Rafah Tent Massacre

Take action NOW. Gaza needs you.

As salaamu alaykum, Indiana Jones—

I will never un-see the video of a man holding the dead, headless body of a small child after Israel's bombs struck the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah. 

On May 26, Israel killed at least 45 Palestinians — reportedly mostly women and children — and injured over 250 people in this "humanitarian safe zone" a mile from UN offices.  

The world is outraged. But where's Biden? Where is his red line? 

Tell Congress: Stop arming Israel's genocide. 

Just 48 hours before this atrocity, the highest United Nations Court — the International Court of Justice (ICJ) — ordered Israel to stop the bombing of Rafah immediately.¹

Instead of abiding by international law and the ICJ's order, Israel bombed a "humanitarian safe zone."

If you have not seen or read about the Tent Massacre in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, please read about it from a reputable news source. Then read about it again. 

Because your children will one day ask you what you did after the Tent Massacre of Rafah. 

Our children, because all children are our children, are being massacred by Israel. It has to end. 

Tell Congress: Permanent Ceasefire Now.

I am tired. I am devastated. And I am outraged. But we need to stay focused. We need to take action. We need our voices to be heard. Tell Biden, Congress, your neighbor… everyone needs to hear from us until this genocide is over. 

I don't have a lot of words right now. I am full of grief and pain. I did not believe that I would live through something as horrific as this in my lifetime. 

But I do know that what we do in response to this horror is what separates us from the silent facilitators of genocide and those who end it.

Take action with us: Permanent Ceasefire NOW!

There will be a reckoning someday. And we will remember the things we did witnessing genocide. 

Thank you for everything you do.

In solidarity,

Linda and the team at MPower Action

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Source:

1. "Isolated Israel argues U.N. court ruling leaves door open to Rafah offensive," NBC News, May 27, 2024.

MPower Action is the political and lobbying arm of MPower Change, a grassroots movement of diverse Muslim communities working together to build social, spiritual, racial, and economic justice for all people.

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