U.S. taxpayers have funded 70% of Israel’s attacks

 

For more than a year, the far-right government of Israel has conducted countless war crimes against Palestinian and Lebanese civilians — and the United States gave them $22 billion in weapons and bombs to do it.

A new report found that U.S. taxpayers funded 70 percent of Israel’s attacks over the last year that have left at least 170,000 people killed or injured in Gaza and Lebanon, even though a majority of Americans support an immediate ceasefire.

The Biden administration wants to send another $20 billion worth of military aid despite clear evidence of Israel displacing millions of people, systematically destroying Gaza’s healthcare system, blocking food and medical aid from reaching those in need, burning families alive in refugee tents, and much more. To continue arming Israel while it commits genocide and ethnic cleansing would violate federal and international law.

We cannot stand by while our tax dollars fuel this carnage. That’s why Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block new shipments of U.S.-made weapons and military equipment to Israel.

Bernie is bringing his resolutions up for a vote next week, so we need to build urgent, undeniable pressure on the Senate to pass them. Sign the petition now to tell your Senators to vote yes on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block $20 billion in U.S. weapons to Israel!

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As Bernie said, “Sending more weapons is not only immoral, it is also illegal. We cannot continue to be complicit.”

This is our chance to stop the flow of weapons and bombs that Israel is using to commit horrific atrocities against humankind.

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Israel bombs refugee tent hospital in Gaza

 

The world watched in horror on Sunday as video emerged of Palestinians burning alive after Israel bombed a hospital tent camp in Gaza.¹

It's just the latest unspeakable atrocity committed with U.S. weapons and political support.

Enough is enough. We must act now to stop the slaughter.

Senator Bernie Sanders is leading the way by forcing a Senate vote to block $20 billion in arms sales to Israel.²

In the words of Waleed Shahid, a leader in the Uncommitted Movement, "The image of hospital patients, tethered to IVs as American-supplied Israeli bombs ignite fires around them in Gaza, may well stand as the defining image of this horror."³

A comprehensive new report from researchers at Brown University found that 114,000 people have been killed since the start of Israel's war on Gaza, the majority women and children.⁴

In that time, the U.S. has provided Israel $17.9 billion in military aid, including weapons, ammunition, vehicles, and bombs.⁵

And with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expanding the war by invading Lebanon and openly preparing an attack on Iran, the situation is on the verge of spiraling even further out of control.

Make no mistake: There is no way that Israel could inflict such destruction on its neighbors without the weapons and political support of the United States.

We've mobilized over 100,000 people to urge Congress and the Biden administration to use all available leverage to demand a ceasefire, and now we're turning up the heat to support Sen. Bernie Sanders's resolution to stop the $20 billion weapons sale to Israel.

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The team at Demand Progress Action

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Sources:
1. BBC, "Witnesses to Israeli strike on Gaza hospital compound saw 'so many people burning'," October 15, 2024.
2. Democracy Now, "'We Must End Our Complicity': Sanders Unveils Resolution to Block $20B in Arms Sales to Israel," September 19, 2024.
3. Common Dreams, "Palestinian Seen Burning Alive in Israeli Tent Massacre Identified," October 15, 2024.
4. Mother Jones, "Report: In One Year, More Than 100,000 Deaths in Gaza—Aided by $17.9 Billion From the US," October 8, 2024.
5. Associated Press, "US spends a record $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since last Oct. 7," October 7, 2024.

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Top News: Biden (Finally) Threatens to Halt Arms to Israel

 

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