Açıklamada, "Biz, Yahudilik çalışmaları bilim insanları olarak Trump yönetiminin, işgal durumunu sonlandıracak ve tüm İsrailliler ile Filistinlilerin Kudüs’teki haklarını teminat altına alan müzakereli bir politik çözüm dışında ABD’nin onlarca yıllık iki partili politikasının aksine Kudüs’ü İsrail’in başkenti olarak tanıma ve Dışişleri Bakanlığına ABD'nin Tel Aviv Büyükelçiliğini Kudüs’e taşıma talimatı verme kararından dolayı üzüntümüzü dile getirmek için yazıyoruz." dedi.
Filistin topraklarında yaşayan herkesin Kudüs’ün kültürel ve maddi kaynaklarından eşit şekilde faydalandığı bir zamanın geleceğini umduklarını belirten akademisyenler, açıklamada Kudüs’te yaşayan Filistinlilerin uzun zamandır şehirde bütçe ve belediye hizmetleri dahil sistematik bir eşitsizliğe maruz kaldığını vurguladı.
162 akademisyen "Kudüs’te Yahudilere tanınan imar izinlerinin Filistinlilere verilmediği ve Yahudi yerleşimleri için Filistinlilerin mülkiyetlerine el konulduğu, evlerinin yıktırıldığına ilişkin raporların söz konusu olduğu, Batı Şeria’daki Filistinlilerin ise Yahudi yerleşimcilerinin aksine Kudüs’e ancak özel izinle girebildikleri ifade edilerek ""ABD hükümetinin Kudüs’ü sadece Yahudilerin mülkiyeti olarak desteklediğini gösteren ilanı, var olan bir yaraya tuz basmıştır ve şiddeti körüklemiştir. Bu nedenle ABD hükümetine, Başkanın ilanından dolayı söz konusu olan tansiyonu düşürmek için derhal adım atması ve Filistin'in Kudüs'ün geleceğindeki meşru haklarını açıklığa kavuşturma çağrısında bulunuyoruz."şeklinde açıklama yaptı.
Jewish Studies Statement on Jerusalem Declaration
We write as Jewish Studies scholars to express our dismay at the Trump administration's decision to reverse decades of bipartisan U.S. policy by declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel, and authorizing the relocation of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv, outside of a negotiated political framework that ends the legal state of occupation and ensures respect for the rights of all Israelis and Palestinians to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is of immense religious and thus emotional significance to Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. It is the focus of national aspirations for both Israelis and Palestinians. We hope one day to see a world in which all inhabitants of the land enjoy equal access to the city’s cultural and material resources. Today, unfortunately, that is not the case.
As the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem* has documented, Palestinian residents of Jerusalem endure systematic inequalities, including an inequitable distribution of the city's budget and municipal services, routine denial of building permits that are granted to Jewish residents, home demolitions, and legal confiscation of property for Jewish settlement. In addition, Palestinians in the West Bank, unlike Jewish Israelis resident in that territory, require a special permit to visit Jerusalem’s holy sites.
In this context, a declaration from the United States government that appears to endorse sole Jewish proprietorship over Jerusalem adds insult to ongoing injury and is practically guaranteed to fan the flames of violence. We therefore call on the U.S. government to take immediate steps to deescalate the tensions resulting from the President’s declaration and to clarify Palestinians’ legitimate stake in the future of Jerusalem.
