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Friend,
A long-feared regional war
is looming in the Middle East and could easily spin out of
control into a wider conflict. The Biden-Harris administration is
pouring gasoline on the fire by sending massive arms and troops to
back Israel, whose aggressive actions have long been pushing for
expanded war.
Tensions have remained sky-high
this week. An attack on a US base in Iraq wounded at least 7. Russia
is sending air defense and radar systems to its ally Iran. Today, a
top Iranian commander stated that the “clear and explicit” orders of
Iran’s leader to punish Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
in Tehran “will be carried out”.
The Biden-Harris
administration must act to stop this at once and fix the crisis at its
source - by ceasing all weapons and support to Israel until it ends
its genocide in Gaza and agrees to negotiate a settlement for
Palestine and the region consistent with international law and the
rulings of the International Court of Justice.
After Israel’s back-to-back
assassinations in Beirut and Tehran last week, Iran has met with
allies including Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Yemen and Iraqi
militias to plan joint action against Israel and US bases in Iraq and
Syria. By responding with warships, destroyers, fighter jets and
potentially land-based missile defense and troops, the US is proposing
to take direct part in the imminent war that could easily go
nuclear.
Some Israeli leaders have already
suggested using nuclear weapons. Such a war could trigger nuclear
winter - a reduction in sunlight due to debris from nuclear
explosions suspended in the upper atmosphere for years, which can
cause global famine with the potential to end civilization as we know
it.
By funding and arming Israel, and
refusing to rein in its rampage, the Biden-Harris administration is
now putting Americans and the world in the crosshairs of Israel’s
genocidal aggression.
The US must not be dragged into a
disastrous regional war by an Israeli government seeking cover to
continue its genocide in Gaza.
It’s long past time for the
US to end the genocide in Gaza that it is enabling. The US is
providing the vast majority of weapons being used by Israel in Gaza,
as well as financial assistance, intelligence and diplomatic cover. By
halting all support for Israel’s genocide, the US can make an
emergency diplomatic appeal to Iran and allies to hold their
fire.
By allowing Israel to determine US
foreign policy in its most basic form - in matters of war and peace -
the Biden-Harris administration has effectively handed the role of
Commander-in-Chief to Bibi Netanyahu. This is an intolerable betrayal
of the American people and it must come to an end.
With the last ballot access deadlines looming in the next
few weeks, we are going all out to give voters across the country the
choice to vote against endless war and genocide, and for a peaceful,
just, and livable future for our children. If you share that vision, please pitch in whatever you
can today to help make it a reality.
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