Next week, Senator Bernie Sanders plans to file resolutions to block over $20 billion in offensive U.S. weaponry sales to Israel. “There is no longer any doubt that Netanyahu’s extremist government is in clear violation of U.S. and international law as it wages a barbaric war against the Palestinian people in Gaza,” said Sanders in announcing his efforts to block the arms sales. “Out of a population of 2.2 million, over 43,000 Palestinians have been killed and 102,000 injured – sixty percent of whom are women, children, or elderly people. Israel has destroyed 70 percent of the housing in Gaza, the civilian infrastructure, the health care system, and hundreds of schools. It has bombed every one of Gaza’s 12 universities.”
Your voice can make a difference! The National Labor Network for Ceasefire, of which UE is a founding member, has put together an online tool you can use to send a message to your senators to urge them to cosponsor and support Bernie's resolutions. A sample message is provided for you to send. You can use it as is, modify it, or write your own. Your message will be delivered automatically.