WIN WITHOUT WAR: Violence is escalating in Israel & Palestine, here’s how we’re responding

 

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s July 24 speech will focus the world’s attention on DC and we need to steal that spotlight.

Inviting PM Netanyahu to speak sends a troubling signal the U.S. government approves of his most egregious actions, which include domestic corruption charges and alleged international war crimes. Just this week PM Netanyahu pushed a desperately needed ceasefire deal — the same endorsed by President Biden just weeks ago — even further away.[1]

But with your help, we’ll silence his cries for more war with resounding calls for peace. Support from activists like you has ensured that we can get our plans for ads and billboards off the ground, but we need to go further. That looks like flying in constituents like folks who work with our partner Combatants for Peace (CfP) to DC during PM Netanyahu’s visit to speak directly with decision-makers. Together, we can drown out any calls for more war.

Unfortunately, the costs of this effort are rising as we’re falling behind in fundraising. Can you help us ensure we're able to impact that can stop a war?

As congressional leadership puts the final touches on PM Netanyahu’s schedule, we need to be ready to respond with the kind of pro-peace energy only this movement is capable of. But with just a few days left in June, we’re still $9,171 short of our monthly goal. Please help close this critical gap and get as many people to DC as we can by making a donation now.

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The war in Gaza is fueling a regional inferno. At the same time the violence escalates in the West Bank, a new front of this war is also emerging on the Israel-Lebanon border.

Right now, we’re doubling down on every single strategy we’ve got to ensure the remaining hostages are returned to their families, and the violence ends immediately. But while we push for peace, hawks like PM Netanyahu are circling.

People in Israel, Palestine, and around the world deserve a lasting, sustainable peace, but more bombs and bullets won’t bring that to anyone.

PM Netanyahu typically tries to deepen political divisions, not bring people closer together. We know he’ll say whatever he thinks is necessary to keep his political career going, even at the expense of taking steps toward peace and equality in Israel and Palestine.

That’s why we’ll bring constituents, like those who work with our partner Combatants for Peace, to DC to speak out in response. CfP is a joint Palestinian-Israeli community made up of former Israeli and Palestinian fighters, refuseniks, and non-violent activists working in solidarity to end the occupation, discrimination, and oppression and are committed to co-creating a just peace.

With your support, they’ll join us to meet with congressional delegations and administration officials directly, urge them to push back against PM Netanyahu’s efforts to continue the war and further destruction in Gaza, the West Bank, and beyond, and begin building a plan for a just peace in Israel and Palestine.

We know the positive results an advocacy effort like this can bring about. In February, we brought their Israeli and Palestinian leaders to DC to speak to Capitol Hill and the White House about the need for real pressure to end the war. In the following weeks, we saw renewed energy to end the violence: Calls to condition U.S. military aid from members of Congress, administration officials speaking out in support of a ceasefire, and people at all levels pushing for peace.

With violence escalating, we need to work harder and faster once again. Can you rush a donation to help us bring more people to talk to DC decision-makers? If you’re able, please donate $16, $45, $100, or any amount to ensure we can close our June fundraising gap, cover the cost of this trip, and be ready for what comes next.

Hope is hard with such challenging headlines in the news each day. Together, we reckon with so much pain and suffering — and we also commit to building something better.

The only way for us to guarantee that nothing changes is to do nothing. So today, we remind you that none of us are in this alone, and as long as people are demanding change, there is still light and hope — and you are part of it.

Thank you for working for peace,

The Win Without War team

 1. Axios, “Netanyahu walks back proposal for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal endorsed by Biden”

 

 

 

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