LETTER TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARDS ISRAEL

We would like to express our gratitude to the Government of the Czech Republic for its firm support for the State of Israel during the military conflict unleashed by the terrorist organization Hamas on 7 October last year. We appreciate the courageous and principled political stance of our Government, which is exceptional and all the more valuable in this matter.

We share the suffering of Palestinian civilians and wish them a speedy return to peace. However, we consider the real culprits to be the members of Hamas, who have meticulously planned the current military conflict and are carrying it out with deliberate brutality and recklessness not only against the Israelis, but also against their own population. It is clear that Hamas is deliberately exacerbating the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, prolonging the military confrontation with Israel, and deliberately exposing Palestinian civilians to further violence and losses. It is also clear that Hamas is delaying the release of the hostages in order to take advantage of their suffering and to try to provoke tensions within Israeli society.

Israel currently has no choice but to defend militarily the very existence of its state, both now and in the future. Freeing the hostages can be the first real step towards ending the war: this petition calls for the release of the hostages.

Authors of the petition:

Martin Mahler, psychoanalyst

Helena Klímová, group analyst

Věra Roubalová Kostlánová, psychotherapist

Prague, 11 February 2024

Signed by:

Vladimir Merta, musician

Tereza Boučková, writer

Radek Schovánek, researcher, participant in the Third Resistance

Miloš Rejchrt, pastor of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, in retirement

Petr Brod, publicist

Karla Lažanská, patron

Jiří Lažanský, university teacher

MUDr. Helena Machačová, doctor

Jiří Kafka, member of the 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the RAF

Ivan Klíma, writer

Michal Klíma, Chairman of the Holocaust Victims Foundation

Jana Klímová, NG lecturer

Michaela Pavlátová, lawyer

Lucie Lucká, psychotherapist

Hana Vyhnálková, psychotherapist

Iva Steinová, historian

Václava Císařovská, academic painter

Joseph Maftoul, PhD, Charles University

Daniel Kolský, entrepreneur

Martin Klíma, SW developer

Vilma Klímová, editor

Martin Bergmann, translator

Michaela Hapalová, psychologist, psychotherapist

Hana Skoumalová, academic, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Zuzana Brodová, English lecturer

Lea Brodová, doctor

Kateřina Šichmanová, nature conservation worker

Vendula Klímová, student

Matěj Klíma, researcher

Mikuláš Roth, economics student

Lukáš Pellar, IT specialist

Lenka Hazlíková, dispatcher

Irina Romanov, student

Petr Nosek, driver

Marcela Neumannová

Verona Miletinová

Marek Preiss, psychologist

Eliška Jírová, self-employed

Magdalena Kolínská Singerová, psychiatrist

Denisa Bezděková, editor

Hana Bergmannová Klímová, writer, artist

Martin Mahler, Helena Klímová, Věra Roubalová Kostlánová    Contact the author of the petition