To: President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
Time for Benjamin Netanyahu to Step Down
We cannot forget the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and must recognize them as the ultimate culprits that directly instigated this conflict to take place in the first place-to the detriment of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
We also cannot excuse the decades-long path leading up to this very moment. As Frontline PBS, 60 Minutes, CNN, The Times of Israel, and other outlets have reported, PM Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership also got us to this very path. And his plan right now will only worsen the crisis we now face in the Middle East.
There could have been peace between Israel & Palestine through the 1995 Oslo Accords and the dialogue promoted by the United States under President Clinton. However, the power greedy Netanyahu did not want it. His vocal and rather extreme opposition foiled any Middle East peace negotiations over the years and decades-and culminated in the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and 1995; and ongoing turmoil across the Middle East.
While failing to pursue peace, Netanyahu allowed the West Banks to be exploited, further promoting violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. He sought to splinter the Palestinian people by bolstering Hamas, the radical terrorist group that seeks to destroy Israel. Despite the warnings of his own government officials, he allowed Qatar to funnel money to Hamas for their purposes in Gaza.
And his judicial reforms and domestic turmoil ranging from protests and military desertions, to corruption, laid the weaknesses that Hamas exploited on October 7-failing to protect his people as he long proclaimed he would with his hard line stances.
Now, after scores of dead Israeli citizens & hostages, Palestinian civilians, and even IDF soldiers, Netanyahu wants to continue another year of endless bloodshed. While many Hamas leaders are no longer in Gaza today, Netanyahu still wants to wage war for his own political self-preservation; instead of focusing on the key military objectives at hand.
Between all of this, along with the refusal to seek peace with a 2-State Solution, and widespread disapproval from Israelis & Palestinians alike, it is time for Benjamin Netanyahu to step down from power.
Sign this petition, and tell your congressional delegations (and the White House if necessary), to call for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's well-deserved resignation.
We also cannot excuse the decades-long path leading up to this very moment. As Frontline PBS, 60 Minutes, CNN, The Times of Israel, and other outlets have reported, PM Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership also got us to this very path. And his plan right now will only worsen the crisis we now face in the Middle East.
There could have been peace between Israel & Palestine through the 1995 Oslo Accords and the dialogue promoted by the United States under President Clinton. However, the power greedy Netanyahu did not want it. His vocal and rather extreme opposition foiled any Middle East peace negotiations over the years and decades-and culminated in the assassination of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and 1995; and ongoing turmoil across the Middle East.
While failing to pursue peace, Netanyahu allowed the West Banks to be exploited, further promoting violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. He sought to splinter the Palestinian people by bolstering Hamas, the radical terrorist group that seeks to destroy Israel. Despite the warnings of his own government officials, he allowed Qatar to funnel money to Hamas for their purposes in Gaza.
And his judicial reforms and domestic turmoil ranging from protests and military desertions, to corruption, laid the weaknesses that Hamas exploited on October 7-failing to protect his people as he long proclaimed he would with his hard line stances.
Now, after scores of dead Israeli citizens & hostages, Palestinian civilians, and even IDF soldiers, Netanyahu wants to continue another year of endless bloodshed. While many Hamas leaders are no longer in Gaza today, Netanyahu still wants to wage war for his own political self-preservation; instead of focusing on the key military objectives at hand.
Between all of this, along with the refusal to seek peace with a 2-State Solution, and widespread disapproval from Israelis & Palestinians alike, it is time for Benjamin Netanyahu to step down from power.
Sign this petition, and tell your congressional delegations (and the White House if necessary), to call for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's well-deserved resignation.
Why is this important?
As a global society, we must stand for the human rights of all people; including those in Israel and Palestine alike.