John,

This week, the Israeli military added to its long list of unconscionable war crimes, including:

• Dropping multiple 2,000-pound U.S. bombs on a densely populated refugee camp in Gaza’s al-Mawasi area, a so-called “humanitarian zone” where Israel’s military has forced 1 million displaced Palestinians to go. Designed to destroy fortified underground bunkers, these “bunker buster” bombs disintegrated tents and entire families, creating 30-feet-deep craters in the ground.

• Violently blocking the international effort to provide children in Gaza with polio vaccines. Stopping one convoy of UN vehicles at gunpoint, Israeli forces fired shots, encircled the vehicles, and rammed into them with tanks and a bulldozer.

• Destroying 70% of civilian infrastructure in Jenin, a city in the West Bank, with bombs and armored bulldozers. A Palestinian health minister visited Jenin and said, “No place in Palestine is safe, not just Gaza.”

In July, the world’s top court ruled that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end “as rapidly as possible.” The court noted that Israel is violating Palestinians’ right to self-determination and that other countries must stop supporting Israel’s illegal presence in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.

To affirm this ruling, Palestinian representatives are now circulating a proposed resolution in the United Nations calling on Israel to withdraw its military forces from the occupied Palestinian territories.

Please add your name to support the demand from Palestinian representatives in the United Nations: Israel must comply with international law by immediately withdrawing all military from the occupied Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and Gaza.

This week, Palestine was seated among United Nations “member states” for the first time.

The vast majority of countries in the United Nations voted to accept Palestine as a full member state, but the U.S. vetoed that measure and blocked it from becoming official. For now, Palestine cannot vote on resolutions but has some rights in the UN General Assembly, such as introducing proposals.

Their new proposal lays out what the United Nations and its International Court of Justice have already made clear. Israel is an occupying power. Under international law, Israel’s government is obligated to end its occupation, and Palestinians have a right to self-determination in their homeland.

Israel’s government has violated international humanitarian law for decades with impunity because countries like the United States refuse to hold it accountable. Nearly a year into this well documented genocide, we’re seeing continued expansion of the campaign to annihilate and exterminate the Palestinian people.

Israel’s Prime Minister continues to refuse to withdraw military forces from Gaza—a key part of a permanent ceasefire deal. Now Israel’s military is similarly attacking the West Bank with a goal of total destruction.

Add your name to join the call: As part of the permanent ceasefire we’ve been demanding and as an important step toward Palestinians’ self-determination, Israel’s military must leave occupied Palestine now.

Thank you for taking action to support human rights for Palestinians and all people. When we value human life and human dignity, we create a safer world for all of us.

In solidarity,

Rashida