On September 8, Rep. Danny Davis from Chicago became the third Member of Congress to issue a public statement calling for an end to the blockade of Gaza, joining Reps. Keith Ellison and Barbara Lee. The Davis statement came as a result of grassroots engagement led by the Chicago-based Committee for Just Peace in Israel…
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that the Israeli government is seizing nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land for another massive settlement project. The Israeli group Peace Now has called it the largest land grab in 30 years. Urge President Obama and Members of Congress to heed J Street’s call to say that Israeli…
In response to Israel’s recent announcement declaring nearly 1,000 acres of land in the West Bank “state land” with the intention of expanding settlements in the Etzion bloc, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki issued the following statement: We are deeply concerned about the declaration of a large area as ‘state land’ to be used for…
The Gaza ceasefire has collapsed. Hostilities have resumed; three Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, including a woman and a young girl. The key sticking point in the ceasefire talks has been the Israeli government’s unwillingness to agree to end the blockade on Gaza’s civilian population, even if the Palestinian Authority and European monitors are…
On July 29, Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Keith Ellison did something unique for a Member of Congress: he wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for an end to the economic blockade on the 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza. As of this writing, only Representative Barbara Lee has joined Representative Ellison among Members of…
Organizers estimated 50,000 protesters marched on Washington to demand an end to US support of Israel’s operation in Gaza on August 2, 2014. On Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators from across the country descended on Washington, DC, to call for an end to US support for Israel’s latest military operation in Gaza. The demonstration…
Just Foreign Policy, along with our partners at Gaza’s Ark and the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition, have called for a daily 15 minute twitter storm at 12 noon eastern time until the Cairo talks end with an agreement to lift the siege of Gaza. Here’s how to participate: Be on Twitter at noon Eastern US…
Secretary of State John Kerry is coming under fire in Israel for trying to broker a ceasefire in Gaza that addresses the humanitarian and economic situation created by Israel and Egypt’s seven year-old blockade. Let Kerry know that you have his back against the Israeli onslaught by tweeting your support. We have set up some…
The following is a message from Abir Elzowidi to Just Foreign Policy supporters. My name is Abir Elzowidi. I work in Los Angeles for a small NGO called “Oasis of Peace” promoting peaceful co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians, Christians, Muslims and Jews. A few days ago, five members of my family—including two small children—were killed…
International solidarity activists, including American journalist Joe Catron, are acting as “human shields” to prevent the Israeli military from bombing Wafa Hospital in Gaza. Urge President Obama and your representatives in Congress to demand that Israel refrain from bombing Wafa Hospital and other medical facilities in Gaza protected by international humanitarian law by signing our…