[ The pro-human camp coalition opposes the atrocities committed on
October 7 and also stands against identifying all Gazans with Hamas
used by them to rationalize indiscriminate killing and denial of
humanitarian aid]
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ISRAELI PUBLIC FIGURES SIGN LETTER AGAINST ‘THE DEHUMANIZATION OF
PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS’  
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Haaretz staff

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_ 'The pro-human camp coalition' opposes the 'atrocities committed on
October 7' and also stands against identifying all Gazans with Hamas
'used by them to rationalize indiscriminate killing and denial of
humanitarian aid' _

Palestinians check a half destroyed building following Israeli
bombardment on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday., (Credit:
Said Khatib / Agence France-Presse (AFP) // Haaretz)

 

An entity called the "pro-human camp coalition" published a public
letter on Thursday signed by public figures, artists and academics,
declaring their commitment to fight the dehumanization of Gazans,
Palestinians and Muslims, and the dehumanization of Israelis and Jews
in general.

"As proponents of human rights," the letter
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"we must fight apartheid and oppression. However, this should not
involve demonizing the civilians who are associated with the stronger
side, and such a struggle certainly must not condone the massacre and
atrocities committed against Israeli civilians and other nationals on
October 7."

"At the same time, the widespread support among the Israeli public
for the nature of the Israeli retaliation in Gaza
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together with the calls by prominent public figures (as well as parts
of the Israeli public) for ethnic cleansing
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population transfer, are cause for deep concern," the letter
stipulates.

The signatories include authors David Grossman and Iris Leal;
philosophers Slavoj Žižek, Eva Illouz, Axel Honneth and Kohei Saito;
former Members of Knesset Esawi Freige, Dov Khenin and Mossi Raz;
human rights activists Michael Sfard, Ziv Stahl, Avi Dabush, B'tselem
Director Yuli Novak and Breaking the Silence Director Avner Gvaryahu;
singer Achinoam Nini, actor and director Itay Tiran, and actors Esti
Zakheim and Menashe Noy; filmmakers Ari Folman, Avigail Sperber and
the Heiman brothers; lawyer Daniel Hacklai; choreographer Ohad
Naharin, director and choreographer Avshalom Pollak; scholar and
journalist Tomer Persico, and many others.

The letter's initiators and signatories express deep concern about the
trends of dehumanization toward Israelis and Jews
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which justify killing or violating their rights, by reducing them to
proxies of Israeli oppression. "This is demonstrated in the
indifferent or distorted attitude towards the issue of the hostages
in Gaza
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these circles," the letter says.
 

Posters of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on October 7.  (Credit:
Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters  //  Haaretz)
At the same time, they express deep concern about the increasingly
widespread dehumanization of Palestinians
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general in Israel, and of Gaza residents in particular, including the
identification of all Gazans with Hamas by Israelis and their
supporters around the world.

"This identification justifies indiscriminate killing 
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preventing humanitarian aid. This association is used by them to
rationalize indiscriminate killing and denial of humanitarian aid."

"Additionally, the growing wave of Islamophobia in the West, which
paints Muslims broadly as terrorists," they say. "The dehumanization
of Israelis and Jews, as well as Palestinians and Muslims, is
unacceptable. A person is not merely a representation of a collective
identity, history, events, or political orientation. A consistent
humanistic approach must address all these unacceptable developments,"
the letter says.

The organizations The Parents Circle – Families Forum, Rabbis for
Human Rights and Mehazkim have also joined the Pro-Human Camp, which
is led by Amnesty International – Israel.

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