ACTION ALERT: On 10/30/24, JVP Buffalo will deliver its petition calling on the WNY Congressional delegation to STOP ARMING ISRAEL
Join JVP and allies like The Christian Peace Collective in this important effort!
The below information is copied from the JVP Buffalo post here.
ACTION ALERT: On 10/30/24, JVP Buffalo will deliver its petition calling on the WNY Congressional delegation to STOP ARMING ISRAEL. Join us outside 726 Exchange Street at 3PM.
For the first time in U.S. history, there will be a vote in Congress to block weapons to Israel. Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, and Jeff Merkley have introduced Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop a $20 billion weapons shipment approved by the Biden administration.
JVP Buffalo has collected hundreds of signatures on its petition. We have faxed these signatures throughout the month and now we will deliver them in person.
If you are in Western NY, sign our petition at bit.ly/STOPTHEBOMBS
The Israeli military has massacred over 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and has now begun carrying out massacres and mass forced displacement in Lebanon. The Israeli government is bringing the entire region to the brink of full-blown war. The grief, sorrow, and pain is endless. And it is funded and enabled by the Biden administration, which continues to arm the Israeli government. Congress must intervene.
International law prohibits the targeting of civilians or the holding of civilian hostages. That was true when Hamas attacked Israeli civilians on October 7th. We must apply that same standard to the Israeli military as it subjects a captive population in Gaza to repeated aerial bombardment while withholding humanitarian aid and using famine as a weapon of war.
Congress must intervene to end the United States’ complicity in Israel’s human rights violations and Netanyahu’s “forever war.” Stop sending the Israeli military more weapons. Millions of lives depend on it. The U.S. must focus on a political solution and de-escalation, not fuel violence by sending the Israeli military more weapons in violation of international humanitarian and U.S law.