TELL CONGRESS:  Stop funding the slaughter of Palestinians!

Please respond today – not just now, but every time you’re asked to show support for the people of Palestine

LEARN MORE
 

• In Gaza, 8-month old baby girl dies from smoke inhalation
• OCHA oPt: Humanitarian snapshot: mass casualties in the Gaza strip
• MEMO’s Gaza correspondent shot by Israeli sniper
• If Americans Knew
• Israel-Palestine Timeline

WHY THE URGENCY?

At least 58 Gazans were killed on Monday, May 14th along the fence that separates Gaza and Israel. The dead included children, a paramedic, and a person with disabilities. The people of Gaza were protesting nonviolently, but Israeli soldiers shot thousands with live ammunition. Israeli drones also dropped tear gas canisters into crowds, and sometimes into medical and family tents. Among the injured were over 300 children, 77 women, 10 journalists, and 3 paramedics. Over 1,000 were wounded by live ammunition, and at least 70 are in serious or critical condition.

TARGETING JOURNALISTS, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND CIVILIANS ARE WAR CRIMES.

And all this violence is being perpetrated on a people who have been suffering under occupation, blockade, and collective punishment (all of which are against international law) for years.

And this is happening while the new US embassy is opening in Jerusalem, leaving any hope of a peace plan in shambles.

Many Palestinians still – amazingly – look to America as their only hope. It’s up to us to turn the tide of opinion in our Congress. We need to share the facts about our money being spent by Israel to kill innocent people. And together, we need to say, loud and clear,

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

Many organizations are calling on you to get involved, and If Americans Knew joins them. We encourage you to sign every petition; write and call your Congress people more than once; show up for a solidarity event in your city.

Please contact your Senators and Congress people today!  

• Tell them to speak out publicly and clearly against Israeli military attacks on unarmed protesters in Gaza.  
• Instruct them to demand an investigation into the use of US aid for the commission of war crimes and breach of international law.   
• Ask them to affirm that Jerusalem is a universal city that must be reserved for all of the world’s citizens, not just some.

THANK YOU from If Americans Knew, and from the people of Gaza who believe in us!

FIND YOUR REPS (so that they will receive your letter)

Note: If you live outside the US or prefer not to give your address, use the Whitehouse address and make your voice heard.