Congress demands independent investigation - Arms Embargo NOW

From IMEU on September 25: On September 6th the Israeli military killed Aysenur Eygi, a 26-year-old American woman who was in the West Bank protecting Palestinian farmers from attacks by extremist Israeli settlers attempting to steal their land. Yesterday Rep. Adam Smith and 102 Members of Congress released a letter to President Biden and Secretary Blinken demanding that the US independently investigate her murder. Investigations by the Washington Post and others have already disproved initial Israeli military claims about her killing - false claims that President Biden has repeated. Forensics and eyewitness testimony show Egyi was killed by a direct sniper shot to the head from about 200 meters away. What does it say when Israel can kill Americans, Palestinians, and Lebanese people with impunity? 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 differently? 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. 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. 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 UNRWA funding. A permanent ceasefire is an absolutely critical step to ensuring everlasting liberation and peace. The ICJ 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.