JVP describes the campaign as "a group of multiracial Jews and allies who have been working to end U.S.-Israel law enforcement exchange programs."
JVP's Deadly Exchange worked with a coalition of Muslim, pro-Palestinian, and civil rights groups to lobby the Durham City Council.
The petition delivered to the city council stated that the "Israeli Defense Forces and the Israel Police have a long history of violence and harm against Palestinian people and Jews of color."
[6] According to Steven L. Pomerantz, an "architect" of a U.S.-Israeli exchange program who served as Assistant Director of the FBI and Director of the Homeland Security Program at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), referred to the idea of a "Deadly Exchange" based on sharing "worst practices" as a false and dangerous lie.
AJC has condemned the idea that "Israeli and U.S. law enforcement exchange security practices and ideologies to purposely target people of color" as "hate" and a "false equivalence", stating that accusing Israel or Zionists of "complicity in the murder of Black people is malicious, perpetuates antisemitism, and blames Jews for societal ills (see scapegoat).