“Our country is starving the people of Gaza to death and contemplating the forced removal of millions of Palestinians from the Strip,” the letter says. “We, Israelis dedicated to a peaceful future for our country and our Palestinian neighbors, write this with grave shame, in rage and in agony,” it states.

The signatories include Academy Award recipient Yuval Abraham, former attorney-general Michael Ben-Yair, former speaker of the Knesset and former Jewish Agency head Avraham Burg, former Hadash MK Tamar Gozansky, Guy Davidi: International Emmy Award recipient for 5 Broken Cameras (2013) Ari Folman: Golden Globe recipient for Waltz with Bashir (2009), Prof. Emeritus Amiram Goldblum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Prof. Oded Goldreich: Weizmann Institute of Science and Israel Prize recipient (2021), Eran Kolirin: Screenwriter and film director, Ophir Award recipient for Let It Be Morning (2021), Nadav Lapid: Screenwriter and film director, Golden Bear recipient for Synonyms (2019), Photographer Alex Levac: Israel Prize recipient (2005), Hagai Levi: Television writer and director, Golden Globe recipient for The Affair (2015), Prof. Michal Na’aman: Painter, Israel prize recipient (2014), Ohad Naharin: Choreographer, Israel Prize recipient (2005), Inbal Pinto: Choreographer and dancer, Israeli Culture Ministry award recipient (2011), Aharon Shabtai: Poet and translator, Israeli Prime Minister’s Prize recipient (1993) and Eyal Weizman: Director of Forensic Architecture.