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A Call From Citizens of Israel

In Support of the Palestinian Human Rights Community Call for International Action

A call from within – signed by Israeli citizens

As if the occupation was not enough, the brutal ongoing repression of the Palestinian population, the construction of settlements and the siege of Gaza- now comes the bombardment of the civilian population: men, women, old folks and children. Hundreds of dead, hundreds of injured, overwhelmed hospitals, and the central medicine depot of Gaza bombed. The ship Dignity of the Free Gaza movement which brought emergency medical supplies and a number of physicians was also attacked. Israel has returned to openly committing war crimes, worse than what we have seen in a long time.

Israeli media do not expose their viewers to the horrors and to the voices of severe criticism of these crimes. The story told is uniform. Israeli dissidents are denounced as traitors. Public opinion including that of the Zionist left supports the Israeli policy uncritically and without reservation.

Israel`s destructive criminal policy will not cease without a massive intervention by the international community. However, except for some rather weak official condemnation, the international community is reluctant to intervene,. The United States openly supports the Israeli violence and Europe, although voicing some condemnation, is unwilling to seriously consider withdrawing the “gift” it handed Israel by upgrading its relations with the European Union.

In the past the world knew how to fight criminal policies. The boycott on South Africa was effective, but Israel is handled with kid gloves: its trade relations are flourishing, academic and cultural cooperation continue and intensify with diplomatic support.

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This international backing must stop. That is the only way to stop the insatiable Israeli violence.

We are calling on the world to stop Israeli violence and not allow the continuation of the brutal occupation. We call on the world to Condemn and not become an accomplice in Israel`s crimes.

In light of the above, we call on the world to implement the call by Palestinian human rights organizations which urges:

• “The UN Security Council to call an emergency session and adopt concrete measures, including the imposition of sanctions, in order to ensure Israel`s fulfillment of its obligations under international humanitarian law.
• The High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to fulfil their obligation under common Article 1 to ensure respect for the provisions of the Conventions, taking appropriate measures to compel Israel to abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law, in particular placing pivotal importance on the respect and protection of civilians from the effects of the hostilities.
• The High Contracting Parties to fulfil their legal obligation under Article 146 of the Fourth Geneva Convention to prosecute those responsible for grave breaches of the Convention.
• EU institutions and member states to make effective use of the European Union Guidelines on promoting compliance with international humanitarian law (2005/C 327/04) to ensure Israel complies with international humanitarian law under paragraph 16 (b), (c) and (d) of these guidelines, including the adoption of immediate restrictive measures and sanctions, as well as cessation of all upgrade dialogue with Israel. “

Signed by 479 Israeli citizens (first list):


