📢 Starvation should not be used as a weapon. We can stop a famine from happening.
If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity ― Albert Einstein
📢 Starvation should not be used as a weapon. We can stop a famine from happening.
Now is the time for all good people to stand up against all forms of hatred and bigotry.
When I reach out to all of you on Substack on various subjects like the Israel/Hamas war, gun safety reform, abortion access, and more-I get some pretty heated responses, and people unsubscribe. I'm okay with that, as today's headline says, "If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity" ― Albert Einstein. I also suspect many people agree with us speaking "truth to power" as our group has grown exponentially.
I understand it is difficult to talk or moderate subjects, so many disagree. But we have to have courage. We have to be brave and seek out resolutions to our differences. I believe many of the differences we see around the world today are because we have become isolated and tribal.
We must double down on our commitment to freeing the oppressed. We can not stop advocating for a free Palestine (or Ukraine, for that matter), and we can not stop advocating for freeing the Israeli hostages or stop denouncing the killing of innocent people in Israel, Palestine, and all places where evil has taken root.
Every day the United States funds and arms Israel without accountability is another day our nation is complicit in the deaths of thousands of innocent women and children in Gaza. Millions are facing starvation in Gaza. We can not look away.Â
Let's also acknowledge that Israel has absolutely the right to defend their borders and seek out the Hamas terrorists who killed and kidnapped their citizens. Israel has no right to commit human rights abuses or war crimes.Â
Because no progress has been made on returning the hostages to Israel, and there is a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza with a famine happening, we are calling for conditioning aid, a cease-fire and a pathway to a two-state solution. On the Senate floor this week, leader Schumer made this statement:
But the bitter reality is that a single state controlled by Israel, which they advocate, guarantees certain war forever, and further isolation of the Jewish community in the world to the extent that its future would be jeopardized.
There can be no question that xenophobia, islamophobia, and antisemitism can not be tolerated ever. Hatred and terrorism should find no welcome in any community. We must roll up our sleeves and work to make change happen.Â
I hope you will join us in taking action (see below).
Why? Because Americans and Progressives don't quit. People who want world peace and better for our community (with healthcare, education, housing, civil rights, gun safety reforms, environmental justice, and more), we don't quit.Â
People Power United's Calls-to-Action
If you only do one please do this one: Click here to sign a petition to Congress to condition aid to Israel, push for a cease-fire, and support a two-state solution. Then call them (202) 224-3121 and leave them a message
Click here to sign the petition to stop a famine in Gaza
Click here to sign the petition to members of Congress to support a cease-fire
Thanks for taking action!
People Power United's previous work on this issue
We are calling for a cease-fire and a pathway to a two-state solution
People Power sends a letter to the President condemning the recent United Nations Vote
We can not be blinded or silent with what is happening in Israel and Palestine right now
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