John, our U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to fund the relentless bombing of Palestinian civilians. It's heartbreaking and wrong, and we can do something about it.

Sign the petition to say NO to using our tax dollars to bomb and kill civilians in Palestine!

Dear MoveOn member,

Every 10 minutes, a child is killed by Israeli military airstrikes in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war on Gaza.1 This means that every 10 minutes, there is a child who will never get to fulfill their dreams. A child who will never get to fulfill their childhood, their teenage years, or their adult years, and a family that will never get to watch their kid grow up.

Children represent the bulk of deaths in this latest violence—whether by Israeli military bombs and heavy artillery or Hamas's violence on October 7.

And it's not just children. More than 17,000 Palestinians (70% of whom are women and children) have been killed and tens of thousands injured in Gaza by Netanyahu's escalating military campaign of airstrikes (and violations of international law) targeting and bombing civilians in refugee camps, hospitals, homes, mosques, churches, and schools.2,3

John, our U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to fund the relentless bombing of Palestinian civilians.4 It's heartbreaking and wrong, and we can do something about it. 

Will you join in solidarity and sign the petition to say NO to using our tax dollars to kill and bomb Palestinians?

Our leaders must stop sending unconditional military aid to support PM Netanyahu's war of aggression and bombardment of Palestinians. Together, we say NO TAX DOLLARS FOR BOMBING CIVILIANS! 

Netanyahu and his far-right government, the farthest right in Israel's history, are leading a campaign of indiscriminate bombardment, breaking international law both by targeting civilians and using white phosphorus on civilian populations.5 These attacks have exacerbated the existing humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli government's air, land, and sea blockade that has caused catastrophic loss of life.6

The reality is that the U.S. government is Netanyahu's largest supplier of weapons, and Congress has already passed legislation to send Israel $3.8 BILLION every year for the next five years.7 And on top of this, the Biden administration proposed sending an additional $14 billion of taxpayer dollars in military aid, which will include military weapons such as bombs and tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells, which have been the Israeli military's weapon of choice on the ground in Gaza.8

Instead of using taxpayer dollars to bomb Palestinian civilians, our leaders should be calling for a ceasefire now. We must come together to say no tax dollars for bombing civilians!

More than 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 240 taken hostage in the Hamas attacks on October 7. And the brutal response and incessant airstrikes launched by Netanyahu following Hamas's attacks have not only escalated the violence and failed to prioritize the return of those held hostage, they have created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with 1 in 200 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 7.9 Entire multigenerational Palestinian families have been killed and erased from the registry. Entire lineages have been wiped out.

Nearly half of Gaza's residents are under the age of 16, and 65% are under the age of 25, effectively meaning that Palestinian children are bearing the brunt of the Israeli government's collective punishment.

This unacceptable, inhumane, unjust, collective punishment is also a violation of international law. It must end now. Sign the petition to demand that our tax dollars not be used to bomb civilians.

Despite the fact that the Israeli government has cut off fuel, water, and electricity from people in Gaza, doctors and nurses are still doing the best they can to treat their patients. Unfortunately, though, more than half of the 30 hospitals in Gaza have been forced to close, and many have run out of necessary medical supplies such as anesthesia and painkillers.10 And many hospitals have been targeted and bombed by Israeli military airstrikes. 

50,000 pregnant women and people are at great risk in Gaza too, with miscarriages, premature births, and stillbirths tripling.11,12 One mother, Hind S., almost gave birth to her baby under the rubble in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike before she was dug out and rushed to a hospital, where her baby was born with a broken leg from the airstrike.13

John, these are only some of the horror stories that have come from PM Netanyahu's bombardment of Palestinians. We have to stop this. Will you sign the petition?

A United Nations human rights expert has confirmed that Palestinians are facing mass ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli government and occupation forces.14 United States leaders have the massive power to step in and stop it. 

If we come together, we can make a huge difference. Our collective calls for a ceasefire are working, and demanding that our tax dollars won't be used to bomb civilians is another big step that we can take. And the time is NOW to come together and demand it.

Click here to add your name to this urgent petition, and then pass it along to your friends to spread the word.

Thanks for all you do.

–Mana, Kenia, Melissa, Mona, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "One child killed in Gaza every 10 minutes on average, says WHO chief – video," The Guardian, November 11, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185449?t=9&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

2. "Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That's one out of every 200 people," The Washington Post, November 13, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185455?t=11&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

3. "Gaza: After two months of war, women last to eat and children first to die," OCHA Services, December 7, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185456?t=13&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

4. "Israel's War in Gaza, Subsidized by the USA," The Nation, November 10, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185454?t=15&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

5. "Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon," Human Rights Watch, October 12, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184716?t=17&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

6. "UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, October 14, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/184711?t=19&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

7. "Israel's War in Gaza, Subsidized by the USA," The Nation, November 10, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185454?t=21&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

8. Ibid.

9. "Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That's one out of every 200 people," The Washington Post, November 13, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185455?t=23&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

10. "What It's Like to Give Birth in Gaza," The Intercept, November 8, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185468?t=25&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

11. Ibid.

12. "Doctors in Gaza hospital forced to remove premature babies from incubators as supplies run out," CNN, accessed December 8, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185469?t=27&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

13. "Giving birth as bombs fall in Gaza: 'My girl came to the world broken,'" NBC News, November 14, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185470?t=29&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

14. "Gaza: UN experts call on international community to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people," Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, November 16, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/185465?t=31&akid=370994%2E40999114%2EjyniJB

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