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The organization was founded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in September 2002. Its principles are contained in its Amsterdam Declaration of 2002, amended in 2004. These are:
the condemnation of all violence against civilians in the conflict, no matter by whom it is carried out;
the recognition of Israel's 1967 'green line' borders;
commitment to the Palestinians' right to a state in the territories currently occupied by Israel in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza;
the recognition of the right of both states to have Jerusalem as their capital;
calling on Israel to acknowledge its part in the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem and its obligation to negotiate a just, fair and practical resolution of the issue.
In an opinion article published in The Guardian in February 2009, Antony Lerman, the former director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (2006–2009), considers that Jewish peace groups like European Jews for a Just Peace and Independent Jewish Voices in Canada and Australia "may have a moderating influence on Israel" as "Israel is heavily dependent on what Jews think".
In September 2010, EJJP organized a Gaza-bound aid boat, the "Jewish Boat to Gaza", carrying nine Jewish activists. It was intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces and led to the port of Ashdod.
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The EJJP chairperson, Dror Feiler, an Israel-born Swedish national, was again aboard the French Dignité-Al Karama ship in the 2010 Freedom Flotilla for Gaza.
From Wikipedia’s article on European Jews for a Just Peace, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3