PALESTINE: This is a crisis. The Israeli government has declared a genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
Israeli
officials are openly planning to open “the gates of hell” on Gaza,
referring to the 2 million Palestinians trapped inside as “human
animals.”
The Israeli government has shut off all electricity to Gaza. Hospitals
cannot save lives, the internet will collapse, people will have no
phones to communicate with the outside world. Gaza will be plunged into
darkness as Israel turns its neighborhoods to rubble. Still worse,
Israel has openly stated an intention to commit mass atrocities and even
genocide, with Prime Minister Netanyahu saying the Israeli response
will “reverberate for generations.” All with the full throated support
of the U.S.
On Friday, the Israeli military called for all civilians of Gaza
City - 1.1. Million people - to relocate south within 24 hours, as it
amassed tanks for an expected ground invasion. The UN said evacuating
everyone was impossible with power supplies cut and food and water in
the Palestinian enclave running short after Israel placed Gaza under
total siege, and said it would have “devastating humanitarian
consequences.”
It is absolutely urgent that Biden and Congress demand a de-escalation
and call for a ceasefire, and demand that humanitarian assistance be
allowed into the Gaza Strip. We must also not exacerbate and fuel
violence by further arming the Israeli government as it commits mass
atrocities. There is only one way to end violence and that is to address
the root causes of everything happening: 75 years of Israeli military
occupation and apartheid, and end U.S. complicity in this systemic
oppression.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to act in this moment.
Adapted from Jewish Voice for Peace
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