To: Les H who wrote (48436 ) 10/22/2025 12:40:29 PM From: Les H Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hundreds of Prominent Jews and Israelis Urge World Powers to Hold Israel Accountable 'For Gaza Atrocities'An open letter, signed by at least 460 Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, celebrities and political figures, calls on the UN and heads of state to address 'the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights' that are absent from U.S. President Trump's Gaza cease-fire agreement Etan Nechin •New Yorkletter , addressed to the UN Secretary-General and global heads of state, marks the first coordinated appeal of its kind since the cease-fire took effect on October 10."It is with great relief that we welcome the cease-fire," the letter reads. "And yet there should be no doubt that this cease-fire is fragile: Israeli forces remain in Gaza, the agreement makes no reference to the West Bank, the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights remain unaddressed." ,,, In August, Burg called on Jews worldwide to join a collective legal complaint at the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of crimes against humanity in Gaza, writing on his Substack, "We need one million Jews – less than 10 percent of the global Jewish population – to file a joint appeal to the Court in The Hague." "I've come to realize I was wrong to think we were few. Thousands of Jews around the world have been waiting for this voice. What's happening in Gaza and the occupied territories is not Judaism – it's a horrific religious and fanatic mutation. We must stand against it, speak truth to power, and refuse to be silenced," he added. Levy , one of the initiators of the letter, told Haaretz the effort isn't about diminishing the atrocities of October 7. "It's about being clear-eyed – not only about what happened next, but about what had been neglected for decades: the refusal to pursue any political path to address and resolve permanent occupation. That could never lead to security or well-being," he said. The initiative is about finding other Jewish voices. "And they're not hard to find," he said. "They keep proliferating. Many have been deeply disgusted by what's been done in the name of the Jewish collective, as if this is what we learned from Jewish history, as if this is our manifest destiny." The letter follows a recent Washington Post poll showing sharp disapproval among Jewish Americans for Israel's conduct in the war, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. Despite the cease-fire, IDF strikes in southern Gaza have killed 44 people since Sunday, according to hospital sources. Haaretz
