We are a group of Israeli composers and musicians, living both in Israel and abroad. We call for an immediate end to all Israeli violence in Gaza and the West Bank and for a dedicated, determined effort to restore what has been destroyed. The notion that violence and destruction will bring security has failed us for 75 years. Violence only breeds more violence.
We are horrified by the killing and maiming of so many uninvolved and so many children, who bear no blame and whose suffering should shake us all to our core. No security justification can excuse the loss of innocent lives. We must not lose our humanity or our capacity for empathy.
We also call for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and all unjustified administrative detentions. The suffering of the kidnapped and detained and their families must not be ignored—human life and dignity must be upheld above all.
Not all Palestinians are our enemies, just as not all Israelis support violence. We refuse to fall into hatred and dehumanization. We urge a complete and permanent end to killing and destruction and a resolute commitment to building a future founded on justice, peace, and true neighborly relations.
We write these words because we cannot remain silent in the face of such suffering and destruction. As artists, as human beings, and as people who are able to envision an alternative route, we feel an internal, moral obligation to speak out. We insist that another path is possible. By voicing this position, we hope to contribute to the growing chorus of those demanding a change in approach, a change in direction, toward a future of coexistence.
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Organizations to Follow/Support. These organizations have been consistently working over years towards peace
* Standing Together- Progressive grassroots movement organizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel against the occupation and for peace, equality, and social justice.
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* +972Magazine- Independent, nonprofit media organization of Israeli and Palestinian journalists.
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* Youth against Settlements- nonviolent direct action group, which seeks to end the building and expanding of illegal Israeli settlements through non-violent popular struggle and civil resistance.
* Parents Circle Families Forum (PCFF)-a joint Israeli-Palestinian organization of over 700 families, all of whom have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict.
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* B’Tselem- Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories .
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* Breaking the silence- Veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military and have taken it upon themselves to expose the public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories.
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- Chaya Czernowin Composer, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University, Boston
- Ruben Seroussi Composer, Professor, Tel Aviv University Buchmann-Mehta School of music, Ramat Gan
- Hagar Kadima Painter, Lecturer emeritus Music Department, Levinsky College of Education Ramat Hasharon
- Amnon Wolman Composer and sound artist, Jerusalem University Academy of music professor Northern Israel
- Zohar Eitan Musicologist, Professor, Poet, Tel Aviv University
- Ilan Volkov Brussels Philharmonic Principal Guest Conductor, Herzliya
- Yuval Weinberg Stuttgart Conductor, SWR Vocal Ensemble
- Dr. Uri Kochavi Composer
- Ilya Ram Conductor, Music Director Designate at Chattanooga Symphony & Opera and Music Director Akademische Philharmonie Heidelberg, Germany
- Imri Talgam Pianist, The Hague, Netherlands
- Itay Talgam Conductor and Speaker, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Ayelet Lerman Composer and Violist
- Ram Gabay Musician, Tel Aviv
- Daniel Sarid Pianist
- Dr. Uri Agnon Composer and Activist, the University of Southampton
- Zohar Shafir Musician, Tel Aviv
- Shai Wosner Pianist, New York
- Ohad Fishof Tel Aviv
- Rotem Nir Conductor, Tel Aviv
- Zvi Emanuel Opera Singer, Berlin
- Anat Nazarathy Flutist, Haifa
- Dror Feiler Composer, Musician, Activist. Spokesperson for JIPF (Jews for Israeli Palestinian Peace) Chairman for EJJP (European Jews for a Just Peace). Stockholm, Sweden
- Amit Dolberg Ensemble Meitar director, Pianist, Tel Aviv
- Dr. Bnaya Halperin Kadari Composer, Sound Artist, Berlin
- Emmanuel Witzthum Artistic Director at the Israeli Palestinian cultural house FeelBeit in Jerusalem and composer, Kibbutz Maale Hahamisha
- Assaf Talmudi Producer, Pianist and Composer, Israel
- Dr. Eliav Kohl Composer, Tel Aviv University
- Aviv Mark Musician, Tel Aviv
- Grisha Shakhnes Musician, Holon
- Sharon Kantor Musician and Writer, Tel-Aviv
- Yohana Chendler Composer, Japan
- Assaf Shatil Pianist and Composer, Tel Aviv
- Ilan Shay Ziblat Composer, The Hague Netherlands
- Yifeat Ziv Sound Artist and Singer, Tel Aviv
- Netta Spiegel Artist, Conductor and Vocal Performer
- Oded Geizhals Percussionist and Composer, Cologne
- Itzik Gil Avizohar Sound Artist, Paris
- Tom Soloveitzik Sound Artist, Paris
- Dr. Yair Klartag Composer, Jerusalem University, Tel Aviv
- Dr. Yoni Niv. Tel Aviv-Jaffa. Senior Lecturer, Department of New Music. Musrara Art School, Jerusalem.
