Statement by Israeli women, Jewish and Palestinian:

President Milosevic of Yugoslavia has engaged in ruthless oppression of the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. This must be halted.

The bombings by NATO forces must also be halted. They are cruel, immoral, and engender even greater violence. War cannot be resolved by waging yet another war.

We, Jewish and Palestinian women, all Israeli, all too familiar with the ways of war, demand an end to the use of violence as a legitimate tool. Those who profit from war are politicians and weapons manufacturers.

Let us not lend our hand to this unconscionable act.

The United States and NATO, by resorting to bombs, have not only injected more brutality into the situation, they have also undermined the role of the United Nations as a peace-seeking body.

We call upon world leaders to end the bombing at once, and to work through the UN and other peaceful international bodies to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Bombs only delay -- cruelly and counter-productively -- the negotiated settlement that must take place in any case.

This statement represents the views of women who are among the members of the Israeli organizations Women in Black, Bat Shalom, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Bridge for Peace, Movement of Democratic Women, and other organizations.

• Miriam Aawad
• Fathiya Aawasi
• Amaal Abu-Ramadan
• Orna Akad
• Yenina Altman
• Daphne Banai
• Neora Bar-Nir
• Ilana Bekal
• Shosh Berenstein
• Laura Berger
• Miriam Boitel
• Mati Burstein
• Haeefa Dahar
• Siham Daud
• Sonia Eidelberg
• Yael Epstein
• Mickey Fisher
• Yaffa Gavish
• Hagar Gerti
• Yocheved Gonen
• Eti Goren
• Tamar Gozansky
• Wardi Habib
• Silwa Nakara Hadad
• Shulamit Hanin
• Judy Hill
• Samira Houri
• Joson Jaber
• Ronnee Jaeger
• Yehudit Keshet
• Judith M. Kirshner
• Debbie Lerman
• Ruth Levin
• Mifa Levy
• Yael Lotan
• Ruth Lubitch
• Aravia Mansur
• Amal Morkus
• Nabeha Morkus
• Rina Mos
• Salwa Mussa
• Horiya Nassra
• Odeth Nimr
• Niva Oren
• Tsiyona Orr
• Tamar Peleg
• Yosefa Pick
• Najla Abu Ras
• Reuma Rechav
• Miriam Sager
• Ragda Samara
• Sheila Shalhevet
• Mati Shamli
• Nitza Shapira
• Nehada Shehada
• Ahud Shbeita
• Tagrid Shbeita
• Aida Touma Sliman
• Mary Sma+AGA-an
• Natalia Snitivker
• Hadassah Stoler
• Mor Stoler
• Aliya Strauss
• Gila Svirsky
• Jahashan Tagrid
• Eda Tendler
• Ornat Torin
• Lily Traubman
• Noa Treister
• Bertie van Gelder
• Rivka Vitenberg
• Elana Wesley
• Michal Wiener
• Vicky Wisch
• Sarah Yablonka
• Edna Yam
• Edna Zaretski
• Miriam Zemler
• Hana Zend
• Aliza Zutra