According to Al Jazeera on August 7: Israeli forces targeted a tent belonging to forcibly displaced Palestinians in the suburb of Abasan, eastern Khan Younis, an area that had been designated by Israeli forces as a "safe zone". At least seven Palestinians are reported killed, most of them were burned to death, Al Jazeera's HindKhoudary reports. Israeli forces also targeted the western part of Khan Younis, a very busy area where at least four Palestinians were killed. There was also another air strike in the Hamad area that hit an apartment building, Khoudary added. Another tent sheltering forcibly displaced Palestinians was targeted and at least three people from the same family were killed. The tents were sheltering forcibly displaced Palestinians. This area was crammed with women and children because the Israeli army had declared it a safe humanitarian zone, Al Jazeera's Ashraf Abu Amra reports.
According to Data For Progress, 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?
President Biden’s administration continues to supply and fund Israel while knowing since October 2023 that Israel has been targeting civilians. This is continued participation in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians, erasure of Palestine, and a violation of Leahy Law, which prohibits our government from funding foreign forces who are implicated in gross human rights violations. What will presidential candidate Kamala Harris do?
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. People have unearthed mass graves with evidence of torture. As people of conscience, we will not ignore this.
I am demanding you to take immediate steps to stop Israel’s genocide of Palestinians by calling for 1) a total and permanent bilateral ceasefire, 2) humanitarian aid allowed to enter Gaza, 3) an end to Israel's siege on Gaza, 4) the release of all Palestinian and Israeli hostages, 5) no more weapons or funding to the Israeli military, 6) the reinstatement of U.N.R.W.A funding. A permanent ceasefire is an absolutely critical step to ensuring everlasting liberation and peace.
The I.C.J. ruled that Israel should do everything in its power to prevent genocide. Never again means never again for anyone. 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, and Muslim people are intertwined. There can only be true safety when we are all free from oppression.
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