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AIPAC Owns The US Government

To: Sen. Durbin, Pres. Trump, Rep. Bost, Sen. Duckworth

From: A verified voter in Willow Hill, IL

April 4

We are outraged by your recent vote to continue funneling billions of dollars in military aid to the Israeli government—despite overwhelming evidence of mass civilian casualties, the destruction of entire communities in Gaza, and a rapidly escalating humanitarian catastrophe. Your vote was not neutral. It was a clear signal of support for a campaign that many experts, including international human rights organizations, legal scholars, and United Nations officials, have warned may amount to ethnic cleansing or genocide. By choosing to continue this flow of weapons, you have willfully ignored the voices of millions of Americans who demand accountability, peace, and justice. Instead, you have bowed to the pressure and money of powerful lobbying groups like AIPAC—groups that do not represent the will of the people but wield outsized influence over our political system. You have sold your soul—and with it, your vote—to sustain a system of apartheid and occupation, at the cost of innocent lives. This is not just policy; this is complicity. We demand the following: 1. An immediate halt to all military aid and arms sales to Israel until there is a full investigation into potential violations of international law and the use of U.S.-supplied weapons in civilian attacks. 2. A full accounting of lobbying influence, including campaign contributions received from AIPAC and affiliated PACs, and how they have shaped your decisions. 3. Support for international humanitarian efforts, including the urgent delivery of food, medicine, and medical infrastructure to Gaza, and a push for a permanent ceasefire. History will not be kind to those who stood on the side of mass death, displacement, and devastation. We will not forget. We will organize, we will speak out, and we will vote with the memory of every innocent life lost because you chose loyalty to power over loyalty to humanity.

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