International – They speak to denounce the“Intolerable”. Over 1,200 “Rabbis around the world” Costid a letter to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu on the situation in Gaza. They press the Israeli Prime Minister to allow more humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian enclave, where the population is in the grip of famine and largely deprived of access to care.
In their letter, rabbis reduce their attachment “To the well -being of Israel and the Jewish people”their rejection of “The violence of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah” and call for “Immediate release of all hostages” Israelis still detained in Gaza. But the signatories are also concerned about the “Serious moral crisis” to which face “The Jewish people”. “We cannot be silent in the face of this situation”they continue.
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The authors of the letter to Benjamin Netanyahu castigate “Civilian massacres” in Gaza – “Including a large number of women,children and elderly ” – as well as “The use of famine as a weapon of war”. “The massacre of a large number of Palestinians in Gaza, including those who were desperately looking for food, has been largely reported by respected media and cannot reasonably be denied”they insist.
A letter signed by several French rabbis
Among the list of signatories are mainly American rabbis, but also Greeks, Israelis, Dutch and Scottish. There are also some French people like Ann-Gaëlle Attias or Gabriel Fahri. The letter has also been signed by several rabbis in training. The fact that this text is reclaimed as many signatures, especially from American religious, can weigh heavy according to Yonat Shimron, a specialist in Judaism interviewed by the American public radio NPR.
Rabbis “Were able to bear a lot about Israel’s actions, but the food crisis in Gaza makes them think”he explains. According to him, this petition is “Important insofar as it focuses on famine and humanitarian crisis, not on war”at a time when support for the Israeli offensive in Gaza is still strong among the American Jews. “They strongly support Israel, but an increasingly important part thinks that things have gone too far”especially among the youngest.
An observation shared by the Rabbi Ron Kronish, who signed the letter and explained it in a column Times of Israel. He believes that if the war has been considered as ” just “ by some “At its beginnings”, “She has become deeply unfair in the past few months”. The religious, who says he is calling at the end of the war “For many months”also expresses his “Deep concerns about the serious consequences that this war causes, not only for the State of Israel, but also for Jews and Judaism all over the world”.
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