URGENT! Help Pass Resolution to Save Lives in Gaza
Ensure our taxpayer dollars aren’t being used to commit violations of international law against civilians.
Days have turned into a year — we’ve watched in devastation as tens of thousands of people have been killed, families ripped apart, hostages taken into captivity, and lives upended amid the ongoing violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.
This toolkit provides guidance for Amnesty members and supporters to take action in supporting our calls.
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JOIN THE CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE
Send a letter to Congress and President Biden urging them to demand an immediate ceasefire to prevent further loss of civilian lives.
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DEMAND A STOP TO WEAPONS TRANSFER
Tell President Biden and Congress to immediately suspend weapons transfers to the Israeli government.
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Engage with your elected officials
Drop off Amnesty research and materials at the District offices of your Members of Congress.
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Call the White House comment line
Urge President Biden to:
- Suspend all weapons sales transfers to the Israeli government
- Use all leverage to bring about an immediate and permanent ceasefire
- Demand unfettered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip
Call (281) 572-5571
The phone line is open Tuesday-Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm ET.
Amnesty is calling on President Joe Biden to:
- Immediately suspend the direct and indirect supply, sale, or transfer to the Israeli government of all weapons, munitions, and other military and security equipment. We ask that the U.S. government commit to implementing the administration’s own policies and U.S. law regarding human rights and civilian harm reduction and to abide by international law.
- Use all leverage to effectuate an immediate and permanent ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel to prevent further loss of civilian lives, enable the safe return of remaining hostages, and ensure access to life-saving aid for people in Gaza amidst an unprecedented human-made humanitarian catastrophe.
- Demand the lifting of all restrictions on delivery of urgent humanitarian aid, including fuel, food and medical supplies, to the Gaza Strip in sufficient quantities to meet the dire needs of the civilian population, and urge the Israeli government to immediately restore Gaza’s supply of electricity, water, fuel, and food and rescind its unlawful evacuation orders;
- Demand that Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza release all civilian hostages unconditionally and immediately and treat all those being held captive humanely, including by providing medical treatment, pending their release.
- Call on the Israeli government to lift the unlawful 16-year air, land, and sea blockade on Gaza.
- Support the International Criminal Court in urgently expediting its ongoing investigation into evidence of war crimes and other crimes under international law.
- Call on the Israeli government to end its unlawful occupation of Palestine and to dismantle its apartheid system imposed on all Palestinians.