Israeli elites from the Zionist state’s security, political and cultural scenes have issued a letter to Netanyahu and his government threatening legal action, citing the impunity given to “Jewish terrorism” and the “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank.
Amongst the Israelis who appear to have hit the end of their tether with the settler-colonial government are former prime ministers, former heads of all the state’s security services, former judges, a Nobel prize winner and a famous novelist.
Issuing a “final warning”, they have insisted that Netanyahu and his genocidal officials take immediate action to “eradicate Jewish terrorism”. They list crimes of murder, sexual assault, theft, arson and desecration of the dead seen in attacks against the captive, indigenous Palestinian population at the hands of both civilian and military thugs which have received little to no punishment.
However, it seems even these Israelis finding a basic sense of principle and backbone to stand up to their murderous leaders struggle to recognise that Zionism is not Judaism.
But you cannot solve a problem while refusing to confront its roots. Until the settler-colonialist ideology of Zionism that is driving dispossession, occupation, and violence are seriously challenged, there is little reason to expect the suffering inflicted on Palestinians to stop.
Dozens of Israelis from the country’s security, political and cultural elite have threatened legal action against their government over support for Jewish terrorism and an “ideology of ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank, according to a leaked letter.…
— The Palestine Project (@PalestineProjct) June 25, 2026
A wake-up call and a final warning, say Israeli elites
Seeing pushback from Israelis as their leaders commit genocide is welcome, however it still remains flawed. For instance, the letter refers to the areas trying to survive the “Jewish terrorism” running rampant as Judea and Samaria.
These aren’t the names chosen by Palestinians themselves. That fact highlights a deeper problem: even when faced with clear acts of extreme violence, many defenders of the status quo struggle to confront the deadly realities of occupation, displacement, and the denial of Palestinian self-determination.
Nevertheless, rightfully, the letter points out that the horrifying extreme violence committed in the West Bank breaks both Israeli and international law. They go on to say that this flagrant rule-breaking puts the state’s security at risk and has been seen to isolate the country internationally whilst actively fueling antisemitism globally.
“Whenever the army comes, people will be beaten. There’s usually someone injured or killed.”
The memories of children growing up under occupation in the West Bank reveal generations of fear, loss, and violence https://t.co/afn7GJHzaa pic.twitter.com/u0ZuM2vm3r
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 24, 2026
What about the genocide?
This is true, of course, most countries — with a few exceptions — would rather not have diplomatic relations with a country committing genocide. Especially when to date, they have already murdered, mutilated and maimed hundreds of thousands in Gaza, with the majority being women and children.
The letter, however, makes no mention of the genocide despite a recent UN report determining that the IOF have deliberately targeted children in Gaza.
Since 2020, UN data shows that at least 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, including hundreds of children. Over 10,300 have been injured. Yet not a single person has been held accountable.
The fact that children make up such a significant share of the victims is impossible to ignore. Similar patterns have been documented in both Gaza and the West Bank, raising serious questions about justice and accountability, and the lack of value placed on Palestinian lives.
Years later, justice remains absent, while those at the top seem far more focused on protecting their reputations than delivering answers.
I don't understand how the United Nations can issue a report stating that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinian children and yet world leaders simply carry on with their lives as if it means nothing, continuing to deny that it is genocide! pic.twitter.com/CRPdn8qJFL
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) June 25, 2026
Facilitating Israel’s future expansion
The letter states:
This is not solely a military and police failure, but the implementation of an overt policy by the Israeli government and its prime minister in general, and by the relevant ministers in particular.
[They] order the military, the police, and Shin Bet [the internal security agency] to enable the terrorism of Jewish criminals, because this horrendous phenomenon serves well the current government’s ideology of carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the territories of Judea and Samaria to facilitate their future annexation.
They then refer to how the abused have become the abuser, writing:
The crimes of Jewish terrorism in the territories are reminiscent of similar crimes and pogroms committed against our people by other nations in eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The letter then calls out the Israeli military’s complicity through failing to intervene in these terrorist attacks and, as many videos have shown, their active participation in the extreme violence.
The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] has clear policy of ignoring the crimes of Jewish terrorism, and in many incidents soldiers from the regional defense units and [settlement] security squads are themselves involved in the crimes of Jewish terrorism.
Ironically, they call out the far-right government’s empty words which are made redundant by the lack of action from officials.
How come you have not been successful in eradicating Jewish terror, given that the identity of their leaders and their places of residence are well known to you, and they are estimated to number a few hundred [people]?
But they miss the fact that just the premise of an Israeli state, on a land already inhabited by a vibrant and well-established Palestinian population, is a crime in itself, which they clearly still refuse to recognise.
You won't see this on News!!
"Israel is not our nation-state!.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict should not be associated with American Jews.
We are united against Zionism because we are Jews!
Zionism is the ANTITHESIS of Judaism!."
— Voice of Rabbis (@voiceofrabbis) June 25, 2026
Israeli former officials ‘buying time’ for the Zionist state
As a result, this letter feels more like a means of maintaining the right to an Israeli state — despite its very existence being an invitation to these sorts of violent, extremist and supremacist attacks.
It could also be a result of the Americans trying to find a replacement for Netanyahu and this might be some sort of portal into that universe?
Taking firm aim at the current political establishment — whilst failing to discuss the Israeli civil population’s willingness to wage genocide on Gaza — it is far more a political attack than it is an indication that Israelis have found their moral conscience at long last.
Therefore, this letter is welcome — it’s nice to see disagreement amongst Zionists, about how badly they commit extreme violence — but its failure to confront its genocide and the violence waged since the very start of Israel’s ‘statehood’ suggests Israelis have a long way to go in finding any humility or real accountability and justice for Palestinians.
It also calls the settler violence ‘Jewish terrorism’ to perpetuate the narrative that this is a religious battle, not a colonial one. As a matter of fact, settler violence is Israeli terrorism — and it is state-sanctioned.
Moreover, their continuing efforts to conflate Zionism and Judaism indicate their belief in a ‘Jewish homeland’ remains strong.
Even if that requires millions to suffer in misery and grief.
Featured image via the Canary
