US must work to stop genocide in Gaza and ensure aid and human rights

cide and ensure humanitarian aid and human rights to the people of Gaza, including the rights to life, food, water, clothing, homes, medical services, ho victims. I believe the current Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza. I urge our US government to do everything in its power to stop the geno uses of worship and educational institutions, as well as the essential rights to be free from torture and attacks on their families and communities. I mourn all loss of lives, homes, and communities that are the result of violence in the Middle East, regardless of the nationality or politics of these I call on the United States government to: --suspend arms sales, military aid, and financial support for the acquisition and/or us of weapons of war t o the government of Israel; --restore funding from the United States to the United Nations Relief and Work Administration (UNRWA) rder to achieve permanent peace in the Middle East. (Words modified from the Santa Fe Friends Meeting Statement on Middle East Violence) Middle Eastern partners, and with the United Nations Security Council, to actively and publicly engage in peace building between all warring parties in o --hold Israel accountable to its agreement in March 2024 to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza by stopping the use of starvation as a weapon of w ar and to allow all humanitarian aid to enter and be distributed to the people of Gaza and other war-affected areas --coordinate with all European and