04.21.24Love4PalestineActionPage

LOVE FOR PALESTINE ACTION PAGE

Here are links to resources and sample templates for you to contact elected officials and corporations:

Contact your congressional representatives and call for a cease fire (AFSC):

https://afsc.org/action/call-cease-fire-and-humanitarian-access-gaza-now

Before you dial: Check to see if your Senators and Representative have already called for a ceasefire using the tracker JVP Action has built in collaboration with the Working Families Party.

https://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/

Find your elected officials here:

https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Demands (options):

Permanent ceasefire
Release of hostages
Release of mass imprisonment of Palestinians
Stop genocide
Stop withholding food, water, medicine
Stop funding genocide and supplying bombs
Support/facilitate a just and equitable peace
End the Occupation

Sample script:

My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], I'm a [CONSTITUENT / SUPPORTER] of [SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE NAME], and I’m calling/writing about Palestine and Israel.

[YOUR KIND GREETING]

For Representatives: [REPRESENTATIVE NAME] must publicly call for a ceasefire, pressure Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, and vote NO on sending more weapons for this war. A “humanitarian pause” is not good enough. They should cosponsor the ceasefire resolution, House Resolution 786, introduced by Representatives Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib.

For Senators: [SENATOR NAME] must publicly call for a ceasefire, pressure Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza, and vote NO on sending more weapons for this war. A “humanitarian pause” is not good enough. They should introduce a Senate Resolution calling for a ceasefire, similar to the one in the House.

I am passionate about this because…