Writers, including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan and Russell T Davies, have posted their names in an open letter - signed by 380 writers and organizations - calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The letter was also signed by Jeanette Winterson, Irvine Welsh, Kate Mosse and Elif Shafak, describing Israel’s military movements in the territory as “genocide.”
The writers urge people to join them “end our collective silence and inaction in the face of horror.”
Israel said it is working to destroy the Palestinian armed group Hamas and take back the hostages seized by the group. It strongly denied allegations of genocide, which the International Court of Justice reviewed.
Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza on October 7, 2023 in response to Hamas' cross-border attacks, in which about 1,200 people were killed and another 251 were taken hostage.
At least 54,056 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 3,901 in the past 10 weeks, according to the Hamas-and Health Ministry in the region.
According to an assessment of the unsupported Integrated Food Security Stage Classification (IPC), 500,000 people are facing hunger in the coming months.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry responded to the genocide allegations by Amnesty International Rights International, describing the group's 295-page report "is completely false and based on lies", while the Israeli military said the claim was "completely unfounded and failed to illustrate the reality of operating reality."
The author's letter was written by the writers requesting an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and organized by writers Horatio Clare, Kapka Kassabova and Monique Roffey.
It noted that the amnesty and Human Rights Watch appointed by the UN Human Rights Commission and issued by the Israeli Defense Forces and under the command of the Israeli government clearly identified independent experts for acts of genocide or genocide in Gaza”.
The author calls on the UN to provide food and medical assistance in Gaza and a ceasefire to “guarantee the safety and justice of all Palestinians, release all Israeli hostages, and release thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons”.
The letter argues that if the Israeli government does not take action, sanctions should be imposed.
In accepting this position, the author also used the letter from the letter “Instead of retaining our absolute opposition and dislike of anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias.”
The letter continues: "We refuse and abhorrently to attack, hatred and violence - in writing, speech and action - against Palestinians, Israelis and Jews of any kind. We are united with the resistance of Palestinians, Jews and Israelis toward the current Israeli government's genocide policy."
The author's letter first quotes a poem by the star yesterday, where Palestinian poet Hiba Abu Nada was killed by an Israeli air strike in 2023.
It goes on to say that the Palestinians are “not abstract victims of abstract wars.”
It continues: "Frequently, words are often used to prove unreasonable, denying undeniable, and defending this irrefutable. Often, the right words - important words are eliminated along with those who may write."
It points out that the word genocide is “not a slogan.” “It assumes legal, political and moral responsibilities.”
The 1948 Genocide Convention was formulated after the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, defining genocide as “an act committed to the whole or part of the destruction of ethnic, ethnic, ethnic, ethnic, or religious groups.”
In their letter, the authors highlight their “absolute opposition and disgust against anti-Semitism, anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias.”
The letter continues: "We refuse and abhorrently to attack, hatred and violence - in writing, speech and action - against Palestinians, Israelis and Jews of any kind. We are united with the resistance of Palestinians, Jews and Israelis toward the current Israeli government's genocide policy."