Support Jim McDermott and Keith Ellison's

Letter to President Obama About the Israeli Blockade of Gaza

TAKE ACTION!
 
We are approaching the one-year anniversary of Israel's three-week assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, which reportedly killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, injured and displaced thousands more, and caused billions of dollars of damage to Palestinian civilian infrastructure.

Before Congress goes on its winter recess, scheduled for Friday, December 18, Representatives Jim McDermott and Keith Ellison are seeking signatures on a "Dear Colleague" letter to President Obama. This letter states that Israel's blockade of Gaza is a "de facto collective punishment" leading to the "unabated suffering of Gazan civilians". Click here to read letter.

Representatives Jim Moran and Bob Inglis are seeking signatures on a "Dear Colleague" letter to Secretary of State Clinton, urging her to "press the Israeli government to end the ban on students travel from Gaza to the West Bank". Click here to read letter.

Please Call today and ask your Representative to sign the McDermott/Ellison "Support Improvements in Gaza Humanitarian Conditions" letter, and the Moran/Inglis "Support Higher Education Opportunities for Gazan Students in the West Bank" letter.  Call the House switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be transferred to your Representative, or find out who your Member of Congress is by clicking here.  Please ask your Representative to sign these two "Dear Colleague" letters in support of the human rights of the Palestinian people.

These letters will close for signatures this week, so please call now.  Find out who your Member of Congress is by clicking here.

While supporting these letters, it is also important to continue to advocate for an end to Israel's blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip, an illegal act of collective punishment.
 
Don't forget to call TODAY and ask your Representative to sign these two "Dear Colleague" letters.