DayofPal– Over 350 rabbis, joined by Jewish creatives and activists, have taken a bold stand against Donald Trump’s call for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
In a striking New York Times ad, signatories—including Rabbis Sharon Brous, Roly Matalon, and Alissa Wise, alongside renowned figures like Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Naomi Klein, and Joaquin Phoenix—reject Trump’s rhetoric with a powerful declaration:
“Trump demands the forced removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. We, as Jewish people, say NO to ethnic cleansing!”
Their message is clear: history has taught us the dangers of silence, and they refuse to be complicit.
The Jewish activists ad follows Trump’s proposal to “take over Gaza” and leave 2 million Palestinians who have survived Israel’s deadly onslaught against the narrow strip with “no alternative” but to leave their homes.
Donald Trump has urged Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab nations to absorb Palestinians, yet his proposal was met with fierce opposition from Arab countries and global allies, reigniting painful historical wounds.
Trump’s proposal – which has evoked the painful legacy of the 1948 Nakba, during which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes by Zionist paramilitaries – was described as an “insidious plan” by rabbi Toba Spitzer.
Cody Edgerly, director of the In Our Name Campaign and one of the organizers of the ad, said it came at “a critical time as political redlines that were once thought immovable are rapidly shifting as the Trump-Netanyahu alliance takes hold again”.
He said it had been “heartening to witness such a rapid outpouring of support from across the denominational and political spectrum.”
He added: “Our message to Palestinians is that you are not alone, our attention has not wavered, and we are committed to fighting with every breath we have to stop ethnic cleansing in Gaza.”
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