Call congress and ask the to demand CEASE FIRE now and to stand against the Israeli genocide of Palestinian people. (202) 224-3121.

I call on congress to stand up to the Israeli genocide of Palestinian people. Half of all voting-age Americans are against sending weapons to Israel. Furthermore, the American public broadly is against the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. Over half of Democrats report that they are more supportive of the Palestinian people than of the far-right Israeli government that is currently, definitionally engaged in genocide. [Most importantly, genocide is wrong and the times has moral obligation to say so and to name Israel as the party enacting genocide.]

The United States congress bears a unique moral responsibility in this situation. Only through the forceful endorsement of Israel by the United States on the international stage is it possible for Israel to act with such impunity. Palestinians were violently forced from their homeland and forced to relocate, as refugees, in Gaza. For decades, the Israeli government has, against international law, held these Palestinians hostage in an open-air prison camp, denied basic human rights like clean water, as they are brutally oppressed by their colonizers. Most historians and regional experts agree that Palestinian people are living in subjugation under the Israeli apartheid state.

Over the last many decades, Israel has committed numerous well-documented war crimes, including bombing of hospital and the killing of American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. These war crimes and violations of international law have continued to be possible only because of the powerful enabling of the United States government. Its wrong and the majority of Americans see this and are becoming more and more outraged.

Through military power and international political weight, the United States has aggressively ensured a morally irresponsible level of immunity and accountability for Israel on the issue of human rights. US foreign policy towards Israel over the last half century has played a defining role in creating the conditions of genocide that the world is witnessing now. Congress bears responsibility. When a genocide is happening is not the time for leaders to take a back seat. To do demonstrates weak and ineffective leadership. It is also morally reprehensible in the eyes of the majority of American citizens who cares about basic human rights.

Congress has a moral responsibility, and imperative, to act and speak decisively against the Israeli genocide of Palestinian people. Additionally, congress has a moral imperative to demonstrate the courage to speak to the world about the situation with honesty. A majority of historians and experts on the region agree that the current actions of the Israeli government are a genocide of Palestinian people, by definition. This assessment is also consistent with most historical definitions of genocide.

The United States, by merit of its position on the global geopolitical stage, has up to this point, chosen diplomatic, political, and military actions that further enable and embolden the genocidal actions of the Israeli government. Supporting this genocide in the middle east is a direct dereliction of duty of any elected official because it directly harms the national security of the United States.

Civilians in the middle east, as well as governments of majority muslim countries are understandably alarmed and outraged at American support for genocide. This fundamentally undermines US diplomatic efforts in the region that are vital to national security. The actions of congress also make Americans a target of the anger of many people in the middle east. As a consequence of this, extremist jihadist groups in the region are likely to consider American citizens a target. By supporting genocide in the middle east, congress puts the safety of every American citizen at risk. Congress has a constitutional obligation to not take actions the needlessly put the lives of American in jeopardy.

We, the majority coalition of Americans, stand in solidarity with American Jews and Jewish Voice for Peace, in condemning the genocidal actions of the Israeli government as well as the response of the United States.