TELL CONGRESS: Global outrage at Israel’s atrocities in Gaza isn’t slowing Netanyahu’s onslaught against the Palestinian people. Ending U.S. weapons and funding support for Netanyahu’s regime could be the only action that can stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Sign the petition: Urge lawmakers to support the Block the Bombs Act!

Global outrage over Israel’s starvation of the Palestinian people is not slowing the Israeli army’s atrocities in Gaza.

Israel bombed a hospital in southern Gaza yesterday, killing 20 people, including health workers, rescue workers, 5 journalists.1 Israeli attacks killed at least 75 Palestinians, including 17 people seeking aid, in total yesterday. 3 more died of hunger, as Netanyahu refuses to lift his humanitarian aid blockade. There is no end in sight to the carnage as Israel continues moving quickly into the heart of Gaza City.2

If international calls for an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza won’t stop Netanyahu, the only thing that may stop these horrors is an end to U.S. funding and weapons support for Israel. Our lawmakers must finally help put an end to Israel’s atrocities by ending the flow of weapons to Netanyahu’s regime.

Sign the petition: Pass the Block the Bombs Act! Stop sending weapons to Israel for the siege of Gaza.

Congress and the White House have supplied an endless stream of funding and weapons to Israel. The U.S. has pledged tens of billions of dollars of weapons to Israel since its war on Gaza began. The Block the Bombs Act would stop the transfer of these weapons to Israel and put pressure on Netanyahu to stop the humanitarian blockade and wanton violence against civilians.

Israel has killed more than 60,000 people in Gaza and wounded more than 158,000.3 Israel has also killed at least 273 Palestinian journalists.4

Rep. Delia Ramirez, a lead sponsor of the Block the Bombs Act, said, “Netanyahu and Trump are a lethal, unaccountable, extremist duo.”5 Rep. Pramila Jayapal, another one of the lead sponsors of the bill said, “We can no longer be complicit and allow our tax dollars to facilitate this violence and destruction.”6

Nothing will change in Gaza unless Congress takes a courageous stand for Palestinians, peace, and justice. Our leaders in the House and Senate must end U.S. support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.

Sign the petition: Tell Congress to Block the Bombs!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. BBC, "Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli double strike on hospital,” August 25, 2025.
  2. Al Jazeera, "LIVE: Palestinian families displaced as Israel pushes deeper into Gaza City,” August 26, 2025.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Al Jazeera, "Al Jazeera’s Salama among six Gaza journalists killed by Israel in attacks,” August 25, 2025.
  5. Rep. Ramirez Press Release, "Ramirez, Jacobs, Jayapal, Pocan, 18 Members of Congress Introduce Legislation to Condition Weapons to Israel, Save Lives,” June 5, 2025.
  6. Ibid.

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