Vote NO on every October 7 anniversary resolution and related bills

I demand that you vote against every single one of the October 7 “commemorative” resolutions and bills now before you — S. Res. 437, 438, 439; H. Res. 795; H.R. 5713–5715; and H.R. 5722. These measures are not tributes to victims. They are political weapons designed to rewrite history, silence dissent, and whitewash an ongoing genocide. For two years, Israel has bombed, starved, and annihilated Palestinians in Gaza, defying the International Court of Justice, the U.N., and basic human decency. Yet these bills ask you to reaffirm “Israel’s forever survival” while denying Palestinian survival entirely. They erase the tens of thousands of murdered civilians and instead demand loyalty oaths to the very state carrying out those crimes. Resolutions like S. Res. 438 and H. Res. 795 falsely equate public protest and advocacy for Palestinian lives with terrorism and antisemitism. That framing is an authoritarian tactic to criminalize speech, outlaw solidarity, and shield U.S. complicity. To stand for Palestinian rights is not antisemitic — it is a moral imperative echoed by Jewish human-rights organizations worldwide. Bills such as H.R. 5714 and H.R. 5715 weaponize education and memorialization, turning remembrance into propaganda. They would teach our children that opposing genocide equals hate, that calling for accountability equals extremism. This inversion of truth is how democracies decay into censorship states. The so-called “Operation Midnight Hammer” resolution, S. Res. 437, celebrates military aggression against Iran while the region burns under the weight of endless U.S.-funded wars. H.R. 5713 and H.R. 5722 go even further — granting the government sweeping powers to deport or bar individuals for their beliefs, affiliations, or speech. This is the architecture of a police state, not a free nation. Collectively, these measures use grief to entrench violence, invoke “security” to justify repression, and erase Palestinian humanity from the congressional record. Voting yes would mean endorsing genocide, Islamophobia, and the dismantling of First Amendment rights. You were elected to uphold liberty and equality — not to rubber-stamp fascistic loyalty tests to a foreign power. History will remember who defended justice when it mattered most. Vote NO on S. Res. 437–439, H. Res. 795, and H.R. 5713–5715 and 5722. End all military aid to Israel. Restore accountability, international law, and humanity.