BREAKING: Three U.S. Rabbis, three Israeli peace activists, and U.S. journalist Ayelet Waldman were arrested today by Israeli police at the Israel/Gaza Erez border crossing point as they attempted to bring food aid into Gaza.
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We are Rabbis and Rabbinical students and at this moment of great moral reckoning, we are speaking out with one voice to save lives.
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- HAPPENING NOW: Rabbis in prayerful protest take action at the @UN to remind Biden that the whole world says CEASEFIRE. Stop vetoing peace. Follow our Livestream at rabbis4ceasefire.com/live
00:00 - We are now at 229 rabbis and counting. We are calling out for ceasefire in one voice and urge Jewish organizations and individuals to join us. Torah is a tree of life. We must hold fast to that tree with all we have. CEASEFIRE NOW!
- This morning, seven U.S.rabbis and Israeli activists were arrested by Israeli police at the Gaza border as part of a delegation of thirty rabbis and other peace activists with Rabbis for Ceasefire who were attemping to bring food supplies into Gaza through the Erez crossing.
- Replying to @rodfeishalomAs Rabbi Alana Alpert, one of those arrested, says, “How can we celebrate freedom as these atrocities are committed in the name of Jewish safety?” In the spirit of the holiday, we are putting our bodies on the line to fulfill our mandate to let all who are hungry eat.
- God who keeps faith with those who sleep in the dust… A blessing of protection and solidarity with Rafah.
- 1/5 We are here at the UN to remind Biden that the whole world says ceasefire. Stop vetoing peace.
- Replying to @rodfeishalomThe Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war against 2.3 million Palestinian people in the occupied Gaza Strip. This manufactured famine follows decades of forced displacement, military occupation, and communal subjugation by the Israeli government.
- Jewish tradition tells us that eyn bodkin le-mezonot; when it comes to feeding the hungry, we do not ask who is a worthy recipient because it is cruel to starve a people, even an enemy, into submission. Our statement on the US & allies defunding #UNRWA rabbis4ceasefire.com/wp-content/upl…
- Members of Rabbis for Ceasefire brought our message to the @UN General Assembly to tell the U.S. to stop vetoing peace. Ceasefire now!
00:00 - Replying to @rodfeishalomPassover reminds us of our sacred responsibility to work for the freedom of all people. We are here calling for a permanent ceasefire, the full exchange of prisoners, the opening of all border crossings to allow in humanitarian aid, and an end to the subjugation of Palestinians.
- This Yom Kippur we face a moral reckoning. What has taken place over the last year is unimaginable. This Yom Kippur, let us turn our most holy of holy days into a mass mourning and collective atonement. This Yom Kippur, let us embody Judaism at its most loving and liberatory.
- Replying to @rodfeishalomThe Passover Haggadah reads, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” and teaches us that we must work for the freedom of all people. Forced starvation is just one of the many weapons of war that the Israeli state is using against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- “There’s going to come a day of moral reckoning. The establishment Jewish organizations are going to have to look in the mirror and say, what did we do?”
