Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent trip to Israel has already proved to be absolutely useless. Raising the "absolute imperative" for Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians and allow humanitarian aid in is completely insufficient. How many times has the world nicely asked for this? We're approaching day 100 of this genocide, and the best our country can do is send the same man who is being sued in our courts for aiding and abetting the genocide?
As of 1/9, 23,200 - 36,600 Palestinians have been murdered in Gaza since 10/7. Just in the last 24 hours during Blinken's visit, 126 Palestinians had been killed and 241 wounded by Israel. Every day you and the rest of my government do nothing, the unspeakable acts of this genocide continue. This is Blinken's fault for violating Leahy law and other laws meant to keep the U.S. from complicity in acts of human rights violations. This is your fault for doing absolutely nothing. Change that today.
I demand that you:
- Call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the West Bank, and all areas the Israeli military is murdering or otherwise violating the human rights of Palestinians
- Call for the immediate end of genocide, apartheid, and occupation, and support Palestinians in their fight for freedom, peace, and their human rights
- Call for the immediate release of Palestinian “prisoners” (hostages) held captive in Israeli military prisons
- Permanently end all monetary and military aid given to Israel by correcting our budget and enforcing Leahy Law
- Reallocate all funds given to Israel to ongoing humanitarian relief for Palestinians to help them rebuild, care for the sick & injured, bury the dead with dignity, and ensure all of their basic needs are taken care of
- Repeal all federal anti-BDS laws and pass legislation that voids all state-level anti-BDS laws
- Restore my right to free speech and the freedom of the press by condemning all discrimination or harassment for criticizing any government or political ideology (including zionism) and by doing everything possible to prevent future assaults to my rights, including governmental control and/or censorship of the Internet
- Stop the militarization of our police by ending all cross-training done with the Israeli military, ceasing the construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, and all other ways this is accomplished
- Pass legislation that prohibits any governmental action that would target any ethnic, religious, or other minority group (including Palestinians), either in the U.S. or abroad, by restricting humanitarian or financial aid, infringing on their human rights, or other actions that would otherwise bring harm or cause undue burdens on said groups
