We're anti-Zionist Jews and we see genocide unfolding in Gaza | Ellen Brotsky and Ariel Koren

As Jews, we condemn what Israel is doing in Gaza. Any mass slaughter will not just be on Israel's hands, but on the hands of America

It is now impossible for US politicians to ignore the slaughter in Gaza: more than 3,500 Palestinians have been killed in the 12-day barrage, including the 500 reportedly killed Tuesday at Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital. Some 50 entire families have been wiped out - every living relative, including children and babies, gone. And Israel has issued a directive to those remaining that amounts to an ultimatum: leave northern Gaza, all 1.1 million of you, for your own safety" - in other words, evacuate or risk death in the impending blitz and ground invasion.

The United Nations says such a mass evacuation is impossible" and has potentially devastating humanitarian consequences," pleading with Israel to rescind the order. A UN special rapporteur was clear, calling the order a crime against humanity and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law."

Ellen Brotsky is a longtime Jewish activist and volunteer with Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area, a chapter of the world's largest anti-Zionist Jewish organization in solidarity with Palestinian freedom.

Ariel Koren is an anti-Zionist Jew who quit Google in protest of the company's military contract with Israel; she is the founder of Respond Crisis Translation, a rapid-response language justice collective