After weeks of debate, world social workers group won’t expel Israeli union. Some had demanded Israeli social workers abstain from mandatory military service to remain
After weeks of debate, world social workers group won’t expel Israeli union. Some had demanded Israeli social workers abstain from mandatory military service to remain
NASW Statement on the IFSW Vote: A Commitment to Healing, Unity, and Professional Integrity
“Rather than fostering hope and harmony, expulsion would sow division and disharmony, eroding the trust and solidarity that are essential to our global community,” it said.
“While it is disappointing that the IFSW even considered such exclusionary motions, we are hopeful that this closes the door on any effort to isolate Israeli social workers initiated by international bodies that should be supporting and lifting them up,” said Guila Franklin Siegel, the chief operating officer of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, in a statement.