Peace Action Coalition conjoins hundreds of organizations to put pressure on US government for continuing to arm Israel in genocidal military campaigns in Middle East
Submitted by Peace Action
The Israeli government has received over 50,000 tons of weapons and military equipment from the U.S. since October 2023. As we’ve watched in horror, these weapons have been used to slaughter and displace tens of thousands of Palestinians, and to uphold a brutal siege that is now starving children across Gaza.
The Biden administration has recently notified Congress of its intent to authorize another $22.6 billion massive new arms sale to the Israeli government, including billions of dollars in the same kinds of weapons that have already killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza.
The potential for U.S. complicity in even more violence and suffering couldn’t be higher. The most recent arms packages announced include:
⚡️ $18.8 billion for 50 F-15 fighter jets and related equipment
⚡️ $774 million for 32,739 120mm tank cartridges
⚡️ $61 million for 50,000 high-explosive mortar cartridges
⚡️ $262 million for 6,500 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)
The world has looked on in horror at the U.S.-supported genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza for over a year, and recently, regional escalation of the conflict has metastasized. Millions have protested worldwide, but action is still needed. Although a majority of the public supports an end to US weapons transfers to Israel, Congress and the Administration have not acted to use U.S. leverage to end the slaughter.
Congress has the legal power to block this madness. Using a tool called a ‘Congressional Joint Resolution of Disapproval,’ Congress can block some or all of these deadly weapons from pouring into the war in Gaza.
In the coming weeks, the United States Senate will hold an unprecedented vote on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, introduced by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and supported by Senators Welch (D-VT), Merkley (D-OR), and Schatz (D-HI), to stop this new U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. During the National Days of Action, just after the U.S. elections, concerned individuals and organizations will mobilize to say, “Enough is enough. Stop Arming Genocide!”
