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Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide, as Israel bombs, starves, and displaces them.
Rep. Cori Bush and other progressives have introduced the Ceasefire Now resolution H.Res. 786, calling for an immediate ceasefire and for humanitarian aid to be allowed to enter Gaza. It is essential to generate a flood of calls to elected officials asking them to support this life-saving resolution.
North Carolinians and the Charlotte community have a responsibility to call for a ceasefire and end this terror.
Urge Biden to call for a ceasefire now. Link will take you to https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/ceasefire/ where you can sign petitions and explore other actions you can take to save Gaza from genocide.
This Saturday, May 29, there will be a national march for Palestine in Washington DC. We will start at 3pm at the Lincoln Memorial. Visit https://fb.me/e/1n8TrmKE2 to RSVP, share or learn more!
More weapons = more innocent lives lost! Visit https://ampalestine.salsalabs.org/SandersAOCResolutiontoStopWeaponSales/index.html to call, email or tweet your Congressperson and Senators today!
Be sure to check out our other posts for links to other ways to have our voices heard!
Please join us in calling on Google to recognize Palestine on Google Maps and to clearly designate and identify the Palestinian territories illegally occupied by Israel. https://www.change.org/p/google-inc-google-put-palestine-on-your-maps
Learn more and join the millions that have already signed the petition to have Palestine added to Google Maps today!
Sign Bernie’s petition at: https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/fobs-israel-palestine/ calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine to prevent any further loss of civilian life, and to prevent further escalation of conflict.
Add your name: There must be an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine
Takes less than 60 seconds! The people of Palestine and Gaza are depending on us.
Visit the following link https://www.justiceforall.org/palestine/president-biden-american-must-stand-against-apartheid/ for an easy, automated way to send pre-drafted tweets and letters to President Biden as well as your congressperson and senators.
Justice4All also has an automated way of calling all your representatives from the link above asking them to end US military aid and the additional $735 million in weapons to Israel as they continue to assault Gaza and Palestine.
Your congressmen and women have 15 days to object to this $735 million sale of precision guided weapons with a “nonbinding resolution of disapproval.”
Call your representatives now!
To find your district & representatives, visit https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Take note of their names and your district.
To find a state-by-state listing of their phone numbers visit: https://www.house.gov/representatives.
Note: you may get a live person answering your call, or an automated messaging service (most of which ask you to press 1 to leave a message). All messages are logged daily.
State your name, district (or zipcode) and inform them you are calling about Palestine.
Script:
“I urge [Representatives Name] to DISAPPROVE the $735 million dollar sale of weapons to Israel as they continue to kill innocent men, women and children in Gaza and the rest of Palestine and as Israel continues to commit war crimes in the name of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. Thank you.”
Watch @HalleyYoga’s Instagram video of advice and tips and her calling her representative about rejecting the approval of additional weapons to Israel. View video here.
What is BDS?
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement works to end international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law. Source: https://bdsmovement.net/
Here are the 5 most effective things YOU can do to challenge this complicity and support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality:
- Work with progressive networks to pressure parliament and government to (a) end all military-security cooperation and trade (military funding in the US case) with apartheid Israel and similarly criminal regimes of oppression worldwide, (b) ban all goods/services of companies operating in Israel’s illegal colonial settlements; and (c) demand a UN investigation of Israeli apartheid.
- Mobilize pressure in your community, trade union, association, church, social network, student government/union, city council, cultural center, or other organization to declare it an Apartheid Free Zone (AFZ), ending all relations with apartheid Israel and companies that are complicit in its system of oppression.
- Boycott products/services of, and/or mobilize institutional pressure to divest from, Israeli and international companies and banks that are complicit in Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity. This includes all Israeli banks (Leumi, Hapoalim, etc.) and major multinationals such as: Elbit Systems, HP, G4S/Allied Universal, AXA, CAF, PUMA, Caterpillar, General Mills/Pillsbury, Hyundai Heavy Industries, JCB, Volvo, Barclays Bank, Alstom, Motorola Solutions, and CEMEX.
- Cancel all academic, cultural, sports, and tourism engagements in Israel or supported/sponsored by Israel (or its lobby groups and complicit institutions).
- Join a BDS campaign or a strategic Palestine solidarity group near you to act collectively and effectively.
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