Hi, all.
First of all, I hope you’re all hanging in there. To my Jewish readers, happy Passover. I know this is a difficult time—I’m sending hugs.
To everyone else, you’re likely not feeling much better. I send my love to you, as well. There’s so much division. Here we try to unify around common sense actions.
And I have a good one for you today.
This news comes from Semafor:
Israel hasn’t provided any evidence for its claims that employees of the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees have ties to militant groups, according to an independent review released Monday. The report follows months of turmoil at UNRWA, after Israel accused a dozen of its Gaza employees of participating in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The allegations prompted more than 15 donor countries to suspend $450 million in funding; most have restored their contributions, except the U.K., Germany, and the U.S. — the agency’s largest donor. The findings come as Israel’s attention reportedly turns back to Gaza after more than a week of tit-for-tat strikes with Iran; Israel is inching closer to an invasion of the town of Rafah, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Let’s call our reps and say:
I’m calling to urgently ask that the U.S. restore its funding to the UNRWA. I just learned that Israel hasn’t provided any evidence for its claims that employees of the agency have ties to militant groups. Most donor countries have restored their contributions. The U.S. has not. Palestinian civilians—half of whom are children—are starving. We must get them aid through all available channels. Also, the U.S. needs to shut off the weapons supply to Netanyahu until he ends the slaughter of Gazans. I’m sickened by the loss of life. It can’t continue. Thanks.
I don’t have time to turn this into a Resistbot letter tonight but if you’re not comfortable calling (remember, you can call after hours if you’re shy), you can go to your reps’ websites and send this through their “Contact Me” form.
More soon. Thanks, all.
Jess
Also - don’t want to talk on the phone use your member’s email contact form.
Thank you, Jessica. Emailed my reps.