A group of the Bay Area Jewish clergy (that contains congregational Rabbis and those who do not represent any communities) have blocked the street in front of Israeli Consulate in San Francisco on Monday August 11 to voice their  public opposition to the current Israeli Government, to urge for peace agreement with Hamas and  to accuse Israel of "starving" the Gaza population. 

A group of Israeli expats and the Action Center of the Reform Judaism have initiated the Rally in San Francisco on August 17 with the same goals and accusations against Israeli government

We find these public actions very divisive and provocative that play directly into the hands of numerous detractors of Israel that are found in great numbers in San Francisco Bay Area. 

In the area where Jews and Jewish-owned businesses are attacked for being perceived as “connected to Israel”, a public denouncement of Israel by Jews inspired by the lies propagated by Hamas is adding more fuel to the fire of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hatred in the Bay Area. 

These unproductive publicity stunts are adding more ammunition to the propagandists and manipulators of facts who aim to destroy Jewish State’s public image which results in more attacks on the Jewish community in the Bay Area and around the world. 

 We declare that: 

1. The small group of people who received Rabbinical ordination from liberal streams of Judaism and organizers of the Rally on August 17 that unfortunately bought into the lies of Hamas and biased media are not speaking in our name.

2. Calling for negotiations and diplomacy with the depraved deviants of Hamas that committed heinous crimes is an utter moral failure that only encourages more terror and carnage.

3. Israel bears no responsibility for the humanitarian situation in Gaza – Hamas should be condemned for this crime against humanity and so many other crimes that they have perpetrated. 

4. The “starvation” in Gaza is a modern day “blood libel”, another clever ploy and manipulative tactic of Hamas in order to remain in power and continue to terrorize the innocent people of Gaza under their barbaric rule.

5. The democratically-elected Israeli government that received the majority of the votes has the right to choose the legal means by which they will secure the release of hostages and protect Israeli population from Hamas 

6. American Jews that don't agree with the current Israeli government should immigrate to Israel in order to voice their opposition or shape the general direction of that country 

7. Israeli expats that don't agree with the current Israeli government should contact the representatives of the political parties in Israel that they voted for in order to voice their opposition to the current policies