Hundreds of Israeli public figures urge British Parliament to recognize the State of Palestine
Gush Shalom, Israel. Press Release, October 13, 2014
363 Israeli public figures have signed a letter to the Members of the British Parliament, calling upon them to vote in favor of British recognition of a Palestinian State, to be created side-by-side with Israel.
The letter was handed on Sunday noon to representatives of the British MP’s supporting the motion, due to be voted tomorrow (Monday). The Israeli letter was initiated by Dr. Alon Liel, former Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry; Prof. Amiram Goldblum, a founder of the Peace Now movement; and Yehuda Shaul of “Breaking the Silence”.
The letter reads: “We, Israelis who worry and care for the well-being of the state of Israel, believe that the long-term existence and security of Israel depends on the long-term existence and security of a Palestinian state. For this reason we, the undersigned, urge members of the UK Parliament to vote in favor of the motion to be debated on Monday 13th October 2014, calling on the British Government to recognize the State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel “.
Signatories include:
Nobel Prize Laureate (Economics) Daniel Kahneman
Six Laureates of the Israel Prize – Professors Alice Levy, David Har’el, Shimon Sandbank, Yehoshua Kolodny, Yona Rosenfeld and Yoram Bilu;
Two former ministers – Ran Cohen and Yossi Sarid, as well as four former Knesset Members – Uri Avnery, Yael Dayan, Mossi Raz and Naomi Chazan;
Former Ambassador and Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Dr. Alon Liel, as well as former Ambassador Ilan Baruch;
Gen. (ret.) Emanuel Shaked, former of the Paratooper Corps;
Former Attorney General Michael Ben-Yair;
Four writers – Yehoshua Sobol, Yehudit Kafri, Savyon Liebrecht and Amos Mokadi;
Professor Rafi Walden, Deputy Ditector of the Shiba Hospital and Chair of “Physicians for Human Rights”
Yuval Rahamim, Co-Chair of “Bereaved Families for Palestinian-Israeli Peace” and the group’s founder Yitzhak Frankenthal;
As well as many residents of Gaza border communities and other peace and social rights activists.
Here is the complete list:
| Given Name | Family Name | Additional Info |
| Aaron | Barnea | Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace |
| Adam | Keller | Peace Acrivist |
| Adam | Uriel | |
| Adeeb | Awad | |
| Adi | Pauker | Kibbuts Beeri, Gazza Border |
| Adina | Aviram | |
| Adrian | Zuckerman | |
| Alex | Levac | |
| Ali | Elassad | lawyer, Dr. |
| Alice | Shalvi | Israel Prize, Prof. of English |
| Alice | Krieger | |
| Alik | Honigman | |
| Alon | Liel | Former Head of Foreign Office, ambassador to S. Africa and to Turkey |
| Alon | Pauker | Kibbuts Beeri, Gazza Border |
| Alon | Harel | |
| Alon | Confino | Prof. of History |
| Ami | Weinstein | |
| Amier | Terkel | Peace Acrivist |
| Amir | Orian | Theater Director |
| Amira | Katz-Goehr | |
| Amira | Ityel | Peace Acrivist |
| Amiram | Goldblum | Prof., Molecular Modelling and Drug Design |
| Amiram | Yehudai | |
| Amiram | Cooper | Kibbutz Nir-Oz, Gazza Border |
| Amit | Leshem | Peace Acrivist |
| Amos | Ityel | |
| Amos | Goldebrg | |
| Amos | Gvirtz | Peace Acrivist |
| Amos | Mokadi | Author and Cinematographer |
| Anat | Matar | |
| Anat | Even | |
| Aner | Preminger | Cinematographer, Prof. of Cinematography |
| Annelien | Kisch-Kroon | |
| Ari | Rossner | |
| Arie | Aviram | |
| Arie | Arnon | Prof., Economy |
| Ariel | Hanaor | |
