1. United States
2. Letter

The US Democratic party on Sunday unveiled its platform for November’s presidential race – but nowhere in the 92-page document does it mention an arms embargo on Israel, a key demand by uncommitted delegates at the party’s four-day convention in Chicago and a central demand by Gaza war protesters gathering in the city. The curbing of arms to Israel is the motivating issue for millions of voters. You must listen to the millions of voters who want to end US-backed human rights abuses against Palestinians. The US has provided Israel with military support and billions of dollars in aid to back the war on Gaza, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians. We need to stop sending weapons that are being used to kill families, to kill people we love, to kill civilians in Gaza and to perpetuate a crushing occupation of Palestinian lands and of the Palestinian people.