Dear Friends,
With doctors operating by torchlight without anesthetics or antibiotics, parents unable to shelter their children after fleeing homes in panic, and millions on the brink of famine, the Israel-Hamas war has pushed Gazans into a humanitarian catastrophe.
The World Health Organization warns that unless fighting stops and substantially more aid is delivered immediately, the death toll in Gaza from hunger and preventable disease could overtake the number killed in the crossfire. Urgently addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not only a moral imperative but a vital US and Israeli national security priority.
Israeli and Palestinian humanitarian groups and human rights activists are doing heroic work to press for urgent humanitarian access. The J Street Policy Center is pleased to host two leading advocates for an essential discussion this Wednesday, introduced by Senator Peter Welch of Vermont.
J Street Policy Center:
Tackling the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
Senator Peter Welch | Tania Hary | Ahmed Alkhatib
Dr. Debra Shushan
REGISTER
Wednesday, February 7
12pm-1:15pm Eastern | 9am-10:15am Pacific
Senator Peter Welch is a longtime J Street champion and a leader in the push for Congress and the White House to urgently and effectively address the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
Tania Hary is the Executive Director of the Gaza-focused Israeli human rights group Gisha and has been an outspoken advocate for rights of families in Gaza, slamming the Netanyahu administration for “not even skimming the surface” of its humanitarian obligations under international law.
Ahmed Alkhatib, a Palestinian-American humanitarian advocate who grew up in Gaza, has watched his family members steadily grow thinner and weaker as the war has dragged on. In October, an air strike destroyed his family home, killing 30 immediate and extended family members. As the founder of Project Unified Assistance, an NGO that advocates for a UN-operated airport in Gaza, Ahmed continues to passionately press for urgent humanitarian assistance as he seeks to build solidarity and understanding between Palestinians, Israelis and Jewish Americans.
I hope you will join us for a ground-level view of the crisis, the drivers exacerbating the situation, and how, together, we can chart a better course and prevent further suffering.
Register here to join us on Wednesday >>
Thank you,
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