Support Palestinian Self Determination - No Profiteering from Gaza Genocide

I am writing as your constituent to demand that Congress immediately act to stop U.S. companies from profiting from Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including through reconstruction, humanitarian, or infrastructure contracts backed directly or indirectly by U.S. funding or political support. Recent reporting shows U.S. contractors and political actors already positioning themselves to profit from Gaza’s destruction—treating the devastation of an entire population as a business opportunity. This is not “rebuilding.” It is war profiteering, enabled by U.S. weapons, U.S. diplomacy, and U.S. political cover, and it exposes the United States to direct legal and moral liability. Just as unacceptable is the premise underlying these plans: that the United States, Israel, or any outside power has the authority to decide Gaza’s future. Under international law, Palestinians have an absolute right to self-determination, including control over their political status, reconstruction, governance, and economic development. This right is enshrined in: • Article 1 of the UN Charter • Common Article 1 of the ICCPR and ICESCR • Long-standing customary international law Accordingly, what happens in Gaza—how it is rebuilt, who is hired, what governing structures exist, and how resources are allocated—must be decided by Palestinians in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories themselves. Any attempt by the U.S., Israel, or other governments to impose outcomes without the free, representative participation of Palestinians is illegitimate, colonial, and unlawful. International humanitarian law is equally clear that pillage and profiteering from occupied or devastated territory are prohibited. The Hague Regulations (Article 47) and Fourth Geneva Convention forbid exploitation of civilian property, while the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court defines pillage and the extensive destruction of civilian infrastructure as war crimes. Corporate actors that profit from such conditions risk complicity in international crimes, as recognized under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. I therefore demand that you: 1. Immediately investigate and suspend all U.S. government contracts, funding mechanisms, task forces, or initiatives that enable U.S. companies to profit from Gaza’s destruction or reconstruction while genocide and mass atrocities continue. 2. Publicly denounce and oppose any U.S., Israeli, or third-party plans that seek to determine Gaza’s reconstruction, governance, or political future without direct, representative Palestinian leadership and consent. 3. Block the use of U.S. taxpayer funds—directly or indirectly—for reconstruction schemes that bypass Palestinians, entrench occupation, normalize forced displacement, or reward corporate profiteers. 4. Advance binding safeguards and oversight to ensure U.S. corporations are not operating in violation of international humanitarian law, including prohibitions on profiteering from genocide, occupation, or mass atrocity. The United States cannot credibly claim to support democracy or human rights while arming a genocide and then allowing corporations to profit from the ruins—without Palestinian representation or consent. Congress has both the authority and the obligation to stop this. Inaction is not neutrality. It is complicity. I expect a clear public response and concrete action from your office.