About Us

An Organization that Stands for Resistance

The Jacksonville Palestine Solidarity Network (JPSN) was founded in 2018 by Palestinian and Arab organizers. Our mission is to build anti-zionist and anti-imperialist solidarity amongst working-class movements in Jacksonville and beyond until a liberated Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea is realized. We use various tactics, including campaigns and coalitions to achieve this goal. The JPSN understands that the fight for Palestinian Liberation from zionist settler-colonialism is a national struggle. Meaning, we uphold Palestinian and Arab Leadership in this work and uphold the Palestinian national principles, known as the Thawabit:

  • Self-determination and independence for the Palestinian people from the river to the sea, with Jerusalem (Al-Quds) as our indivisible capital;
  • The non-negotiable Right of Return, including restitution and reparations, for all Palestinian refugees and their descendants to the homes and lands they were exiled from since the beginning of Zionist colonization, in 1947-1948, and again in 1967;
  • The right of resistance in all its forms to end the colonization and occupation of all Palestinian and Arab lands.

The JPSN also understands that the fight for Palestinian liberation is inseparable from the fight against imperialism, the most advanced stage of monopoly capitalism. As such, our organizing extends to all anti-imperialist movements. The JPSN does not tolerate any form of zionism or any other form of racism, nor the proliferation of any zionist ideas.

Our Demands for Jacksonville City Council

On October 10, 2023, Jacksonville City Council introduced emergency resolution 2023-0742 declaring that Jacksonville “stands unequivocally allied with Israel” which the Council passed 16 to 1 despite overwhelming support for Palestine during comment on the bill. We call upon all people of conscience to support our demands during all City Council Public Meetings: 

  1. Respect the voice of the people and rescind the pro-Israel, pro-genocide resolution 2023-0742!
  2. Stand on the right side of history and pass the ceasefire resolution that we wrote for them!
  3. Divest the pensions of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and Jacksonville Fire Department from Israel Bonds which have thus far funneled $13 million in taxpayer dollars into the zionist entity.
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JPSN at JAXPort for Mask Off Maersk

Mask Off Maersk: Our Demands for Jacksonville Port Authority

For more than a year, the zionist state of Israel has openly engaged in genocide while the whole world watches. It must end, and without Maersk, Israel would not have the weapons to commit its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. We unite with the Palestinian Youth Movement who have put forth the following demands as the core of the Mask Off Maersk campaign:

  1. Maersk must end the transportation of weapons and weapons components.
  2. Maersk must cut all contracts that fuel the genocide of the Palestinian people.
  3. Implementation of an arms embargo against Israel to end the genocide.