Content Warning: This email discusses death.

John,

Last week, President Biden made shameful remarks doubting the reports of casualties coming out of the Gaza Health Ministry, suggesting they are exaggerated.

In the days following that disgraceful statement, Israel went on to cut off all of Gaza’s communications with the outside world — in direct violation of international law — and carried out unprecedented bombings of the Gaza strip in total darkness.

For days, Palestinians could not reach their families, nor could they call for ambulances or medical aid to save innocent lives. Some were using mosque megaphone systems to vocalize their prayers and desperate pleas for help as bombs relentlessly fell throughout the night.

The videos and accounts coming out of Gaza in the aftermath show people digging through collapsed buildings trying to find survivors, pulling young children and babies from the rubble. People are starving and desperately drinking seawater because they’ve run out of clean drinking water and food. Hospitals are running out of fuel. This situation grows more dire by the day.

Now, the death toll surpasses 8,000 people, including more than 3,300 children. Whether Biden believes it or not, those numbers are only growing each day he enables Israel’s genocide and refuses to demand a ceasefire.

Israel has since restored Gaza’s internet after U.S. pressure, proving that our government has the power and leverage to demand an end to this violent ethnic cleansing we are not only witnessing but funding.

While bombs rained on Gaza over the weekend, millions of people in cities around the world took to the streets for massive marches and displays of solidarity with the Palestinian people, including thousands of people with Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow shutting down Grand Central Station in New York City. Even the United Nations voted 120-14 for a ceasefire, but the U.S. vetoed it.

John, the majority of people in the U.S. and millions of others around the world are calling for a ceasefire. But only 18 members of Congress, many of whom are Justice Democrats-endorsed representatives, have signed on to the resolution demanding it.

In this horrific moment in history, it’s up to us to continue using our voices and power to stand up for the human rights of ALL people and urge President Biden and Congress to do the right thing.

If you haven’t already, please sign on as a citizen cosponsor of the Ceasefire Now Resolution →

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Then, call your representative and senators in Congress to show them we won’t let up until a ceasefire is declared! You can find their phone numbers and a suggested call script here from our allies at U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

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Thank you for continuing to join us in calling for peace and equality for the people of Israel and Palestine.

Alexandra Rojas
Executive Director