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To: President Biden
Hands Off Rafah! And the entire Palestinian Territory!
The United States has been the main supporter of Israel economically, politically and militarily.
The state of Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its foundation receiving over $300 billion in economic and military funds.
Within the year of 2023, U.S military aid amounted to more than $3.8 billion, out of which half a billion was reserved for its missile defense program.
Most recently, the U.S. Senate approved $14 billion for military use alone.
It is within the power of the American government to stop Israel from continuing the mass murdering of Palestinians.
While completely condemning the events of October 7th and the atrocities caused to the people of Israel, it is also important to acknowledge the great suffering and human rights violations experienced by the people of Palestine from the Israeli government occupation and its military actions.
Despite international pressure to prevent an invasion to Rafah, Israel's seizure of Rafah crossing, its hospitals and attacks on civilian refugee camps, along with the murdering of numerous doctors along with journalists further signals the imminent genocidal intents of the current Israeli government under the statement of "finishing the job".
Rafah crossing has been a primary lifeline allowing humanitarian aid and transport of patients during the collapse of the healthcare facilities in Gaza.
The main hospital in Rafah, Abu Yousef Al-Najar, closed as of May after heavy bombardment, causing medical staff as well as over 200 patients to flee.
Rafah is half the size of the city of San Francisco, but with a refugee population of over 1.4 million Palestinians, which is close to twice the population of San Francisco, out of which 70% are women and children.
An offensive in Rafah would be one of the greatest human massacres of our time funded directly by our tax dollars.
Please stop this incredible violence towards women and children, which should not be allowed at this time in our human history, by preventing Israel from any further offensive in Rafah city and the entire Palestinian territory through the immediate implementation of sufficiently "effective" economic and military sanctions, including an end to its nuclear facilities, on the Israeli government to fully stop any further killings of innocent civilians out of which 50 % are children.
The state of Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its foundation receiving over $300 billion in economic and military funds.
Within the year of 2023, U.S military aid amounted to more than $3.8 billion, out of which half a billion was reserved for its missile defense program.
Most recently, the U.S. Senate approved $14 billion for military use alone.
It is within the power of the American government to stop Israel from continuing the mass murdering of Palestinians.
While completely condemning the events of October 7th and the atrocities caused to the people of Israel, it is also important to acknowledge the great suffering and human rights violations experienced by the people of Palestine from the Israeli government occupation and its military actions.
Despite international pressure to prevent an invasion to Rafah, Israel's seizure of Rafah crossing, its hospitals and attacks on civilian refugee camps, along with the murdering of numerous doctors along with journalists further signals the imminent genocidal intents of the current Israeli government under the statement of "finishing the job".
Rafah crossing has been a primary lifeline allowing humanitarian aid and transport of patients during the collapse of the healthcare facilities in Gaza.
The main hospital in Rafah, Abu Yousef Al-Najar, closed as of May after heavy bombardment, causing medical staff as well as over 200 patients to flee.
Rafah is half the size of the city of San Francisco, but with a refugee population of over 1.4 million Palestinians, which is close to twice the population of San Francisco, out of which 70% are women and children.
An offensive in Rafah would be one of the greatest human massacres of our time funded directly by our tax dollars.
Please stop this incredible violence towards women and children, which should not be allowed at this time in our human history, by preventing Israel from any further offensive in Rafah city and the entire Palestinian territory through the immediate implementation of sufficiently "effective" economic and military sanctions, including an end to its nuclear facilities, on the Israeli government to fully stop any further killings of innocent civilians out of which 50 % are children.
Why is this important?
Since this conflict initiated, nearly 40,000 Palestinians (according to other sources, this number could reach close to 200,000, see information below) have been killed, over 90,000 wounded, and more than 1.7 million have been displaced from their homes, out of which numbers and for all categories above, nearly 50% are children including those under the rubble, and together 70% are women and children.
The number of Palestinian children killed during this conflict since October 7th has been greater than the number of children killed in conflicts around the globe from 2019 to 2022 and it stands alongside the currently ongoing war in Sudan which began in April 2023, as it is also reminiscent of the killing rate since Rwanda in 1994 when comparing the total number of killed and injured civilians per day since the conflict began.
The attack on children and women of this conflict is atrocious. It should not be allowed at this time of our human history and must be stopped immediately.
On Wednesday 24th of July as Netanyahu prepared to address Congress, thousands of people gathered to protest his visit.
Please read below:
>"Over 130 Representatives and Senators decided not to attend Netanyahu’s address to Congress, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the likely Democratic nominee for President, Vice President Kamala Harris — far exceeding the 58 members of Congress who skipped his speech in 2015. As Netanyahu attempted to justify the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, asking Congress for bipartisan support to “finish the job,” the lone Palestinian American representative in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, defiantly held up a sign that read “Guilty of genocide.”
The number of Palestinian children killed during this conflict since October 7th has been greater than the number of children killed in conflicts around the globe from 2019 to 2022 and it stands alongside the currently ongoing war in Sudan which began in April 2023, as it is also reminiscent of the killing rate since Rwanda in 1994 when comparing the total number of killed and injured civilians per day since the conflict began.
The attack on children and women of this conflict is atrocious. It should not be allowed at this time of our human history and must be stopped immediately.
On Wednesday 24th of July as Netanyahu prepared to address Congress, thousands of people gathered to protest his visit.
Please read below:
>"Over 130 Representatives and Senators decided not to attend Netanyahu’s address to Congress, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the likely Democratic nominee for President, Vice President Kamala Harris — far exceeding the 58 members of Congress who skipped his speech in 2015. As Netanyahu attempted to justify the slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, asking Congress for bipartisan support to “finish the job,” the lone Palestinian American representative in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, defiantly held up a sign that read “Guilty of genocide.”
From PalestinianSolidarityCC:
- Based on Ministry of Health data, 351 martyrs and 893 injured arrived at hospitals from July 18-24. The Lancet estimates that roughly 186,000 Gazans have died due to the ongoing genocide since Oct. 7. Resistance News Network The Lancet
- The virus which causes polio has been detected in six wastewater samples collected in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah. (ScienceInsider)
- Poliovirus is highly infectious and has a 15-30% fatality rate. Putting thousands of Gazans living in crowded displacement camps at-risk amidst an overwhelmed and destroyed health system. (Resistance News Network)
- The Israeli military is building infrastructure along the “Philadelphi Corridor” which indicates plans for a long-term occupation of the Rafah crossing. (The Cradle)
- Monday morning, Israel launched a new massacre in Khan Younis killing at least 70 and injuring more than 200.
- The attack by tanks, aircraft and artillery came minutes after the IOF ordered an evacuation of the area. Hundreds of thousands were forced to flee with nowhere to go. (Aljazeera), (The Cradle)
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