[1]Justice Democrats

John,

Just a few weeks ago, while President Biden visited Israel and occupied
Palestine, the Israeli military continued to forcibly displace over 1,300
Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta—including 500 children. Demolishing
schools, homes, and tents, the military is seizing the land claiming it’s
for a firing zone, and likely it’s to make way for more illegal Israeli
settlements in occupied Palestine.^[ [link removed] ]

This forced population replacement is ethnic cleansing, and it’s pushing
families into homelessness.

I’ve joined nearly 90 members of Congress in urging the President to
immediately stop the Israeli government’s forced expulsions of
Palestinians from the villages of Masafer Yatta.^[ [link removed] ][ [link removed] ] Many of us have
also called for the State Department to launch an independent U.S.
investigation into the Israeli military’s recent assassination of
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

As the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, I have been pushing
Congress and the Biden administration to support Palestinian demands for
freedom and to stop Israeli war crimes.

Our momentum is growing: More and more members of the Democratic Party are
willing to speak up and challenge Israel’s inhumane treatment of
Palestinians. I’m proud to be part of this shift, and I’m committed to
keeping the spotlight and the pressure on until Palestinians can live
freely. And I know that Justice Democrats has my back in the fight for
equality.



[ [link removed] ]Can you split a donation with my campaign and Justice Democrats today
so I can keep up my outspoken advocacy for Palestinian rights—and all
human rights—in Congress?

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I’m the proud daughter of Palestinian immigrants and the granddaughter of
a loving Palestinian grandmother who’s still living in occupied Palestine.
I remember going through checkpoints with my grandmother as the Israeli
military interrogated and segregated her, simply for trying to seek
services such as healthcare.

For decades, the Israeli military has controlled and restricted
Palestinians’ movement, as well as Palestinians’ access to medical
supplies and resources like water and electricity. Refugees have also been
living in exile, denied the internationally-recognized legal right of
return to their homes.

Ahead of President Biden’s visit, the Israeli human rights organization
group B’Tselem hung banners declaring: “Mr. President: This is Apartheid.”

As one B’Tselem activist said: “We hold the American administration
responsible for supporting the Israeli apartheid regime. The United States
of America, as a democratic country, should push for an end to this
system.”^[4]

Every year, the U.S. government sends billions of our tax dollars in
military aid to Israel—with no conditions attached. Our government is a
complicit enabler of Israel’s ongoing oppression and occupation.

It’s time to condition U.S. military aid to Israel on ending the
occupation, human rights abuses, and war crimes. If those conditions are
not followed, we must end the aid altogether.

I am a justice-seeker who fights against oppressions of all forms, and I’m
not backing down. Our struggles for justice and human rights are
interconnected.



[ [link removed] ]Will you split a contribution between Justice Democrats and my
re-election campaign so I can keep fighting for human rights and dignity
for all of us, including Palestinians?

[ [link removed] ]Donate Now



My Sity Muftieh and all Palestinians deserve to be safe and live with
human dignity.

Thank you so much for being by my side and in solidarity with the
Palestinian people. Onward, until we are all free!

- Rashida

^[1] [ [link removed] ]972mag.com/israel-military-demolitions-masafer-yatta/
^[2]
[ [link removed] ]jewishcurrents.org/progressive-lawmakers-demand-stop-to-israeli-war-crime-in-masafer-yatta
^[3] [ [link removed] ]ifnotnowmovement.org/biden-masaferyatta
^[4] [ [link removed] ]democracynow.org/2022/7/14/israel_welcomes_biden_summer_2022_trip


 




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