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7. Matthew Berkman, University of Pennsylvania
8. Joel Berkowitz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
9. Lila Berman, Temple University
10. David Biale, University of California, Davis
11. Jeffrey Blutinger, California State University, Long Beach
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18. Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus, Wheaton College (MA)
19. Debra Caplan, Baruch College, CUNY
20. Marc Caplan, Tel Aviv University
21. Jessica Carr, Lafayette College
22. Flora Cassen, UNC Chapel Hill
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24. Aryeh Cohen, American Jewish University
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26. Rebecca Davis, University of Delaware
27. Hasia Diner, New York University
28. Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Vancouver School of Theology
29. Jodi Eichler-Levine, Lehigh University
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34. Ayala Fader, Fordham
35. Sara Feldman, University of Illinois
36. Charlotte Fonrobert, Stanford University
37. Sandy Fox, New York University
38. Ben Freeman, Harvard Divinity School
39. Joshua Friedman, Duke University
40. Asia Fruman, Ukrainian Catholic University
41. Olga Gershenson, University of Massachusetts
42. Maja Gildin Zuckerman, Stanford University
43. Terri Ginsberg, Formerly Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College
44. Shai Ginsburg, Duke University
45. Evan Goldstein, Yale University
46. Andrew Gordon, University of Florida
47. Erin Graff Zivin, University of Southern California
48. Ronnie Grinberg, University of Oklahoma
49. Atina Grossmann, Cooper Union
50. Chaya Halberstam, Western University
51. Jessica Hammerman, Central Oregon Community College
52. Rachel Havrelock, University of Illinois Chicago
53. Tim Hegedus, Wilfrid Laurier University
54. Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa
55. Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College
56. Jonathan Hess, UNC Chapel Hill
57. Klaus Hoedl, University of Minnesota
58. Curtis Hutt, University of Nebraska at Omaha
59. Daniel Itzkovitz, Stonehill College
60. Jack Jacobs, John Jay College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
61. Jonathan Karp, Binghamton University, SUNY
62. Claire Katz, Texas A&M
63. Ari Y Kelman, Stanford University
64. Gwynn Kessler, Swarthmore College
65. Rebekah Klein-Pejsova, Purdue University
66. Michal Kofman, University of Louisville
67. Rachel Kranson, University of Pittsburgh
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69. Jacob Labendz, Youngstown State University
70. Hartley Lachter, Lehigh University
71. Yitz Landes, Princeton University
72. Timothy Langille, Arizona State University
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74. Daniil Leiderman, Texas A&M
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76. Rebecca Lesses, Ithaca College
77. Maggie Levantovskaya, Santa Clara University
78. Daniel Levine, University of Alabama
79. Laura Levitt, Temple University
80. Lital Levy, Princeton University
81. Andrea Lieber, Dickinson College
82. Ari Linden, University of Kansas
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84. Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania
85. Lindsay Macumber, Saint Mary's University
86. Shaul Magid, Indiana University
87. Nadia Malinovich, Sciences Po
88. Charles Manekin, University of Maryland
89. Barbara Mann, Jewish Theological Seminary
90. Samira Mehta, Albright College
91. Jeffrey Melnick, University of Massachusetts Boston
92. David Meola, University of South Alabama
93. Ibrahim Miari, University of Pennsylvania
94. Michael Miller, Liverpool Hope university
95. Sarah Anne Minkin, UC Berkeley
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98. Eva Mroczek, UC Davis
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100. Rachel Neis, University of Michigan
101. Judith Newman, University of Toronto
102. Anita Norich, University of Michigan
103. Jess Olson, Yeshiva University
104. Ranen Omer-Sherman, University of Louisville
105. Annelise Orleck, Dartmouth College
106. Hannah Pollin-Galay, Tel Aviv University
107. Riv-Ellen Prell, University of Minnesota
108. Vadim Putzu, Missouri State University
109. Shari Rabin, College of Charleston
110. Randi Rashkover, George Mason University
111. Elliot Ratzman, Lawrence University
112. Emily Rogal, Harvard Divinity School
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115. Kate Rosenblatt, Emory University
116. Jordan Rosenblum, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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118. Michael Rothberg, UCLA
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121. Elias Sacks, University of Colorado Boulder
122. Allison Schachter, Vanderbilt University
123. Alison Schofield, University of Denver
124. Benjamin Schreier, Penn State University
125. Joshua Schwartz, New York University
126. Naomi Seidman, Graduate Theological Union
127. Sasha Senderovich, University of Washington, Seattle
128. Joshua Shanes, College of Charleston
129. Gail Sherman, Reed College
130. Nathaniel Shils, University of Pennsylvania
131. Anne Shlay, Georgia State University
132. David Shneer, University of Colorado Boulder
133. Maeera Shreiber, University of Utah
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135. Lisa Silverman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
136. Shana Sippy, Centre College
137. Andrew Sloin, Baruch College, CUNY
138. Rachel Smith, UCLA
139. Scott Spector, University of Michigan
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141. Gregory Spinner, Skidmore College
142. Neta Stahl, Johns Hopkins University
143. Deborah Starr, Cornell University
144. Richard Steigmann-Gall, Kent State University
145. Mira Sucharov, Carleton University
146. David Teutsch, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
147. Irene Tucker, University of California, Irvine
148. Alana Vincent, University of Chester, UK
149. Burton Visotzky, Jewish Theological Seminary
150. Anika Walke, Washington University in St. Louis
151. Kerry Wallach, Gettysburg College
152. Mira Wasserman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
153. Dov Waxman, Northeastern University
154. Liliane Weissberg, University of Pennsylvania
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156. Barry Wimpfheimer, Northwestern University
157. Diane L. Wolf, UC Davis
158. Billy Yalowitz, Temple University
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160. Michael Zank, Boston University
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