1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I am writing to demand that the United States immediately end its complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza and recognize the State of Palestine. The U.S. must use its immense influence to stop the killing, end the occupation, and stand on the side of justice and humanity. The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Gaza recently found reasonable grounds that Israel is committing genocide—specifically, four of the five acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention: • Killing members of a group • Causing serious bodily or mental harm • Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about destruction, and • Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group These are not abstract legal findings—they describe the deliberate destruction of an entire civilian population. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including an unconscionable number of children, have been killed. Neighborhoods, hospitals, and schools lie in ruins. Millions face starvation, thirst, disease, and repeated displacement. This is not self-defense. It is collective punishment and ethnic cleansing, enabled by U.S.-supplied weapons and diplomatic cover. Continuing this policy makes us complicit in atrocity. I urge you to act immediately: 1. Recognize the State of Palestine and support its full membership in the United Nations. 2. Demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. 3. End the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, including all settlement expansion and forced displacement. 4. Suspend all U.S. military aid and weapons transfers to Israel until it complies with international law and human rights standards. 5. Guarantee unrestricted humanitarian access for food, water, medicine, and reconstruction. 6. Support international accountability mechanisms for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The United States cannot claim moral leadership while enabling mass killing and systematic dispossession. This is a moment of historic consequence—our response will define who we are and what we stand for.