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Support the Battle to establish of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7th

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Shalom to all,

Looking at this week’s attempted assassination of senior Hamas figures in Qatar that threatens to thwart a deal for the release of the hostages, the sacrification of soldiers in a pointless war of annihilation in Gaza, the annexation efforts in the West Bank, and the policy of revenge waged to preserve Netanyahu’s coalition, most of us mutter that this situation is insane, psychotic, or inconceivable. That’s what people normally say when there are no words left, when no explanation can be found for the actions of a government that has lost all reasonable restraint.

In the face of the government’s manifest indifference, not to mention contempt for the sanctity of human life, the violent suppression of protests, the persecution of artists, educators, and academics because of their critical views, the efforts to oust the Attorney General and to appoint a messianic figure to head the Shin Bet security service, and the attempts to seize control of the media, a conclusion suggests itself: This is not madness, but the translation of evil into politics.

All of the above stems from the fact that Netanyahu puts personal considerations ahead of the good of the country. The coalition’s effort to destroy the basic values upon which the State of Israel was founded is deliberate and planned. To counter it, we persist on defending liberal and democratic values that place human life, welfare, safety, prosperity, rights, and equality at the center. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis did exactly that when they took to the streets last weekend to stage protests in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, and throughout the country, demonstrating once again that there are people who can be counted on to combat the forces of darkness that threaten democracy and that there is something worth fighting for. And, the lower the Prime Minister sinks, the more optimistic I become, because you can see him sweating and you can see a people that refuses to give up their country without a fight.

At the end of the month the Supreme Court will hear the petition we filed together with 86 former MKs and ministers through Adv. Dafna Holtz-Lechner, demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 fiasco. On this matter too, an overwhelming majority of the public are not buying into the spins, evasions, and cover-up tactics of the Prime Minister, who wants to establish a government inspection committee whose members would be appointed by him and whose conclusions would be written by him. A state commission of inquiry is intended to correct failings and to restore the public’s trust following the collapse of the state. With the legal process dragging on, failures and breaches appear to be compounding and deepening, one disaster after another. I urge you to support this struggle, and I solemnly promise you that we will not give up and we will not despair because we have no choice other than to win the battle for the truth and for justice.

Yours,

Zehava Galon

President of Zulat

 

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Dr. Maha Sabbah Karkabi

 

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Tel Aviv University (2015), a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London (2015-2016), a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Sociology at Tel Aviv University (2016-2017), and a postdoctoral fellowship Ph.D. at the Humphrey Institute for Social Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2018-2020).
Dr. Maha Karbahi’s areas of interest focus on the connection between social change, family behavior, and gender inequality in societies in the process of change and specifically in Palestinian Arab society in Israel. Her research draws attention to the study of family life and employment, using a combined “ethnic lens” and “gender lens” and paying attention to the perspective of Palestinian Arab women, a group characterized by intersections between multiple marginal locations, which over the years has remained hidden from the research eye. Dr. Karkabi-Sabah’s research is published in professional journals and chapters in scientific books that are considered pioneers in family research, work, and gender equality.

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Prof. Frances Raday

Professor Emeritus in the Lieberman Chair in Labor Law, in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University and serves as a full professor in the College of Management’s academic track, where she also serves as chair of the graduate program and as honorary president of the Concord Center for International Law Absorption. Radai was a member of a working group of the UN Human Rights Council on discrimination against women. In addition, she is a prominent and feminist human rights activist.

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Dr. Rawia Aburabia 

Faculty member of Sapir Academic College’s School of Law, received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research deals with the interface between law, gender, minorities, and human rights. Has published in leading journals on the subject of the matrimonial laws pertaining to Muslim women in Israel. Her book Under the Law, Outside Justice: Polygamy, Gendered Citizenship, and Colonialism in Israeli Law is expected to be published as part of the Gender Series of Kibbutz Meuhad Publishing House.

Dr. Aburabia has extensive experience in international human rights and public law. She has worked as a jurist for the Association for Civil Right and has been invited as a specialist to address such international forums as the United Nations and the European Parliament on the subject of indigenous communities and minority rights. She has interned with Human Rights Watch in Washington DC, and has been a member of the executive board of Amnesty International. In 2018, she was selected by the magazine Globes as one of the 40 most promising young persons in Israel under the age of 40.

 

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Ron Kessler

With over two decades of experience in the field of digital content, Ron has participated in numerous political and social campaigns. He helped run the digital activity of senior public officials, and worked in various NGOs. Ron is a fundamentally optimistic man, who believes that Israel can be changed and so can people. Lives in Tel Aviv.