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A group of high-profile Israeli public figures, including academics, artists and public intellectuals, have called for the imposition of “devastating sanctions” by the international community on Israel, amid growing horror over the Gaza famine.
The 31 signatories of the letter published in the Guardian include Academy Award winner Yuval Abraham; former Israeli attorney general Michael Ben-Yair; Avraham Burg, former speaker of the Israeli parliament and former head of the Jewish Agency; and a number of recipients of the prestigious Israel Prize, Israel's highest cultural honor.
The figures come from the worlds of poetry, science, journalism and academia, and the letter accuses Israel of "starving the people of Gaza and contemplating the forcible removal of millions of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip."
"The international community must impose devastating sanctions on Israel until it ends this brutal campaign and implements a permanent ceasefire," the letter continues.
A charity distributes food to Palestinians facing food shortages due to ongoing Israeli attacks.
The letter is significant both for its outspoken criticism of Israel and for breaking the taboo of adopting strict international sanctions, in a country where politicians have promoted laws targeting those who support such measures.
Other signatories include painter Michal Na'aman; Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, an award-winning documentary filmmaker; Samuel Maoz, director of the Golden Lion-winning film, Lebanon; poet Aharon Shabtai and choreographer Inbal Pinto.
Growing international horror over the trajectory of Israel's war in Gaza is increasingly being reflected within Israel itself and within the broader global Jewish diaspora - amid images of emaciated Palestinian children and reports of Israeli forces shooting at starving Palestinians in food distribution centers.
The letter was published as it was announced that more than 60,000 Palestinians had been killed in the 21-month Israel-Gaza war, according to Gaza's health ministry.
On Monday, two prominent Israeli human rights groups, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, published reports assessing for the first time that Israel was carrying out a "genocidal" policy against Palestinians in Gaza, breaking another taboo.
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