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    Tell Congress to back Bernie Sanders's fight to block weapons sales to Israel

    Petition to Congress:
    We urge you to support Senator Sanders’s resolutions to stop the $20 billion weapons sale to Israel. It’s a crucial and necessary step to end the war on Gaza. We also ask that you advocate for de-escalation in the region rather than retaliation against Iran.

    Israel’s escalating violence in Gaza in recent days included a horrific airstrike on Al-Aqsa hospital that ignited a fire in a tent camp for displaced people, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others.1

    Despite a year of devastating violence against the Palestinian people and Netanyahu’s continued rejection of peace agreements, the U.S. government is still sending weapons to Israel. The Biden administration is now even sending U.S. troops to Israel.2

    Israel’s strikes in Gaza led Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to call for an outright arms embargo.3 It’s time to stop sending weapons to fuel Israel’s war on the Palestinian people.

    Sign the petition: Urge your lawmakers to support Bernie Sanders’s resolutions to block a $20 billion weapons sale to Israel.

    AOC said, “The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov, fully armed by the Biden admin while food aid is blocked and patients are bombed in hospitals.”4 In fact, CNN reports that Israel has blocked all food from entering Gaza since the beginning of October. This is a breach of international humanitarian law that threatens at least a million people with starvation.5

    The U.S. government must end its support for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.

    Add your name: Congress must block weapons sales to Israel.

    Sources:

    1. Al Jazeera, “Israeli attack on Gaza hospital tent camp kills four, ignites fire,” October 14, 2024.
    2. NPR, “U.S. to send air defense system and troops to Israel,” October 13, 2024.
    3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter, “The horrors unfolding in northern Gaza are the result of a completely unrestrained Netanyahu gov...” October 14, 2024.
    4. Ibid.
    5. CNN, “UN says no food has entered northern Gaza since start of October, putting 1 million people at risk of starvation,” October 11, 2024.

     

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