With more bombs bound for the Israeli gov’t, it’s time to send Biden an urgent message

 

IT'S TIME FOR PEACE!

 

You’ve heard these stories and others like them before: People were looking for water in Yemen, harvesting crops in Afghanistan, putting their children to bed in Rafah — simply going about their daily lives — when the bombs fell.

The latest was an Israeli military strike that killed at least 93 people sheltering in a school and mosque in Gaza City days ago. According to CNN, weapons experts have identified parts from a GBU-39, a 250-pound small-diameter precision bomb made by Boeing, among the death and debris.[1]

It’s yet another reminder the U.S. government is complicit in a horrific war and growing death toll in Gaza. Yet, the Biden administration just made a baffling decision to approve $20 BILLION in arms sales to the Israeli government.

What’s more, this doubling down comes as news breaks that Israeli PM Netanyahu is trying to upend ceasefire negotiations[2], and in the face of reports that that ceasefire is how we could avoid a devastating Iran-Israel confrontation.[3]

If you’re outraged, we need you to call on the president to change course now. Luckily, President Biden reads the local Delaware newspapers every morning, and if we take an ad out in those papers, we know he’ll see it. Even better? Since no one wants bad hometown press, these ads could make a huge, positive impact.

Weapons shipments are resuming, violence is escalating, and we need everyone across the Win Without War community with us. This ad campaign could tip the scales toward a ceasefire — and peace. Can you rush a donation today to help make sure we can get this message in front of President Biden as soon as next week? The more money we raise, the longer our ad can run.

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Too many have already died — parents, children, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, and more. The Israeli government recently issued another round of evacuation orders in Gaza, where there is nowhere left to flee, even amidst the realization from senior U.S. officials that further military action isn’t the answer.[4] That’s why the Biden administration is racing to lock in a ceasefire as quickly as possible. Sending BILLIONS of dollars worth of U.S.-made mortar and tank shells, missiles, Joint Direct Attack Munitions, F-15 fighter jets, and other weapons that will instead fuel more violence is not only perplexing, it’s wildly counterproductive.[5]

From the start, Win Without War has cleared our desks to give this crisis the attention it requires and build the space for the political solutions that open the path to sustainable peace. A crucial step continues to be a ceasefire that can end the violence in Gaza and get the remaining hostages home — and we are committed to that goal.

You can’t build peace with bombs and bullets. Diplomacy remains the only hope to avoid further catastrophic conflict, but with the crisis showing no signs of slowing, we need to find ways to work even faster. That’s where you come in.

By failing to apply the pressure necessary to save lives — sanctioning Israeli public officials for inciting settler violence and obstructing justice, conditioning offensive weapons that harm innocent people, and enforcing U.S. law to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid, and more — the U.S. government is hardly using its enormous influence. But activists like you refuse to accept this broken approach — and that’s why we know a different path is possible.

With your help, we’ll run a series of powerful ads in President Biden’s home state of Delaware, where he watches the press and often spends his weekends. Together, these ads will remind the president that the current U.S. strategy is dangerously out of touch and that he has many more tools at his disposal to secure a ceasefire capable of saving lives immediately.

You already know what’s coming next. To design and run these ads we’ve got to make sure we have the funds on hand. Chip in $15, 27, $75, or whatever you can now and help get a message President Biden can’t miss on the front page of outlets like the Wilmington News Journal.

Thank you for working for peace,

The Win Without War team

Sources

1. CNN, “Israeli strike on mosque and school in Gaza kills scores, sparking international outrage”
2. The New York Times, “Israel Was Less Flexible in Recent Gaza Cease-Fire Talks, Documents Show” (gift link)
3. Reuters, “Exclusive: Only Gaza ceasefire will delay retaliation, say Iranian officials”
4. The New York Times, “In Gaza, Israel’s Military Has Reached the End of the Line, U.S. Officials Say” (gift link)
5. Axios, “U.S. approves $20 billion in weapons sales to Israel” and Zeteo, “EXCLUSIVE: Biden Administration Sending 6,500 Munitions to Israel, Despite Ongoing Killing Of Civilians in Gaza”

 

 

 

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