Artists and Scholars Sound Alarm on Far-Right Israeli Extremists in Lydda!
Over a thousand, including scholars Judith Butler and Angela Davis, have signed a statement in solidarity with the Palestinian city of Lydda in the wake of mounting racist violence.
Over 1,000 cultural figures have signed a statement in solidarity with the community of Lydda, a Palestinian city south of Tel Aviv increasingly threatened by racist Israeli extremists. Artists Molly Crabapple and Rehab Nazzal; scholars Judith Butler and Angela Davis; and authors Rachel Kushner and Ottessa Moshfegh are among those backing the petition’s demands: that the United Nations establish a peace-keeping force to protect the Indigenous Palestinian community in Israel and launch an investigation into Israeli apartheid.
The letter echoes similar calls by global organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, which issued an appeal on the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli war crimes, including recent bombings of the al-Shati refugee camp and a major media tower in Gaza.
The 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle, also known as the Lydda Death March.
