TELL CONGRESS: President Biden wants to send another $8 billion of weapons
to Israel — an act that will continue fueling wanton violence against the
Palestinian people. Sign the petition: Urge Congress to block more weapons
sales to Israel!
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Hi,

President Biden just told Congress that he wants to send another $8
billion in weapons to Israel^1 despite Netanyahu’s continued relentless
violence against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli military, supported with weapons and funding from the United
States, has killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza. Nearly 70% of
those killed have been women and children.^2

We need Congress to stand up and prevent another round of fighter jets,
attack helicopters and artillery shells from helping Netanyahu wage wars
against innocent people.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge Congress to oppose Biden’s $8 billion weapons
sale to Israel!

ADD YOUR NAME

Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a number of resolutions in an effort to
stop the last weapons sale to Israel, and he vowed to do everything he can
to block this new $8 billion deal.^3 His last set of resolutions received
a historic level of support in the Senate, but not enough to block the
arms shipments. We need to build on this momentum to change the U.S.’s
role in Gaza.

Sen. Sanders noted that America’s continued military support of Israel is
a breach of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control
Act.^4 Because Israel has blocked humanitarian aid from reaching the
people of Gaza, American law says military funding for Israel must end.

Trump is ready to further intensify U.S. support for Netanyahu's wars, so
Congress needs to move quickly to end U.S. support for the horrific
violence.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge your lawmakers to oppose sending more weapons
to fuel Israel’s violence in Gaza.

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

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Sources:

 1. Reuters, “US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel,” [ [link removed] ]January 4,
2025.
 2. BBC, “Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead verified by UN are women and
children,” [ [link removed] ]November 8, 2024.
 3. Senator Bernie Sanders on Twitter, “The U.S. must not send more bombs
to Netanyahu’s extremist government...” [ [link removed] ]January 6, 2025.
 4. Office of Senator Bernie Sanders, “NEWS: Sanders and Colleagues Move
to Block Arms Sales to Israel,” [ [link removed] ]September 25, 2024.

 


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