| Ariel | Yanai | |
| Ariel | Niezen | Kibbutz Amir, Lebanon Border |
| Arza | Apelroit | |
| Asher | Rotem | |
| Assaf | Yacobovitz | |
| Attar | Ornan | Psychologist |
| Avi | Glezerman | |
| Avi | Mograbi | Cinematographer |
| Avinoam | Ben-Shaul | Prof., |
| Avishay | Grossman | Author and Educator |
| Avner | Katz | Dr. of Education |
| Avner | Ben-Amos | |
| Avner | Greenberg | |
| Avner | Cohen | Lecturer |
| Avner | De-Shalit | Prof. of Politial Sience |
| Avner | Giladi | |
| Avraham | Milgram | |
| Avraham | Shomroni | |
| Avraham | Oz | |
| Avremale | Frank | Dr. of Education |
| Aya | Breuer | |
| Barbara | Doron | |
| Batia | Siebzehner | |
| Beate | Zilversmidt | Peace Acrivist |
| Benjamin | Arbel | |
| Beny | gefen | Peace Acrivist |
| Bernard | Avishai | Prof. |
| Bracha | Zitrin | Artist |
| Carlos | Lewenhoff | |
| Chaim | Gans | Prof. of History |
| Charles | Greenbaum | Prof. of Psychology |
| Chava | Halevi | Peace Acrivist |
| Chay | Ashkenazi | Archealogist |
| Chen | Alon | Scientist |
| Chen | Haklai | |
| Coby | Sonnenschein | Prof. of Physics, Neve-Shalom – Jewish-Arab community |
| Colman | Altman | Prof., Physics |
| Dalia | Golomb | Peace Acrivist |
| Dalia | Sachs | |
| Dan | Goldenblatt | Peace Acrivist |
| Dan | Hadani | Colonel (Res.) |
| Dan | Orstav | |
| Dan | Jacobson | Prof., Organizational Behaviour |
| Dan S. | Tawfik | |
| Daniel | Kahneman | Nobel Prize, Prof., Economi |
| Daniel | Regev | |
| Daniel | Levanon | Scientist |
| Daniella | Gordon | Peace Acrivist |
| Daniella | Yoel | |
| Danny | Rosin | MD |
| Daphne | Banai | Peace Acrivist |
| Daphne | Joel | |
| David | Adler | Poet, Dr. of Medical Engineering |
| David | Harel | Israel Prize, Prof., Computers |
| David | Zoneshine | |
| David | Blanc | |
| David | Willner | |
| David | Senesh | |
| David | Bedrack | Artist, Kibbutz Amir, Lebanon Border |
| David | Adler | Poet, Dr. of Medical Engineering |
| Dikla | Ben-Shaul | |
| Dimitry | Shumsky | |
| Dina | Stein | |
| Dina | Amit | |
| Dori | Parnas | |
| Dorit | Eldar-Avidan | Dr., Social Work |
| Dorit | Solomon | Teacher, Spcial Ed. |
| Doron | Matar | |
| Doron | Liber | Agriculture |
| Dov | Koler | |
| Dudi | Tzfati | |
| Dvorka | Oreg | |
| Edna | Morduch | Psychotherapist |
| Edward Edy | Kaufman | Prof. of Political Science |
| Elchanan | Reiner | Psychologist |
| Eldad | Kisch | Peace Acrivist |
| Eli | Somer | |
| Eli | Kalir | Lawyer |
| Eli | Safran | Kibbutz Sassa, Lebanon Border, Deputy Chair of Massad – the Social-Democratic Movement |
| Elia | Leibowitz | |
| Elizabeth | Freund | |
| Emanuel | Shaked | Brigadier-General (res.) former head of Infantry and paratroopers |
| Emilia | Peroni | |
| Esther | Levinger | Prof. of Arts |
| Esther | Weintraub | Peace Acrivist |
| Eva | Jablonka | Prof. of History |
| Evelyn | Bartolmai | |
| Freddie | Rokem | |
| Gadi | Doron | |
| Gadi | Sternbach | |
| Gadi | Keinar | |
| Galia | Golan | Prof. of Political Science |
| Galit | Hazan-Rokem | Prof. |
| Galit | Katz | |
| Gershon | Baskin | Coordinator of Israel-Hammas negotiations for freeing Gilead Shalit |
| Gila | Svirsky | Peace Acrivist |
| Gilat | Levy | |
| Gili | Zimhoni | |
| Goni | Tzur | |
| Hadas | Leonov | |
| Hagai | Ginsburg | Prof. |
| Hagar | Weiner | |
| Hagith | Friedlander | |
| Hai | Ashkenazi | |
| Hanna | Barag | Peace Acrivist |
| Hannah | Friedman | |
| Hannah | Safran | Peace Acrivist |
| Hassida | Shafran | Teacher |
| Hava | Keller | |
| Hedva | Adiri | |