- Dr. Yehuda Inbar Pianist, Berlin
- Omri Abram Composer
- Hed Bahack Composer, Leipzig (Germany)
- Yehu Dar-Shaashua Composer, Basel
- Omer Eilam Composer, Berlin
- Goni Peles PhD candidate, Bath Spa University, UK Kiryat Ata
- Tom Kellner Musician, academic, activist, Berlin
- Or River Musician, Tel Aviv
- Adaya Godlevsky Musician, Tel Aviv
- Oren Boneh Composer, Brussels
- Guy Ben-Ziony Viola, Professor. Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf
- Alon Melncik Trumpet, Holon
- Aviv Mark Musician, Tel-Aviv
- Ilan Barkani Composer, Jerusalem
- Yohanan Chendler Composer, Japan
- Ruth Rosenthal Musician,Paris
- Sivan Magen Harpist
- Gil Luz Musician, Tel Aviv
- Amit Landau Viola, Tel Aviv
- Assaf Gidron Composer, New York
- Ilya Ram Conductor, Music Director Designate at Chattanooga Symphony & Opera and Music Director Akademische Philharmonie Heidelberg, Germany
- Alon Melnick trumpetist, Holon
- Maya Felixbrot Musician, Amsterdam/Tel-Aviv
- Maayan Franco Conductor, Berlin
- Maayan Tsadka Music faculty Haifa University and Musrara school of art and society, Haifa
- Ram Orion Musician, Tel Aviv
- Michael Seltenreich Composer, New York
- Rhona Brosch-Nyska Trumpet player, Tel Aviv
- Noa Haran Composer, Haifa
- Amit Biton Composer and pianist, Haifa
- Omer Barash Composer, New York
- Netta Shahar Composer, and Vocal Performer, Berlin
- Eli Korman Composer, Jerusalem
- Eres Holz Composer, Berlin
- Edo Frenkel Conductor, Composer, Paris
- Amit Gur Composer and researcher, Amsterdam
- Dror Binder Composer, Vienna
- Gilad Cohen Composer, Associate Professor of Music and Music Convener, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA
- Tom Belkind Composer, Cologne
- Ronnie Reshef Composer, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
- Inbar Sharet Composer, Basel
- Nir Cohen-Shalit PhD. Conductor and Musicologist, Israel.
- Shiri Riseman Composer, Graz
- Kiki Keren-huss Composer, Jerusalem
- Yuval Seeberger Composer, Belgium
- Michel Mayer Musician, Haifa
- Amir Bolzman Sound artist, Jerusalem
- Yonatan Ron Composer, Seattle
- Ofer Pelz Composer, Montreal
- Einav Yarden Pianist, Berlin
- Daniel Seroussi Pianist, Berlin
- Ruth Sgan-Cohen Musician
- Lior Eytan, Composer, Haifa.
- Shoham Sakana Manela, musician and poet, Israel/NY
- Eleanor Cantor Singer UK
- Amit Buium Composer, Jerusalem
- M. Ocher Musician, Berlin
- Matthias Kadar Composer, Singer, Teacher, and writer Berlin
- Assaf Leibowitz France, conductor
- Benjamin Hochman Pianist and conductor. Lecturer, Bard College Berlin, Germany.
- Noam Leor Musician, Tel Aviv
- Johnny Gandelsman Violinist and producer, NY
- Dana Borich Musician Zuerich
- Lee Gilboa Composer, Researcher, and Audio Engineer, Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music’s Electronic Production and Design department.
- Yael David Beer Sheva, Israel, independent singer-songwriter and multimedia artist
- Osnat Netzer professor of composition, DePaul University
- Tsviki Moran music teacher and educator Chicago,
- Keren Kagarlitsky Conductor, Vienna
- Roy Amotz musician, Berlin
- Roy Amotz Musician
- Orri Dror Musician and voice-over artist, Reykjavik
- Yuval Zorn Conductor, Pianist, Artistic Director of the Israel Music Fest
- Harel Schreiber Tel Aviv
- Mátti Kovler Composer, New York
- Steven Sloane Conductor, Professor University of the Arts Berlin
- Neta Rudich Violinist, activist, mother, London UK
- Ayelet Rose Gottlieb Montréal, QC, Canada/ vocalist and composer
- Asaf Setty Tel Aviv
- Adam Scheflan Musician, Producer Tel Aviv -Jafa
- Doron Ben-Ami Yafa. Choir conductor and History teacher in high school.
- Nika Kushnir Composer, accordionist, Haifa
- Alejandra Hernández Spain. Composer
- Itamar Elis Tuba Zuerich
- Quami dlf israel, music
- Yoav Sadeh Paris, Composer
- Sigal Ronen Guitarista Givatayim