Overview

• Roughly 80 Orthodox rabbis signed an open letter calling for “moral clarity” and urging Israel to prevent mass starvation in Gaza and ensure the flow of food and medical aid, while explicitly condemning Hamas’s crimes.
• The statement denounces extremist settler violence in the West Bank and faults the absence of a clear post‑war vision from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for empowering hardline proposals.
• Signatories include Chief Rabbis Michael Schudrich, Michael Melchior and Jair Melchior, and former Chief Rabbi of Ireland David Rosen, with organizing led by Rabbi Yosef Blau and activist David Nyer.
• Major Reform and Conservative rabbinic bodies have issued parallel statements pressing Israel to release more aid as a moral obligation, reflecting a widening, cross‑denominational clerical critique.
• Related street actions have escalated, with nearly three dozen rabbis arrested in New York and Washington protests urging more aid to Gaza and an end to the war.