| Hilel | Bardin | Peace Acrivist |
| Hillel | Schocken | Architect |
| Idith | Zertal | Prof. of History and Author |
| Idith | Samet | |
| Ilan | Shtayer | Social Activist |
| Ilan | Baruch | Former Ambassador |
| Ilan | Saban | |
| Ilana | Weiser-Senesh | |
| Ilana | Segal | |
| Irena | Blaier Lewenhoff | |
| Irit | Sela | |
| Ishai | Menuchin | |
| Ishay | Rosen-Zvi | Prof. |
| Israel | Yuval | |
| Israel | Shafran | |
| Itzhak | Levav | |
| Itzhak | Vinograd | |
| Itzhak (Yani) | Nevo | Prof. of Philosophy |
| Izzy | Azgad | |
| Jaffa | Yehudai | |
| Janina | Altman | Research Chemist |
| Jochanan | Benbassat | Prof. of Medicine |
| Joel | Epstein | |
| Jonathan | Peled | |
| Joseph | Zeira | |
| Joshua | Sobol | Dramaturg and author |
| Keren | Bar-Gil | |
| Kobi | Peterzil | Prof., Mathematics |
| Kobi | Snitz | |
| Koby | Sheffy | |
| Liat | Segal | |
| Lior | Amihai | Peace-Now Activist |
| Lior | Kay Avishay | |
| Lior | Washtel | |
| Liora | Preis | Spiritual Mentoring |
| Liora | Eilon | Group Facilitator, Kibbutz Kfar-Azza, Gazza Border |
| Liran | Razinski | |
| Malka | Gozovsky | |
| Marek | Glezerman | |
| Marius | Schattner | Israeli Contralto and musician |
| Maya | Bar-Hillel | Prof. |
| Maya | Rosenfeld | |
| Maya | Galai | |
| Maya | Bailey | |
| Mazal | Frankental | |
| Menachem | Segal | |
| Menachem | Klein | Prof. |
| Micah | Leshem | |
| Michael | Sfard | Lawyer |
| Michael | Benyair | Former Attorney General, Lawyer |
| Michael | Steinitz | Dr., History of the Middle East |
| Michael | Keren | |
| Michael | Persico | |
| Michael | Shorman | Communication |
| Michal | Goldberg | |
| Michal | Wasser | Kfar-Azza, Gazza Border |
| Michal | Preminger | Psychologist |
| Micky | Fischer | |
| Miki | Kratzman | |
| Miki | Perry | |
| Mili | Mass | Social Worker |
| Mira | Livne | Occupational Therapist |
| Mira | Zakai | Prof., Musicology |
| Mordechai | Har-Even | Social Activist |
| Moshe | Kotler | |
| Moshe Haim | Soker | Kibbutz Yad-Mordechay, Gazza Border |
| Mossi | Raz | Former Knesset Member, Chair of Peace organizations forum |
| Motti | Lerner | Dramaturg |
| Motty | Perry | Prof. of Economy |
| Naftali | Raz | Educator, Chair of Massad – The Social-Democratic Movement |
| Naftali | Or-Ner | Lawyer |
| Naomi | Benbassat | Dr. of Psychology, Moshav Ein-Habsor, Gazza Border |
| Naomi | Landau | |
| Naomi | Sinai | |
| Naomi | Chazan | Former Knesset Member, Prof. |
| Naomi | Raz | Social Worker |
| Nava | Sonnenschein | Co-Ddirector Peace Scool, Dr. of Education, Neve-Shalom – Jewish-Arab Community |
| Neta | Efrony | |
| Netta | Ben-Porath Bruno | |
| Neve | Gordon | |
| Nina | Reshef | |
| Nina | Sebba | |
| Noa | Abend | |
| Noam | Sonin | |
| Noga | Kotler | Peace Acrivist |
| Noga | Efrati | Dr. Middle Eastern History |
| Nomi | Erteschik-Shir | |
| Nomika | Zion | Sderot – Gazza Border, member of “Other Voice from Sderot” |
| Nora | Bendersky | |
| Nura | Resh | Dr. of Sociology of Education |
| Nurit | Peled | Prof.,Language and Education, Sacharov Prize |
| Oded | Hon | Lawyer and Social Activist |
| Odeh | Bisharat | |
| Odelia | Hitron | |
| Ofira | Henig | Theater Director |
| Ofra | Ben Artzi | |
| Oren | Yiftachel | Prof. of Geography |
| Orit | Nir | Social Worker |
| Orit | Dekel | |
| Orna | Lavi | |
| Ortal | Be’eri | Director of Devolopment |
| Pnina | Dobo | Social Worker |
| Pnina | Feiler | |
| Pnina | Steiner | |
| Rachel | Hayat | |
| Rachel | Azgad | |
| Rachel | Freudenthal | |
| Rachel | Afek | |
