US Jews urged to condemn Israeli occupation amid Netanyahu censure

Open letter calls on Jewish leaders to speak out against ultimate purpose' of PM's judicial reforms - upholding regime of apartheid'

Hundreds of Israeli and American public figures have called on US Jewish groups to speak out against the occupation of the Palestinian territories as the elephant in the room" of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's deeply divisive judicial reforms.

The statement has drawn international attention because of the prominent Israelis who have signed its forthright declaration that Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid", including the renowned Israeli historian Benny Morris, and the former speaker of the Israeli parliament, Avraham Burg.