Dear Congressman/Senator… We write to you today, as American citizens and American of Syrian origin, to draw your urgent attention to the recent media reports and congressional hearing about “a potential American recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian occupied Golan”. We call upon you to consider the consequences and repercussions of such an act on the national security of the United States, as well as on its international status and credibility. In recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian occupied Golan, the United States is retreating from its long-standing political positions and commitment to the principle of the impermissibility of acquiring other’s territory by force. For a long time, the US has acted as a peaceful broker in the conflict between Arabs and Israelis, through negotiation and diplomatic means based on the “Land for Peace” Principle. We would like to remind you that on December 17, 1981, The United States voted in favor of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 497. This resolution decided that the Israeli Law to annex the Syrian occupied Golan, is "null and void and without international legal effect". Furthermore, this Resolution called on Israel to rescind this action. Our country, the United States of America, has been one of the major founders of the United Nations. We believe that the credibility and international status of the United States as a fair mediator will be greatly affected and damaged by such an act. Moreover, such a recognition by the United States would violate international law, because all resolutions adopted by the United Nations since 1967 have provided for the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and have asked Israel to withdraw from the territories it has occupied by force, including the occupied Syrian Golan. We, as American citizens, are proud that the Founding Fathers understood that if America does not have sovereignty, it does not have independence. The United States is an independent nation, governed by the American people, who adopted the Constitution and created the government. They elect their representatives and make their own laws. We all remember and respect the principle established by our Founding Fathers, which states “OURS IS A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS NOT OF MEN”. We, as American citizens and American of Syrian origin are presenting our plea, asking you to think carefully before taking any action concerning the rights of another sovereign state, which damages the image of the United States as a great nation that respects and adheres to the principles of the American Constitution and international law. We count on your wisdom not to provide terrorist groups with a new pretext to further fuel violent extremism. The national interests of the United States of America will be preserved as long as our Government abides by international law and the legal and moral principles on which this great country was founded. Respectfully, American Citizen and Syrian American Citizen

EVELYN ANITE PETITION The Common League of the Uganda Diaspora (CLOUD), a pressure group for the defense of human rights and promotion of democracy in Uganda by Uganda Diaspora activists, is pressuring the Fletcher School/Tufts University to discontinue Evelyn Anite, Uganda’s Minister of State for Investment and Privatization. Anite, an infamous Uganda dictatorial regime official and a Museveni sycophant par excellence, is attending one of the few residence course durations for this Master’s degree (GMAP), which is mostly accomplished in the candidate’s home country online. It is incomprehensible that a premier institute of international affairs in the free democratic world the Fletcher school is cam admit a poster girl of dictatorship from Uganda. International affairs in the free world postulate that democracies do not go to war with each other. Hence, it is critical that each country in the world is democratized so the world can enjoy a true democratic peace sufficient for development and human progress. Moreover, it is as well unthinkable that the Fletcher School can be so socio-politically insensitive in this era of institutional bottom line consideration. Ugandans in the Diaspora demand that Evelyn Anite be discontinued from the Fletcher School of Tufts University so that the agents of dictatorship in Uganda can take heed that there can be global consequences whenever they act against democracy in Uganda. We have no issues with Evelyn Anite as an individual but her reprehensible actions and utterances, which have emboldened dictatorship in Uganda. If she is left scot free then the university shall have undermined democratization in Uganda as well as global democratic peace. Please help sign this petition and pressure the Fletcher school to discontinue Evelyn Anite

I am abjectly horrified and deeply afraid for my country's ideals and the protection of our democracy after Trump's remarks and behavior at Helsinki. I feel we, as a country, are at a tipping point if not strong voices object to this visit. It's too much.

President Donald Trump has a proven track record of revealing United States intelligence to Russian officials and trying to circumvent US sanctions against Russia through secret communications with Russian oligarchs, officials, and Vladimir Putin. His unprecedented secret one-on-one meeting with Putin at Helsinki has resulted in Russian claims that he has made verbal agreements to actions that Congress and the American People have no knowledge of, nor gave him the authority to agree to. He has conducted himself recklessly and incompetently and has endangered the security, moral stature, and economic security of the Unites States and its Allies. The deadline for this Petition is July 31, 2018.

We can not trust Trump to meet with Putin in the people's house. Trump continues to risk the safety and security of the American people.

Because I don’t trust anything they say. Why would they travel all the way to Russia to discuss something that Putin and Russia denies even took place? We know they helped Trump right after he asked them to! The very same day he publicly implored Russia to interfere!

I'm starting this petition because I'm humiliated and frustrated by our President's comments and interactions with our Allies. I want the world to know that millions of Americans do not share his opinions and that we value our relationships with them tremendously.

Mueller's investigation continues to make progress with 35 indictments against a range of Russian and Trump campaign and Trump Administration officials. Yet, Trump wants his bromance with Putin to continue. Coupled with the insane blocking and interference with the Mueller investigation by Congressional Republicans the majority (for now!) party is acting like Russian double agents. Enough!

I'M TIRED OF SEEING THIS PRESIDENT DESTROYING OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR ALLIES.

Every parent must make the very personal choice of how to feed their baby based on preferences and needs. However, it is imperative that the world clearly convey the many positive benefits of nursing an infant and the US has an obligation to accurately represent this information and always support what is best for babies.

This past summer, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump's Muslim Ban—giving the green light to an administration that has made xenophobia, racism, and anti-Muslim bigotry its official policy. With the Court steadily being packed with radical right-wing judicial operatives like Brett Kavanaugh, it's time for Congress to take action to undo Trump's racist agenda. From putting migrant children and adults in internment camps to defending violent white supremacists, Trump is out of control. He spews racist, xenophobic language and pushes dangerous policies to exclude people of color from the U.S. Meanwhile, the Ban continues to permanently block nationals and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries from coming to the U.S.—based on nothing other than Trump's bigoted campaign promise to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. Just because Trump and the Roberts-led Supreme Court think it's OK to discriminate against people based on how they worship or where they come from doesn't mean it should be the official policy of the United States. Congress has the power to defund Trump's Muslim Ban and they should do so immediately. The bills, H.R. 4271 and S. 1979, would prohibit the use of any funds or fees to implement Executive Order 13780—the third and most recent iteration of Trump's Muslim Ban. #NoMuslimBanEver

On Tuesday June 19, 2018 the Trump Administration announced that it would withdraw the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council. This petition is our declaration to Trump and the world that We the People of the United States wish to remain a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.