We condemn the attacks by Hamas deliberately targeting Israeli civilians for killing and kidnapping. And we condemn Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza, which is again killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians. We grieve for all the lives lost and for all those injured and traumatized.

The root of the current violence is the oppression and abuses suffered daily by Palestinian people as a whole under decades of cruel Israeli occupation and expansionism. Leading human rights groups -- from Amnesty International to Human Rights Watch to Israel’s B'Tselem -- have concluded that Israel’s occupation policies amount to a form of apartheid.

Until Israel’s military occupation is ended, these cycles of terror and war and trauma will repeat. Click here to email Congress and President Biden.

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The horrific cycle of violence in the Middle East will not end until the Israeli occupation ends -- and a huge obstacle to ending the occupation has been the U.S. government. Under Democratic and Republican administrations, Washington has steadfastly made excuses for Israel as ever more Palestinian homes and villages have been destroyed or seized by right-wing settlers, as settlements have expanded, as Israeli soldiers have stormed Muslim holy sites, as Palestinian children have been militarily detained.

And the violence from soldiers and extremist settlers toward Palestinians has worsened in the West Bank and East Jerusalem with the rise of the most openly racist government in Israel’s history.

The Jewish Voice for Peace organization traces the current war to U.S. complicity with Israel’s never-ending occupation: “The unchecked military funding, diplomatic cover, and billions of dollars of private money flowing from the U.S. enables and empowers Israel’s apartheid regime. Those who continue calling for ‘ironclad’ U.S. support for the Israeli military are only paving the path to more violence.”

As your constituent I urge you to cease arms shipments to Israel, and to cease protecting the Israeli government from the rule of law.

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Background:
>> Amnesty International: "Crime of Apartheid: The Government of Israel’s System of Oppression Against Palestinians"
>> Human Rights Watch: "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution"
>> B'Tselem: "This Is Apartheid"
>> United Nations: "Israel’s 55-year occupation of Palestinian Territory is apartheid – UN human rights expert"
>> New York Times:"Israel's Push to Expand West Bank Settlements, Explained"

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