| Raffi | Lipkin | Computers |
| Rakefet | Zohar | |
| Rama | Yacobi | |
| Rami | Steinberg | |
| Ran | Cohen | former MK and Minister of Industry and Trade |
| Ran | Hassin | |
| Rapahael | Falk | |
| Raphi | Meron | |
| Raphi | Walden | Prof. of Medicine, Deputy Director of Shibba Hospital, Chair of “Physicians for Human Rights |
| Raz | Chen-Morris | |
| Revital | Sela | |
| Riki | Machlin | |
| Rolly | Rosen | |
| Ron | Naaman | |
| Ron | Barkai | |
| Ron | Kuzar | |
| Roni | Keidar | Moshav Netiv Hashayara, Gazza Border |
| Roni | Terkel | |
| Ronny | Perlman | |
| Ruma | Falk | |
| Ruth | Butler | Prof. |
| Ruth | Hazan-Zion | Sderot – Gazza Border, member of “Other Voice from Sderot” |
| Ruth | Hacohen | |
| Ruthy | Yarkoni | |
| Saar | Shaked | |
| Sara | Helman | |
| Savyon | Librecht | Author |
| Sefi | Lipkin | |
| Shalomo | Slutzky | Journalist |
| Shay | Shohami | Lawyer |
| Shimon | Schuldiner | |
| Shimon | Sandbank | Israel Prize, Prof. of Translation and English |
| Shir | Hever | |
| Shlomit | Azran Yarkoni | |
| Shlomit | Ferguson | |
| Shlomith | Rimmon-Kenan | |
| Shlomo | Sand | |
| Shosh | Dagan | |
| Shoshi | Inbar | |
| Shulamit | Carmi-Rosenfeld | |
| Shuli | Hartman | |
| Sidra | Dekoven Ezrahi | Prof. |
| Sinai | Peter | Theater Director |
| Snait | Gissis | |
| Stanley | Sebba | |
| Sunny | Gordon-Bar | |
| Tal | Levit | |
| Tal | Wasser | Kfar-Azza, Gazza Border |
| Tal | Harris | Former Chair of “One Voice” |
| Tal | Nitzan | |
| Talia | Ariav | |
| Talma | Bar-Din | Founder of “Woman to Woman” Center |
| Tamar | Hess | |
| Tamar | Lehahn | |
| Tami | Sarfatti | |
| Tami | Doron | |
| Tommy | Dreyfus | |
| Tova | Buksbaum | Psychologist |
| Tsvia | Walden | Dr. of Linguistics |
| Udi | Gur | |
| Uri | Segal | |
| Uri | Avneri | Former Knesset Member, Journalist |
| Uri | Hadar | |
| Uri | Ponger | |
| Uri | Drori | Kibbutz Zikim, Gazza Border |
| Uri | Katz | |
| Varda | Shiffer | Dr., Education Researcher |
| Vardit | Goldner | |
| Vered | Tzang | |
| Vered | Kraus | |
| Yael | Dayan | Former Knesset Member and Author |
| Yael | Waldman | |
| Yael | Shelach-Lavi | |
| Yael Sara | Pruzan | Kibbutz Dorot, Gazza Border |
| Yair | Yinov | Economist |
| Yaniv | Shahar Eliraz | |
| Yaron | Ezrahi | Prof. of Political Science |
| Yeela | Raanan | Dr., Kibbutz Kissufim, Gazza Border |
| Yehoshua | Kolodny | Israel Prize, Prof. of Geology |
| Yehoshua | Rosin | Agronom |
| Yehuda | Shaul | “Breaking Silence” Movement |
| Yehudit | Elkana | Dr. of Chemistry |
| Yehudit | Eshed | |
| Yehudit | Cafri | Author |
| Yehudit | Keshet | |
| Yitzhak | Frankental | Rabbi, initiator of bereaved Israeli and Palestinian parents |
| Yizhar | Be’eri | Director of “Keshev” – Media Criticizm |
| Yoav | Hess | Social Activist |
| Yoav | Steinberg | Kibbutz Hanita, Lebanon Border |
| Yoella | Har-Shefi | Lawyer |
| Yona | Pinson | Prof. of Arts |
| Yona | Rosenfeld | Israel Prize, Prof. of Social Work |
| Yonathan (Jon) | Anson | |
| Yoram | Bilu | Israel Prize, Pof. Of Anthropology |
| Yori | Kamdel | Kibbutzim Headquarters |
| Yosef | Schwartz | |
| Yossi | Dahan | |
| Yossi | Cohen | Buisness Manager |
| Yossi | Sarid | Former Minister of Education, Publicist |
| Yossi | Rapoport | |
| Yuval | Rahamim | Co-Chair of Israeli-Plestinian Bereaved Families for Peace |
| Yuval | Halperin | |
| Yuval | Dor | |
| Yuval | Yonai | |
| Zehava | Shoshani | |
| Ziva | Galili | |
| Zvi | Bentwich | |
| Zvi | Jagendorf |
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