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John,
Last year, Israel’s military killed over 30 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and targeted many groups who monitor these murders. In January 2023 alone, Israeli soldiers murdered 7 Palestinian children while invading Palestinian cities and refugee camps.
We can’t keep handing over billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars a year to an apartheid state violating human rights.
In the past, our government has ended or reduced military aid when countries violate human rights. U.S. law requires all other countries receiving U.S. military aid to meet human rights standards—except this hasn’t been the case for Israel.
Please sign now to tell Congress and the Biden administration: It’s time to end unconditional military aid to Israel.
We cannot continue to be complicit as Israel’s government keeps violently oppressing Palestinians.
In solidarity,
Rashida
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From: Rashida Tlaib
Date: Sun, Feb 5, 2023
Subject: We can’t keep handing over billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars a year to an apartheid state violating human rights.
To: [email protected]
John,
In January 2023 alone, Israeli soldiers killed at least 35 Palestinians, including 7 children, while invading Palestinian cities and refugee camps.1
The United States is not only complicit in these war crimes. The soldiers are using U.S.-made weapons and our government keeps sending billions of our tax dollars to fund Israel’s human rights violations, including ethnic cleansing and apartheid.
U.S. law requires all countries receiving U.S. military aid to meet human rights standards. And our government has enforced this, ending or reducing military aid to countries violating human rights—except for Israel.
In fact, U.S. political leaders have fought for years against the UN’s efforts to hold Israel accountable for its human rights violations. We must hold Israel to the same standards as other countries.
Please sign now to demand that Congress and the Biden administration end unconditional funding of Israel’s military. We can’t keep handing over billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars a year to an apartheid state violating human rights.
As the only Palestinian-American serving in the U.S. Congress, I won’t stand by silently as our country is complicit in Israel’s apartheid. Thank you for being by my side as we fight for Palestinians’ rights.
In solidarity,
Rashida
1 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/26/why-israeli-raids-killed-many-palestinians-this-year-explainer
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