. That means how Jewish legitimacy gets discussed. How terror-linked politics get normalized or challenged. How public institutions respond when antisemitism is treated as background noise instead of a real civic threat.
The mission, plain and simple
OZJF has three jobs:
- Defend Jewish self-determination and the state of Israel.
- Strengthen U.S.-Israel civic understanding past party-line talking points.
- Publish research and advocacy that holds up to close reading.
The values behind the work
- Clarity over performance. We say what we mean. No hedging.
- Evidence before amplification. If a claim cannot be sourced, it does not get pushed as certainty.
- Civilian dignity matters. War is awful. Civilians are real people. Our writing treats them that way.
- Jewish legitimacy is not negotiable. Israel is not a rhetorical experiment. It is a state, full stop.
- Institutional honesty matters. We say what OZJF knows, what it argues, what it is still building, and what belongs to someone else.
What the values require
Values only matter if they shape the work. That means issue pages must link to source pages. Our correction, translation, and research rules must be public. Supporter asks must not blur into humanitarian giving. And we must not claim internal facts or filings that are not yet posted.
Skip any of those, and this page is just branding. The test is not how the words read. The test is whether the public work lives up to them.