Avital Aboody
Sami Abu Shehadeh
Moshe Adler
Haim Adri
Gali Agnon
Bilha Aharoni
Hagit Aharoni
Saida Ahmed
Danny Aisner
Orna Akad
Aviv Aldema
Ra`anan Alexandrowicz
Joseph Algazy
Omer Allon
Dan Almagor
Orly Almi
Tali Almi
Tamar Almog
Udi Aloni
Yuli Aloni-Primor
Colman Altman
Janina Altman
Ahmad Amara
Eitan Amiel
Nitza Aminov
Gish Amit
Yossi Amitay
Naama Arbel
Tal Arbel
Rana Asali
Maisoon Assadi
Keren Assaf
Zohar Atai
Najla Atamnah
Rutie Atsmon
Michal Aviad
Hanna Aviram
Jasmin Avissar
Amira Bahat
Noam Bahat
Abeer Baker
Saleh Bakri
Rim Banna
Oshra Bar
Yoav Barak
Daphna Baram
Michal Bareket
Hila Bargiel
Yoram Bar-Haim
Ronnie Barkan
Osnat Bar-Or
Racheli Bar-or
Yossi Bartal
Raji Bathish
Dalit Baum
Shlomit Bauman
Esther Ben Chur
Hagit Ben Yaacov
Tal Ben Zvi
Avner Ben-Amos
Ronnen Ben-Arie
Ur Ben-Ari-Tishler
Ofra Ben-Artzi
Yotam Ben-David
Smadar Ben-Natan
Avi Berg
Tamar Berger
Anat Biletzki
Rotem Biran
Shany Birenboim
Rozeen Bisharat
Yafit gamilah Biso
Liran Bitton
Simone Bitton
Yahaacov Bitton
Rani Bleier
Yempa Boleslavsky
Ido Bornstein
Irith Bouman
Haim Bresheeth
Aya Breuer
Shlomit Breuer
Dror Burstein
Shai Carmeli-Pollak
Smadar Carmon
Zohar Chamberlain-Regev
Sami Shalom Chetrit
Chassia Chomsky-Porat
Arie Chupak
Isadora Cohen
Kfir Cohen
Matan Cohen
Raya Cohen
Ron Cohen
Stan Cohen
Yifat Cohen
Alex Cohn
Scandar Copti
Adi Dagan
Yael Dagan
Yasmeen Daher
Silan Dallal
Tamari Dallal
Leena Dallasheh
Eyal Danon
Uri Davis
Hilla Dayan
Relli De Vries
Maoz Degani
Ruti Divon
Yfat Doron
Ettie Dotan
Keren Dotan
Ronit Dovrat
Daniel Dukarevich
Arnon Dunetz
Maya Dunietz
Udi Edelman
Shai Efrati
Neta Efrony
Rani Einav
Asa Eitan
Danae Elon
Ruth El-Raz
Noam Enbar
Amalia Escriva
Anat Even
Gilad Evron
Ovadia Ezra
Avner Faingulernt
Ghazi-Walid Falah
Naama Farjoun
Yvonne Fattal
Dror Feiler
Pnina Feiler
Micky Fischer
Sara Fischman
Nadav Franckovich
Ofer Frant
Ilil Friedman
Maya Galai
Dafna Ganani
Gefen Ganani
Yael Gazit
Yoram Gelman
Yakov Gilad
Amit Gilboa
Michal Ginach
Rachel Giora
Michal Givoni
Ednna Glukman
Angela Godfrey-Goldstein
Bilha Golan
Neta Golan
Shayi Golan
Tsilli Goldenberg
Vardit Goldner
Tamar Goldschmidt
Lymor Goldstein
Dina Goor
Shelley Goral
Joel Gordon
Ester Gould
Inbal Gozes
Erella Grassiani
Adar Grayevsky
Gill Green
David Greenberg
Ela Greenberg
Dani Grimblat
Lev Grinberg
Yosef Grodzinsky
Hilik Gurfinkel
Galia Gur-Zeev
Anat Guthmann
Amos Gvirtz
Maya Gzn-Zvi
Yoav Haas
Iman Habibi
Connie Hackbarth
Uri Hadar
Mirjam Hadar meerschwam
Rayya Haddad
Osnat Hadid
Dalia Hager
Hava Halevi
Yasmine Halevi
Jeff Halper
Yuval Halperin
Rula Hamdan-Atamneh
Rania Hamed
Rola Hamed
Doron Hammermann-Schuldiner
Ben Handler
Tal Haran
Elad Harel
Nir Harel
Shuli Hartman
Lihi Hasson
Amir Havkin
Shira Havkin
Amani Hawari
Areen Hawari
Iris Hefets
Ada Heilbronn
Ayelet Heller
Sara Helman
Ben Hendler
Aref Herbawi
Tamara Herman
Avi Hershkovitz
Yael Hersonski
Galit Hess
Hannan Hever
Ala Hlehel
Gil Hochberg
Tikva Honig-Parnass
Tikva Honig-Parnass
Inbar Horesh
Veronique Inbar
Rachel Leah Jones
Ari Kahana
Dafna Kaminer
Aya Kaniuk
Ruti Kantor
Liad Kantorowicz
Dalia Karpel
Amira Katz
Uri Katz
Giora Katzin
Giora Katzin
Dror Kaufman
Adam Keller
Yehudit Keshet
Lana Khaskia
Sylvia Klingberg
Ofra Koffman
Yael Korin
Alina Korn
Rinat Kotler
Meira Kowalsky
Noa Kram
Miki Kratsman
Rotem Kuehnberg
Assia Ladizhinskaya
Michal Lahav
Roni Lahav
Idan Landau
Yitzhak Laor
Ruti Lavi
Shaheen Lavie-Rouse
Yigal Laviv
Tamar Lehahn
Ronen Leibman
Ronit Lentin
Yael Lerer
Chava Lerman
Noa Lerner
Yair Lev
Yudith Levin
Abigail Levine
