1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

I write to you today with a heart laden with dread, eyes full of tears, and a soul craving for peace. Every glimmer of humanity within me is perturbed by the painful scenario unfolding in Palestine as innocent lives are compromised for the sake of an unwarranted conflict. The United States' unrestrained support of Israel, financial, material, and otherwise, and the torrent of arms aiding Israel's aggression against Palestinian civilians, is simply unbearable. This is not just a statement of disapproval, but a call for an immediate ceasefire, an urgent plea for the preservation of innocent lives and the sanctity of home and hearth. Crimes against humanity are just that, crimes. They transcend borders, politics, and race. They impinge on our shared humanity and shake the very core of what it means to be human. It's on everyone who believes in the ideals of freedom, justice, and equality to look upon the reports from Gaza and the West Bank with anguish and disdain. The images of children, who should be the bearers of our future hopes, being filled instead with fear and visions of war, are heartbreaking. This must be unequivocally condemned irrespective of political alliances or strategic interests. It is time, to halt the flow of weapons that are escalating this conflict, and to suspend the funding that facilitates such heinous acts. The costs are too great, the wounds too deep, and the horrors too shocking. It is the collective cry of our shared conscience to restore peace and protect lives. I beseech you to heed this cry, to listen to the anguished voices pleading for a ceasefire. This is no time for ambiguity or apathy, but a time for decisive, humane action. Let's not enable another's suffering, let's be the enablers of their peace.