Call Congress On Palestine

October 8, 2023
JFA Admin
Action Alerts, Palestine

Israel has already destroyed upward of 25,000 Palestinian homes in Gaza
At this writing, 1.7 Million Palestinians are displaced by Israeli strikes
Israel has facilitated 700,000 Israeli Jewish settlers living in 300 Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. The U.S. government and the United Nations consider these settlements to be illegal.
Israel has displaced 5.9 million Palestinians while Palestinians have not displaced any Israelis.
Israel is occupying Palestine not the other way around.
Israel has in effect, imprisoned two million Palestinians in Gaza, an area a small fraction of the size of Rhode Island as an open air prison.
UN human rights experts, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Israel’s own human rights organization B’tselem call Israel an apartheid state.
Israel has killed and injured 150,000 Palestinians including 33,000 children since 2008.

See below for special instructions for your representative. If your representative does not appear in the list below, emphasize co-sponsoring HR786 (Reps.), and calling for a ceasefire (Reps. & Senators)

Please see the list below if your congressperson has co-sponsored the ceasefire resolution 786 introduced by Cori Bush. If so, thank them.
Rep. Alma Adams D NC-12
Rep. Jamaal Bowman D NY-16
Rep. Cori Bush D MO-01
Rep. André Carson D IN-07
Rep. Greg Casar D TX-35
Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost D FL-10
Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García D IL-04
Rep. Jonathan Jackson D IL-01
Rep. Pramila Jayapal D WA-07
Rep. Barbara Lee D CA-12
Rep. Summer Lee D PA-12
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D NY-14
Rep. Ilhan Omar D MN-05
Rep. Ayanna Pressley D MA-07
Rep. Delia Ramirez D IL-03
Rep. Rashida Tlaib D MI-12
Rep. Nydia Velázquez D NY-07
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ-12

These Congresspeople have asked President Biden for several priorities. However, they haven’t requested a ceasefire, or co-sponsored the resolution. If any of them represent you, please thank them for their efforts and urge them to also ask for a ceasefire.

Letter but not a co-sponsor:
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon D PA-05
Rep. Raúl Grijalva D AZ-07
Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson D GA-04
Rep. Bennie Thompson D MS-02
Rep. Nikema Williams D GA-05
Rep. Valerie Foushee D NC-04
Rep. Sanford Bishop, Jr. D GA-02
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. D NJ-10
Rep. Joyce Beatty D OH-03
Rep. Terri Sewell D AL-07
Rep. Troy Carter D LA-02
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman D NJ-12
Rep. Valerie P. Foushee D NC-04
Rep. Lloyd Doggett D TX-37
Rep. Stephen Lynch D MA-08

Statement but no call for ceasefire:
Rep. Mark Pocan D WI-02
Rep. Joaquin Castro D TX-20
Rep. Veronica Escobar D TX-16
Rep. Betty McCollum D MN-04
Rep. James McGovern D MA-02
Rep. Maxine Waters D CA-43
Rep. Kweisi Mfume D MD-07
Rep. Al Green D TX-09
Rep. Donald Beyer D VA-08
Rep. Becca Balint D VT-AL
Rep. Gabe Vasquez D NM-02
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier D CA-10
Rep. John Garamendi D CA-08
Rep. Robert Garcia D CA-42
Rep. Jamie Raskin D MD-08
Rep. Dean Phillips D MN-03
Rep. Sara Jacobs D CA-51
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver D MO-05
Rep. Jared Huffman D CA-02
Rep. Judy Chu D CA-28
Rep. Ro Khanna D CA-17
Rep. Troy Carter D LA-02
Rep. Lloyd Doggett D TX-37
Rep. Jan Schakowsky D IL-09
Rep. Debbie Dingell D MI-06
Rep. Lauren Underwood D IL-14
Rep. Daniel Kildee D MI-08
Rep. Tony Cárdenas D CA-29
Rep. Jennifer Wexton D VA-10
Rep. Diana DeGette D CO-01
Rep. Mark Takano D CA-39
Rep. Morgan McGarvey D KY-03
Rep. Chellie Pingree D ME-01
Rep. Melanie Stansbury D NM-01
Rep. Zoe Lofgren D CA-18