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Exciting update on Break the Bonds NJ win
Next steps to work towards Divestment from Israeli genocide: Divest NJ from Palantir.

We want to announce that thanks to all of our advocacy, in November, we successfully influenced the NJ Division of Investment to not renew $20 million in Israel bonds. To be clear, this is not full divestment. New Jersey still owns $10.1 million in Israel bonds which will mature in 2028. It is also important to say that the NJ decision makers made no public announcement of this decision. We learned through analysis of publicly available investments.

BUT it is still an important victory that directly impacts Israel’s ability to fund its genocidal practices. We decided not to publicly announce the victory when we learned about it in November because we were concerned about the delicate situation with the transition to a new governor. We’re planning a public announcement about this victory for our movement in the near future.

Our goal right now is to connect with everyone who signed up for this campaign — like you — to understand your strengths and how we can work together more powerfully moving forward.
We hope we can still count on your commitment to help us damage Israel’s financial power, to end the occupation, apartheid, and genocide. With the momentum from this win, we’re launching our next divestment push using the same strategy that helped us achieve our first goal. This time, we’re targeting the tech company Palantir, which provides digital surveillance technology to Israel and other repressive institutions around the world — including ICE. The NJ Division of Investment holds a whopping $144 million in Palantir stock.

There are three ways you can plug in!
1. Attend and give public comment at meetings of the New Jersey State Investment Council over Zoom. These are where investment decisions get made.
  The next one is Wednesday January 28th at 10:30 AM. Here are some talking points, as well as the registration link. We encourage you to bring in your own story to make your comments even more powerful.
2. We’re holding monthly campaign meetings where we talk about the strategy, give updates, and share opportunities for action. Please email us back if you would be interested in joining those?
3. We’re forming a special committee for people who want to be more hands-on — helping grow the campaign and shape strategy. This is for folks who want to go deeper. Let us know if this is something you might want to explore? Thank you so much for being part of this work — it’s really because of people like you that we’ve been able to win so far.
Please follow us on Instagram @breakthebondsnj and email us at info@breakthebondsnj.org.
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Break the Bonds NJ press conference in Trenton, NJ, 09/25/2025

Break the Bonds NJ press conference on September 25th in Trenton, NJ. End NJ investment in Israel Bonds to divest from apartheid, occupation, and genocide.

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The mission of Break the Bonds NJ is to halt the State of New Jersey’s financial and institutional support for Israel and other governments and private entities committing crimes against humanity.

Through public advocacy, legislative action, and grassroots mobilization, we work to:
- Divest public funds from war profiteers and violators of international law.
- Terminate state contracts that enable genocide, apartheid, and human rights abuses, including police exchanges with foreign militaries for training, surveillance, security, and technology.
- Enact ethical investment standards and repeal NJ’s anti-BDS law.
- Dismantle state-sponsored entities that normalize these abuses.
We strive to break every bond of complicity and build state investment policies rooted in justice.

How can you help?

1. Read the FAQ

Learn about our work and how our state’s public institutions and pension funds invest in genocide.

2. Sign our Petition

Demand NJ divest funds from Palantir through this petition on Action Network.

3. Endorse Us

Add your individual and/or organization’s name to the list of state and national endorsers listed below:
Expand full list of state + local endorsements
- American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch
- American Muslims for Palestine-NJ
- Audacity to Change
- Beyond the Ballot NJ
- Black Alliance for Peace NYC/NJ
- Black Lives Matter Paterson
- Ceasefire Now NJ
- Community Movement Builders Newark
- Council on Arab Islamic Relations-NJ
- Deir Yassin Remembered
- East Brunswick for Palestine
- Friends of Sabeel North America
- Green Party of NJ
- Jewish Peace Fellowship
- Jewish Voice for Peace-Central Jersey
- Jewish Voice for Peace-Northern NJ
- Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
- Labor for Palestine National Network
- Muslim Peace Fellowship
- NJ Friends Committee on National Legislation
- NJ Friends of People’s World
- NJ Peace Action
- North New Jersey Democratic Socialists of America
- Northern NJ Socialist Party (SPUSA)
- PAL-Awda NY/NJ
- Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA.)
- Palestinian American Community Center
- Pax Christi NJ
- People’s Organization for Progress
- Princeton Palestine Liberation Coalition
- Princeton Students for Justice in Palestine
- Promoting Enduring Peace
- Resistencia En Accion
- Rutherford Congregational Church
- South Orange and Maplewood Collective for Palestine
- South Jersey Jews for Gaza
- Veterans for Peace, Chapter 21
Recent Updates + Actions
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Divestment update, 11/2025

Hello Break the Bonds NJ!

We made quite a showing at the State Investment Council meeting on October 29, 2025! Over 30 people spoke for two hours to end the state’s investment in Israel bonds, from faith based, labor, human rights and Palestinian solidarity organizations, academia, university students, retired and current public workers and more. The comments were excellent! Thanks to all who participated!

We were told at the outset that this was not a question and answer session; it did not allow for dialogue. We learned during the two hour session reviewing the state’s investment portfolio, which preceded the public comment period, that the State not only invests in Israel Bonds, but is heavily invested in the weapons industry and Palantir, the company that provides Israel with surveillance technology and also contracts with ICE to target immigrants for detention and deportation.

At the end of the session the Council told us that they could not comment on what actions are being taken regarding the expiration of the bonds, since that date, November 1st, 2025 had not arrived yet. It is unlikely that their decision will be made public, so we will need to request this information through OPRA (Open Public Records Act). We will keep you all informed of the situation.

At the end of the meeting, the SIC vice-chair and the NJ State AFL-CIO nominee Adam Leibtag thanked us all for our “passionate” comments and assured us that every council member was listening to everything that was said.

In addition to those speaking out at the SIC meeting, there were over 20 folks who sent in letters to all decision makers. Thank you for that. Since we don’t know whether or not the SIC have made a decision yet as to whether or not to reinvest that money in Israel bonds, we are asking that you continue to share, sign and send emails on behalf of Break the Bonds to key members of the New Jersey state government, the Department of Treasury, and the Division of Investment.

Share this link widely: ActionNetwork.org/letters/divest-nj-from-israeli-bonds.

Please reach out to us at info@breakthebondsnj.org with any questions or to get more involved. If you would like to be part of our planning committees, join our Signal chat!

With care,

The NJ Break the Bonds Campaign

A Campaign to End New Jersey’s Investment in Israeli Genocide and Apartheid
Part of a nationwide campaign

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