@ my USA people you don’t know how to protest or perhaps you don’t have the opportunity to be vocal about your opposition to apartheid and genocide? until may 25th, call your congressmen and your senators, email them, write to them relentlessly every day as much as possible to stop this arm sale. from what i’ve gathered from this article it may be nonbinding but this is a call from Lara @ gazangirl on instagram, an international lawyer who’s been trying day in and day out to mobilise people behind the palestinian cause and who’s been heavily and systematically censored by instagram. it’s an opportunity to do something useful and make your stance heard. encourage ppl around u to do the same and raise hell against the biden administration to let them know you won’t stand for your money being used to participate in the occupation and ethnic cleansing in occupied palestine, the open-air prison of gaza included. PLEASE.
the reason why you have until may 25th is because the congress was notified on MAY 5th of this weapons sale, effectively starting the 20-day period to object to it. time is of the essence.
Genuine question, though I don’t know if this is the right place to ask. How would I go about doing this? Do I call my representatives from both the Senate and House and say something like:
“Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [MY TOWN]. I’m calling because I oppose the Biden administration’s weapons sale to Israel. I urge [REPRESENTATIVE] to oppose the weapons sale to Israel. Congress must block this sale in order to meaningfully protect the lives of the population of Palestine.”
Does that work or would I have to be more specific?
Hi, here are some pointers to add to what you wrote:
1. Start by addressing the representative by name
2. Mention the crime of apartheid committed by Israel
3. Mention the attack on press freedom that occured when Israel levelled the building hosting the Associated Press and Al Jazeera as an attempt to censor fact-based reporting in Gaza
4. Mention that your tax-payer money is being used to massacre civilians with 200 civilians, including whole families
5. End with a call to action: “I urge you to make a stand against the sale of weapons to Israel and bring an end to the massacre of innocents, including women and children as young as one year old”
I’m not a pro but I’m sure there are a lot of examples online so don’t hesitate to look on google for some inspiration. And thank you for doing this!!