Eyal Levinson
Dana Levy
Inbal Lily-Koliner
Moran Livnat
Omri Livne
Amir Locker-Biletzki
Yael Locker-Biletzki
Yossi Loss
Yael Lotan
Guy Lougashi
Irit Lourie
Orly Lubin
Aim Deuelle Luski
Naomi Lyth
Moshe Machover
Aryeh Magal
Liz Magnes
Noa Man
Ya`acov Manor
Arabiya Mansour
Roi Maor
Adi Maoz
Eilat Maoz
Yossi Marchaim
Alon Marcus
Esti Marpet
Ruchama Marton
Nur Masalha
Anat Matar
Dina Matar
Doron Matar
Haggai Matar
Oren Matar
Samy Matar
Rela Mazali
Naama Meishar
Rachel Meketon
Yitzhak Y. Melamed
Remy Mendelzweig
Racheli Merhav
Yael Meron
Juliano Merr-Khamis
Esti Micenmacher
Maya Michaeli
Avraham Milgrom
Elisheva Milikowski
Erez Miller
Katya Miller
Limor Mintz-Manor
Ariel Mioduser
Dror Mishani
Eedo Mizrahi
Avi Mograbi
Liron Mor
Magi Mor
Susan Mordechay
Susanne Moses
Haidi Motola
Ahuva Mu`alem
Ben Tzion Munitz
Norma Musih
Dorit Naaman
Michal Naaman
Gil Naamati
Haneen Naamnih
Naama Nagar
Dorothy Naor
Regev Nathansohn
Shelly Nativ
Salman Natour
Judd Ne`eman
Dana Negev
Smadar Nehab
Shlomit Lola Nehama
Ofer Neiman
David Nir
Eyal Nir
Tali Nir
Alex Nissen
Tal Nitzan
Joshua Nouriel
Yasmine Novak
Nira Nuriely
David Ofek
Tal Omer
Adi Ophir
Anat Or
Yael Oren Kahn
Norah Orlow
Gal Oron
Akiva Orr
Dorit Ortal
Il`il Paz-el
Michal Peer
MIKO Peled
Nurit Peled-Elhanan
Leiser Peles
Orna Pelleg
Tamar Pelleg-Sryck
Sigal Perelman
Amit Perelson
Nadav Pertzelan
Erez Pery
Tom Pessah
Dani Peter
Shira Pinhas
Yossi Pollak
Gil Porat
Dror Post
Eyal Pundik
Yisrael Puterman
Ilya Ram
Nery Ramati
Amit Ramon
Avi Raz
Ayala Raz
Hili Razinsky
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin
David Reeb
Hadas Refaeli
Dimi Reider
Noa Reshef
Amit Ron
Roee Rosen
Illit Rosenblum
Maya Rosenfeld
Danny Rosin
Yehoshua Rosin
Ilana Rossoff
Ilani Rotem
Natalie Rothman
Areej Sabbagh
Ahmad Sa`di
Sidki Sadik
Walid Sadik
Hannah Safran
Hiba Salah
Sana Salame-Daqa
Galit Saporta
Sima Sason
Sagi Schaefer
Tali Schaefer
Oded Schechter
Agur Schiff
Nava Schreiber
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Michal Schwartz
Noa Schwartz
Eran Segal
Keren Segal
Irit Segoli
Irit Sela
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Shaul Setter
Meir Shabat
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Itamar Shachar
Erella Shadmi
Ilan Shalif
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Ayala Shani
Uri Shani
Arik Shapira
Bat-Sheva Shapira
Yonatan Shapira
Omer Sharir
Yael Shavit
Noa Shay
Fadi Shbita
Adi Shechter
Oz Shelach
Adi Shelesnyak
Mati Shemoelof
Ehud Shem-Tov
Yehouda Shenhav
Nufar Shimony
Khen Shish
Hagith Shlonsky
Tom Shoval
Sivan Shtang
Tal Shuval
Ivy Sichel
Ayman Sikseck
Shelly Silver
Inbal Sinai
Eyal Sivan
Ora Slonim
Kobi Snitz
Maja Solomon
Gideon Spiro
Talila Stan
Michal Stoler
Ali Suliman
Dored Suliman
Marcelo Svirsky
Yousef Sweid
Ula Tabari
Yael Tal
Lana Tatour
Doron Tavory
Ruth Tenne
Idan Toledano
Eran Torbiner
Osnat Trabelsi
Lily Traubmann
Naama Tsal
Lea Tsemel
Ruth Tsoffar
Ivan Vanney
Sahar Vardi
Roman Vater
Ruth Victor
Yaeli Vishnizki-Levi
Roey Vollman
Roy Wagner
Michael Warschawski
Michal Warshavsky
Ruthy Weil
Sharon Weill
Elian Weizman
Eyal Weizman
Einat Weizman diamond
Elana Wesley
Etty Wieseltier
Yossi Wolfson
Oded Wolkstein
Ayelet Yaari
Smadar Yaaron
Roni Yaddor
Galia Yahav
Sergio Yahi
Niza Yanay
Amnon Yaron
Tamar Yaron
Mahmoud Yazbak
Oren Yiftachel
Sarit Yitzhak
Sharon Zack
Uri Zackhem
Jamal Zahalka
Sawsan Zaher
Adva Zakai
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Haneen Zoubi
Himmat Zu`bi
Mati Zuckerman

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