Today, 8/3, Israel bombed another school where refugees were sheltering in. Last month it was nearly every day they bombed a school, and it looks like this month will be no different. The reported death toll is just shy of 40,000. Using the same calculations from the academic paper “Counting the dead in Gaza: difficult but essential“ published in The Lancet last month, the approximate death toll is now 197,750 - just shy of 200,000. The magnitude of that number is unconscionable, unfathomable, and unacceptable.
I demand that you:
– Hold Israel accountable for a permanent, immediate ceasefire, their violations of the Genocide Convention, and gross human rights violations by any means necessary
– Call for the immediate end of Israel’s occupation and apartheid and support Palestinians in their fight for freedom and peace
– Secure the immediate release and safety of all Palestinians who have been abducted and held captive by Israel, including those whose indefinite detention began prior to 10/7
– Permanently end all monetary, diplomatic, and military aid given to Israel and enforce Leahy Law
– Reallocate all funds given to Israel and commit additional resources for ongoing humanitarian relief for Palestinians starting with immediately resuming funding of UNRWA
– Immediately withdraw all U.S. troops, military assets, and all other assets deployed throughout the Middle East and cease all actions that further escalate a larger regional conflict
– Pass legislation that voids all anti-BDS laws at the federal level
– Vote no on H.R. 7521 and any similar legislation proposed
