Prominent Israeli actor lashes out at artists calling for Gaza ceasefire
Idan Amedi, an Israeli singer and actor who was wounded while fighting in Gaza last year, has criticised a group of local artists who signed a petition urging an end to the war.
The petition – signed by nearly 1,000 artists – reads: “We call on everyone involved in shaping and implementing this policy to stop! Do not issue illegal orders and do not obey them! Do not commit war crimes! Do not abandon the principles of human morality and the values of Judaism! Stop the war. Release the hostages.”
Amedi called their statement “fake news”.
“Step into a tunnel for a moment. Fight for just one day like tens of thousands of reservists, and then go ahead, sign petitions,” Amedi, who starred in a popular series called Fauda, wrote in a social media post.
“There is no other army in the world operating in such a densely populated area with as minimal civilian casualties as ours. It’s proven. Go check,” he wrote.
The statement comes after about 600 former Israeli security officials warned in a letter to US President Trump that Israel’s war aims had already been met, and that continuing the war risked Israel losing its “security and identity”.
It's not proven, it's a lie. Just women and children alone in the official death count rule out the minimal civilian casualties claim for urban warfare. The actual death toll is far higher and most of the men killed aren't Hamas fighters either.
But you got to believe what you need to believe to be able to live with yourself after committing genocide.
There is no other army in the world that is as lawless while bragging about war crimes as the IDF. (Sure the Russians are no better, but they get shot if they don't obey and don't claim the moral high ground...)
Ex-Israeli security officials’ letter to Trump underscores ‘hopelessness’
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Yossi Mekelberg, an associate fellow at the UK-based Chatham House, has said today’s letter from 600 former Israeli security officials underscores that little faith remains in Netanyahu’s government.
That was evidenced, Mekelberg said, in their decision to address the letter to US President Trump, who they see as the only individual with the leverage to force a stop to the war.
“We are talking here about 600 of the most senior former security officials,” Mekelberg said.
“They don’t even write this letter to the Israeli government because they gave up on this government,” he said.
“It comes from a sense of hopelessness. They think that the only way to get out of this situation is to ask president Trump to intervene,” he said.
