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iemanja

(57,394 posts)
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 02:50 PM Aug 2025

More than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders denounce starvation in Gaza

More than 1,000 rabbis and other Jewish leaders from around the globe, including in Israel and the U.S., have signed a public letter urging Israel to allow extensive humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The letter denounces Israel's "mass killings of civilians" and "the use and threat of starvation as a weapon of war." The Jewish leaders say Israel's actions damage not just the country's reputation, but Judaism itself.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports of starvation in Gaza. However, the letter calls upon Netanyahu and the Israeli government "to respect all innocent life."

Rabbis from several denominations in the U.S., Canada, Israel and across Europe have signed the letter, which focuses on starvation and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but does not denounce the war. The signatories clearly state that they support Israel's battle against Hamas.


https://www.wgcu.org/2025-08-01/more-than-1-000-rabbis-and-jewish-leaders-denounce-starvation-in-gaza

The time for denial has passed. Leaders of good faith and human compassion see the situation and condemn it. It's time to stop covering up in order to further the starvation of civilians and especially children. And, of course, Israel is starving the hostages too.
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More than 1,000 rabbis and Jewish leaders denounce starvation in Gaza (Original Post) iemanja Aug 2025 OP
21 months ago, some of us saw something Tetrachloride Aug 2025 #1
I saw that the civilian casualties were too high iemanja Aug 2025 #3
I think the pushback will have to come from within. I'm glad more are speaking up. Every day I read posts deflecting Pisces Aug 2025 #2
Yes, I agree. iemanja Aug 2025 #6
Post removed Post removed Aug 2025 #4
Yes so much gaslighting. Kali999 Aug 2025 #5
I hope they are listened to still-prayin4rain Aug 2025 #7

iemanja

(57,394 posts)
3. I saw that the civilian casualties were too high
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:29 PM
Aug 2025

That they seemed targeted, but I didn't call it genocide until a few months ago. The evidence now is clear.

Pisces

(6,157 posts)
2. I think the pushback will have to come from within. I'm glad more are speaking up. Every day I read posts deflecting
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 03:39 PM
Aug 2025

from the horrors going on and calling everyone Antisemitic for acknowledging a crisis that the US is financially backing. I think we can all acknowledge that there are a lot of horrors going on in the world simultaneously. We continue to give weapons and money to Israel which makes us culpable and afford us the American people opinions about the situation.

iemanja

(57,394 posts)
6. Yes, I agree.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:03 PM
Aug 2025

More and more Jews are speaking out. The enablers of Israel's genocidal policies insult even Jews who speak out. They claim they aren't "real Jews." Through such denunciations, they present an ugly representation of what it means to be a Jew, as though it's not possible to have a conscience.

It is heartening to see so many speak out. I hope they can move the dial.

Response to iemanja (Original post)

Kali999

(289 posts)
5. Yes so much gaslighting.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:35 PM
Aug 2025

The foreign press is starving the medical staff is starving, Gazans and we can see with our own eye's . Skeleton baby's. And shooting hungry people and kids like fish in a barrell. I have hated Aipac since Lieberman. The Zionist's deserve all the contempt they've earned/
Lieberman was a saboteur like Manchin and Sinema/ So they can put a resort on it. Don't piss on my head and tell me its raining. Marion the rich can drop dead too. I think its a little late .

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