Hundreds of US, Israeli Jewish community leaders condemn deadly West Bank settler violence

on July 4, 2025. (John Wessels/AFP)

Some 700 Jewish community leaders, rabbis, and academics in the US and Israel have signed a statement condemning deadly settler violence in the West Bank, after two Palestinians were killed last week, one of whom was a US citizen.

The statement is published by Smol Emuni US, a left-wing Jewish organization that describes itself as being “committed to the foundational religious principle that all people are created in the image of God.”

The letter is endorsed by Jewish leaders from across all streams of Judaism, from Orthodox to Reconstructionist and non-denominational.

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