[ [link removed] ]Will you sign the petition to demand that the $20 BILLION weapon sale
to the Israeli military be blocked NOW?
Dear MoveOn member,
More than 43,000 Palestinian people and 2,000 Lebanese people have been
killed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's escalating military
campaign of airstrikes. These airstrikes (which are violations of
international law) have been targeting and bombing civilians in refugee
camps, hospitals, homes, mosques, churches, and schools since more than
1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 240 taken hostage in the Hamas
attacks on October 7, 2023.^1,2,3 And even more devastatingly, a group of
U.S. doctors and health care providers who have volunteered in Gaza in the
last year estimate that the number of Palestinian people killed by the
Israeli military is likely closer to 118,908.^4
[ [link removed] ]John, the truth is, our taxpayer dollars and U.S. weapons
are being used to fund and carry out the relentless bombing of Palestinian
and Lebanese civilians.^5 It's heartbreaking and wrong, but we can do
something about it. Will you sign the petition?
Just last month, Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a Joint Resolutions of
Disapproval that will (for the first time in history) force a vote in
Congress to block the weapons sale to the Israeli military.^6,7 Next week,
Senators will vote on this legislation. But we will succeed only if we
have a massive showing of support from folks like you and me.
[ [link removed] ]Will you please sign the petition to STOP the $20 BILLION weapon sale
to the Israeli military NOW?
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.^8 In the last year alone,
Congress has voted to send more than $10 billion in American taxpayer
dollars to the extremist Israeli government to buy more of the bombs and
more of the weapons they are using to bomb and kill the Palestinian and
Lebanese people.^9
One in every 55 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7,
2023.^10 You read that right: One in every 55 Palestinians have been
killed in the last year. Entire multigenerational Palestinian families
have been killed and erased from the registry. Entire lineages have been
wiped out.
And 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. It
must end now.
[ [link removed] ]Resolutions of Disapproval are the ONLY tool that Congress has to block
arm sales. We must use it and we must use it now. Click here to sign the
petition to demand that the $20 billion weapon sale to the Israeli
military be blocked NOW.
The United States must end its complicity in these atrocities. And we can
start by stopping the $20 BILLION weapon sale to Israel NOW.
[5]Sign the petition
At least 128 Palestinian media workers have been confirmed killed in Gaza
since October 7, with dozens more injured, missing, or detained.^11
Journalists reporting in Gaza have experienced multiple assaults, threats,
arrests, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.^12,13
And it's not just media workers. Many hospitals have been targeted and
bombed by Israeli military airstrikes, killing more than 1,000 health care
workers.^14 But despite the fact that the Israeli government has cut off
most fuel, water, and electricity from people in Gaza, doctors and nurses
are still doing the best they can to treat their patients. Unfortunately,
though, 19 out of the 36 hospitals in Gaza have been forced to close, with
the remaining 17 only partially operating, many of which have run out of
necessary medical supplies such as anesthesia and painkillers.^15
[ [link removed] ]This must end immediately, and we can start by blocking the $20 billion
offensive arms sale to the Israeli military. Will you sign the petition?
Babies, children, and families in Gaza are also starving to
death.^16 Nearly 2.1 million people are food insecure, with 96% of
children from 6 months to 2 years old not meeting the minimal nutrition
requirements.^17 It's egregious.
Netanyahu's military has completely violated international law and
committed war crimes time and time again. And none of this would've been
possible without United States weapons paid for by our very own U.S.
taxpayer dollars. Enough is enough! Our members of Congress need to block
the $20 billion offensive arms sale to the Israeli military NOW.
[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this urgent petition, and then send it
to three friends to spread the word.
Thanks for all you do.
–Jensine, Nakia, Erica, Evelyn, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Israel’s Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the
People of Gaza," The Intercept, October 7, 2024
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2. "Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That's one out of every 200
people." The Washington Post, November 13, 2023
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3. "Gaza: After two months of war, women last to eat and children first to
die," Relief Web, December 7, 2023
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4. "US Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They 'Witnessed Crimes Beyond
Comprehension' in Gaza," Common Dreams, October 2, 2024
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5. "Israel's War in Gaza, Subsidized by the USA," The Nation, November 10,
2023
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6. "News: Sanders and Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel,"
Bernie Sanders, September 25, 2024
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7. Post on X by Bernie Sanders, September 21, 2024
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8. "Israel's War in Gaza, Subsidized by the USA," The Nation, November 10,
2023
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9. Ibid.
10. "One year of Israel's war on Gaza," Al Jazeera, October 8, 2024
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11. "Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war," Committee to Protect
Journalists, October 8, 2024
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12. Ibid.
13. "Israel's Gaza war leads to a massacre of journalists," The Washington
Post, January 9, 2024
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14. "US Doctors Tell Biden, Harris They 'Witnessed Crimes Beyond
Comprehension' in Gaza," Common Dreams, October 2, 2024
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15. "Israel's Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the
People of Gaza," The Intercept, October 7, 2024
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16. "Israel's Year of Killing, Maiming, Starving, and Terrorizing the
People of Gaza," The Intercept, October 7, 2024
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17.
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