Phalapoem editor, 8/11/25
To the People of Israel,
We write to you not as enemies, but as those who believe in your capacity for moral courage and your right to a secure future. We urge you to look with clear eyes at the reality being documented by human rights organizations worldwide, including in Israel: a system of apartheid and oppression over the Palestinian people.
This is not mere political disagreement. It is a structure of laws and military power that ensures domination of one people over another. In the West Bank, two people live under two different legal systems: Israeli settlers enjoy civil rights under Israeli law, while Palestinians live under military law, facing detention without trial, land theft, and home demolitions. This is the definition of apartheid.
Your own leaders have warned you. Former Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, and former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, have all stated that the ongoing occupation leads to an apartheid reality. To ignore these warnings is to gamble with the soul of your nation. A state cannot be both democratic and permanently rule over another people without rights.
The current path of violent raids, settlement expansion, and collective punishment guarantees only more bloodshed and moral decay. It destroys any chance for lasting peace and security.
We call on you to awaken. Demand your government:
1. End the violent military operations and the siege.
2. Halt and reverse all illegal settlement expansion.
3. Dismantle the system of separation and inequality.
4. Commit to a just peace based on equal rights for all.
The future can be different. It must be built on justice, not force. We appeal to you to choose that path.
In the name of our shared humanity,
Concerned Global Citizens