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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Israeli former leaders and security chiefs threaten legal action over ‘Jewish terrorism’

Three armed Israeli soldiers patrol a street
The letter accuses the IDF of complicity in terrorism through a failure to intervene and active participation in violence. Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

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.

Two former prime ministers, former heads of all the Israeli security services, former judges, a Nobel laureate and the country’s most revered living novelist were among the signatories to a “final warning” over violence against Palestinians.

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