John,

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution to encourage deepening support for Israel and expanding the Abraham Accords, Trump-backed agreements between Israel and Arab countries that ignore Palestinians and enable human rights abuses in the Middle East and Africa.

Members of Congress who voted for the resolution noted that their votes were in honor of the 75th anniversary of Israel’s founding as a state. But they ignore the reality of how the state of Israel was founded 75 years ago: by killing and displacing two-thirds of the Indigenous Palestinian population, in a brutal campaign that Palestinians call the “Nakba,” or catastrophe.

We have to end U.S. military aid to Israel’s apartheid regime, not double down on uncritical support for Israel’s human rights abuses.

U.S. military funding supports the Israeli government’s war crimes, to the tune of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars each year. In Congress, the bipartisan support for unconditional funding of Israel’s military shows how far we still have to go in the struggle for Palestinian freedom. However, 18 Democrats stood up for Palestinian rights by opposing the recent House resolution—an increase that reflects a huge shift in U.S. public opinion in favor of Palestinian rights.

As the only Palestinian-American in Congress, I know my advocacy in Congress disrupts the unjust status quo. I will continue to speak up until we achieve safety and justice for all.

Will you split a $3 donation between myself and Justice Democrats to support our work to grow the U.S. movement for Palestinian liberation?

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The passage of House Resolution 311 shows just how out of step Congress is with the ongoing shift in American public opinion towards support for Palestinians and against the Israeli government’s extremism. Unlike prior versions of this resolution, this Republican-drafted version fails to even mention Palestinians or attempts at peace.

Instead, the resolution encourages expanding the Abraham Accords, which were pushed by the Trump administration and signed in 2020 to establish ties between Israel and Arab countries. These deals further enable Israel’s impunity and U.S. weapons sales while undermining human rights. One leader in the negotiations that led to the Accords even admitted that the intent was to marginalize Palestinians.¹

As the top supporter of the Israeli military, the U.S. has the leverage needed to demand equal rights for Palestinians. It's our responsibility to keep pushing for change. U.S. taxpayer dollars fund Israel’s apartheid regime, which restricts basic resources and freedoms from Palestinians, in an ongoing attempt to erase an entire people.

We must urgently grow our movement to end U.S. complicity in Israel’s ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and apartheid. And we need your support to do so.

Please contribute what you can today to Justice Democrats and my campaign so we can keep fighting for Palestinian rights.

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Thank you.

In solidarity,

Rashida

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