Re: Tell Congress: Condemn Israel's attack on Jenin

Indiana, every complicit U.S. Member of Congress needs to feel the pressure on this.

As salaamu alaykum, Indiana—

Making sure you saw this opportunity to take action for Jenin. We're calling on Congress to condemn the bombing of Jenin. This frightening escalation by Israel's military is the largest such attack on a Palestinian city in decades.

With our friends at JVP Action, we've already collectively sent over 17,000 letters to Congressional offices.

And in the last 72 hours, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who immediately condemned the Jenin attack and has long advocated an end to U.S. funding of Israel's military, called on the Biden administration and fellow members of Congress to join her. 

Demand that your elected representatives condemn the horrific attack on Jenin, Indiana.

Add your voice today, and thank you for everything that you do. 

Linda

P.S. I've forwarded our original email on this from Thursday below . 

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From: Linda Sarsour, MPower Action <info@mpoweraction.org>
Date: July 6, 2023
Subject: Tell Congress: Condemn Israel's attack on Jenin

As salaamu alaykum, Indiana —

I am devastated.

What we saw this past weekend — Israel bombing Palestinians in Jenin — should spur us all to action. We're funding the bombing of a refugee camp. Let that sink in.

Those who represent us in Congress should call for accountability and to withhold military aid to Israel. At the very minimum Congress should condemn the horrific violence.

Tell Congress to condemn the Israeli invasion of Jenin.

Twelve Palestinian children and adults have been killed.¹

At least 140 were injured, some maimed for the rest of their lives.²

Thousands were displaced from their homes.³

Every U.S. Member of Congress needs to feel pressure to end U.S. funding of the Israeli military that carried out these horrors in Jenin.

Take action now!

The Jenin invasion is a frightening escalation by the Israeli military — the largest invasion of a Palestinian city in over 20 years.⁴ We should all be alarmed by it and by what could come next.

Netanyahu is being bolder than ever. And our leaders in the U.S. need to take action to stop him.

The violence isn't new — but the political context in the United States is new. U.S. sympathy for and attention to Palestinians living under occupation is at an all-time high.⁵

That's why we must pressure Congress now. They represent the people of the U.S. and the U.S. population is changing.

Please join MPower Action, and our friends at JVP Action, to demand Congress condemn Israel's attack on Jenin and act to end U.S. complicity in this nightmare.

In solidarity,
Linda and the MPower Action team

 

Sources:

1. "Israel says it's ending its largest West Bank offensive in years," NPR, July 4, 2023. 
2. "Under Fire: Report from Jenin Refugee Camp on Israel's Largest West Bank Attack in 20 Years | Democracy Now!," Democracy Now!, July 5, 2023.
3. " Gaza-Israel exchange of fire as Israeli forces complete Jenin withdrawal," BBC News, July 5, 2023.
4. "Israel attacks Jenin in biggest West Bank incursion in 20 years | Palestinian territories," The Guardian, July 3, 2023.
5. "Why sympathy for the Palestinians among Americans is shifting and at an all-time high, Business Insider, April 8, 2023. 

 

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