Don't use our hard earned tax dollars for more injustice and war

Rubble in Gaza, Palestine November 2023

Dear Elected Leaders-

Our Congress gives 14.3 billion dollars to the Israeli killing machine, but our Congress aims to block funding UNWRA a humanitarian organization that is trying to help the victims of Israeli violence...  Where is your humanity!

We have proof of Israel's violence in the rubble of Gaza and the escalating death tolls of Palestinians.

We have proof that more than 4,500 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel's war on Gaza in the past month. 

We have proof that countless other Palestinian children have been orphaned and totally traumatized just in the past month by Israel's callous brutality. 

We have proof of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, and Israel's long history of demolishing Palestinian homes and lives.

But claims of UNWRA's alleged ties to HAMAS are alleged- ALLEGED- not proof of anything except the nasty character of the cruel people who spread hate and lies about a persecuted and impoverished people- the indigenous non-Jewish Arab men, women, and children of historic Palestine.

Sincerely,

Anne Selden Annab

NOTES 

"In its 35th day of attacking Gaza, Israel has: - killed 11,025 Palestinians; 4506 of them being kids. An additional 2,700 remain trapped under rubble. - destroyed 270,00 Palestinian homes; - internally displaced 1.6 out of 2.2 million people Satisfied yet, world?....  After bombing Gaza for 36 days and killing more than 11,000 Palestinians Israel has yet to achieve a single military objective - unless of course the “military objective” is to kill, traumatize and inflict as much damage as possible." Diana Buttu

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