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An open letter to the President & U.S. Congress

US supplying Israel illegally - Arms Embargo NOW

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From IMEU on December 18: Yesterday 20 Members of Congress released a letter led by Representatives Greg Casar (TX-35) and Summer Lee (PA-12) demanding that the Biden administration withhold weapons to Israel in compliance with US law, specifically Section 620l of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits weapons to any country restricting US humanitarian aid. As the letter written to Secretary of State Blinken and Secretary of State Austin says: "Your Administration wrote that Israel must enable a minimum of 350 [humanitarian aidl trucks per day to enter Gaza." In the 30 days following the release of the Biden Administration's letter, an average of only 42 aid trucks entered Gaza daily, with as few as six trucks entering some days. Simply put, the Netanyahu government has not complied with the United States' repeated requests to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered safely to innocent people. Under U.S. law, the United States government must suspend offensive weapons to any nation that fails to meet these basic standards. The global community recognizes Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and erasure of Palestine, as well as Israeli government officials’ efforts toward further occupation. The global community recognizes US support of this genocide. We want action immediately. I am demanding you to take immediate steps to stop Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and massacres in Lebanon by calling for no more weapons or funding to the Israeli military.  According to Data For Progress, the majority of America - 56% of Republicans and 86% of Democrats - support a permanent ceasefire. 70% of Democrats support restricting weapons funding to Israel. Are you going to listen to the people? Are you going to center humanity? International scholar and lawyer, Francesca Albanese, has documented how Israel’s gross human rights violations and war crimes are genocidal acts, including their targeting of hospitals and healthcare workers, targeting journalists and civilians, using starvation as a weapon, etc. Israeli government officials have repeatedly expressed genocidal intent. Sites of learning, culture, and historical memory — universities, mosques, churches, museums — have been decimated. The Gaza Strip's ability to produce food and clean water has been severely destroyed by Israeli airstrikes and bulldozers which have razed farms and orchards. People have unearthed mass graves with evidence of torture. As people of conscience, we will not ignore this. The ICJ ruled that Israel should do everything in its power to prevent genocide. Never again means never again for anyone. All people - including Palestinians - deserve to live with freedom and safety which means first stopping this genocide and then ensuring liberation from occupation and apartheid. The liberation and safety of Palestinians, Israelis, Jewish people, Muslim people, and Lebanese people are intertwined. There can only be true safety when we are all free from oppression.

▶ Created on December 22, 2024 by Alice

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