AJP Action Hosts Press Conference, Advocacy Day in DC Calling for Justice in Palestine and Lebanon Dear Email, Yesterday, over 500 Palestine advocates from over 30 states, from coast to coast, were in the halls of Congress as part of our 10th Annual Palestine Advocacy Days. AJP Action hosted a press conference in front of the Supreme Court to share our collective demands with the press and we ask you to join us in calling on Congress to do what’s right before the close of session this Friday.  Our urgent demands surround ongoing policy proposals, including: - Ending and conditioning U.S. aid to Israel — and getting members of Congress to urgently support Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Joint Resolution to stop $20 billion in weapons transfers to Israel right now.
- Restoring vital humanitarian aid to UNRWA, asking members to endorse the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act.
- Calling for an independent investigation of Israel’s murder of American Aysenur Eygi. We asked members of Congress to sign a letter to the Biden Administration led by Congressman Adam Smith this week. The letter ultimately received 102 signatures demanding an investigation to determine if the killing was a homicide.
- Opposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court which has called for the arrest of Israeli leaders guilty of war crimes.
- And now, calling for an unequivocal condemnation of Israel’s indiscriminate attacks in Lebanon which have killed over 600 people and injured thousands more within just a few days.
 We will never stop fighting for Palestinian rights, and we call on you to do your part and support hundreds of advocates in demanding Members of Congress to stop the genocide in Gaza, colonial expansion of the West unauthorized war in Lebanon fueled by U.S. weapons. Call on Congress to provide life-saving aid and demand justice be upheld for Aysenur Eygi and in the ICC. Make your voice heard before the end of Congress’s session this week! Contact your representatives and senators today.  “The United States continues to promise the Palestinians and Arabs the possibility of achieving peace with Israel without changing Israel's aggressive nature and forcing it to abide by international conventions and declarations,” said Dr. Osama Abu Irshaid, Executive Director of AJP-Action at yesterday’s press conference. “Enough is enough. It’s about time that this Congress serve the American people and end the Israeli genocide.”  In solidarity — along with hundreds of us advocating in Congress, Americans for Justice in Palestine Action |
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