1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

CONGRESS I write this letter under a profound sense of urgency, a plea that contains the desperate echoes of countless cry for peace repontly ignored. We live in an interconnected world, where ripples of wrong reverberate far beyond their epicenter, making us indirect contributors to crimes we would never personally endorse. Painfully, this is starkly evident in the ongoing crisis in Palestine, where U.S. funding and armaments support are fueling an existential threat against Palestinian civilians. Every day brings news of harrowing instances of loss of lives, homes, and childhoods - a horrifying showcase of human rights dismissed on an unthinkable scale. I urge to consider the moral and ethical consequences of this continued support. As a democratic nation built on values of equality and individual rights, it is deeply contradictory and morally inexcorable that we perpetuate the very injustices we stand so firmly against on domestic grounds. Our complicity in these atrocities is not merely a political issue; it strikes at the heart of humanity, staining our collective conscience with the blood of innocents. We, the ordinary people, burdened by the shared responsibility and guilt of our involvements, beseech action. We demand a ceasefire. We demand an immediate halt to U.S. funding that enables a destructive force capable of ending lives and burying dreams. This is not a matter of political alignment, but of basic human decency. Lend your ears to our collective plea and let the power of empathy guide the way to peace. Lives hang in the balance, and history will remember the choices we make in these trying times.