1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

Each day we gamble with our humanity by turning a blind eye to the violence that plagues the Palestinian people. As an ordinary citizen of this global community, I write to you today out of sheer desperation and with an intense demand for immediate change. I implore you to consider the devastating implications of our continued financial and military support towards Israel’s oppressive actions against Palestinians. In the name of justice and morality, we must urge our leaders to cease the funding and supplying of arms that only fuel this ongoing conflict. Our silence and inaction make us complicit in these horrific crimes against humanity. The images lining our screens tell a story of terror, fear, and blind destruction that cannot be condoned or swept under the rug. Innocent lives are being thrown into a churning vortex of chaos by forces beyond their control. Every single bullet fired, every missile launched, every life stolen chips away at the collective conscience of our nation. The actions we are supporting have left cities demolished, families torn apart, and countless citizens dead or displaced. This is not a battle we can support, nor can our humanity afford to shoulder the cost of such profound suffering. I urge you, citizen to citizen, to listen to the cries of the Palestinian civilians who find themselves in the crossfire of this ceaseless battle. It's incumbent upon us to raise our voices against these gross, heart-shattering injustices. We cannot, and should not, stand by and let our government fund and perpetrate these atrocities. There is an urgent need for a ceasefire, for a return to negotiation tables, for diplomacy over violence. Let us not be remembered as the generation that watched as the scales of justice were tipped into oblivion. Let us, instead, be remembered as the generation that chose humanity over politics, love over hate, and justice over discrimination.