GAZA EMERGENCY: Call Congress Now!
We’re asking you to take action like you never have before. As Palestinian people in Gaza live through genocide in real time, everything you can possibly do at this critical moment infinitely matters. Start by calling Congress.
Time is running out in Gaza. Israel is completely closing off and suffocating the Gaza Strip. No fuel. No water. No food. No Internet. Nowhere to escape. The healthcare system is on the verge of total collapse and the power on the verge of total blackout under constant bombings.
It’s absolutely vital that your members of Congress hear from you now. Congress is planning to send more weapons and military funding to Israel for genocide, on top of a $3.8 billion/year blank check.
These billions directly fuel violence: Israel’s horrific bombings in Gaza, massacring 1,500 Palestinian people and counting.
The U.S. government is using your tax dollars to fund genocide.
Take three minutes to raise the alarm now! Tell your members of Congress to #StopArmingIsrael and stop the Gaza genocide.
Fill in your information on the call tool form, and then click “Call me” to get connected to your representatives. Read the call script out loud for all three offices.
Each and every phone call matters. Your members of Congress record the calls they get on every topic, so if we push hard together all at once, they’ll be forced to hear our voices.
Call now. Call every hour. Organize a whole group to call together.
Email/text this post to all your friends, and send it to all your group chats. Post this call tool on on social media using this language and these graphics.
SAMPLE TWEET:
Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel horrifically bombs and starves them. #GazaUnderAttack
TAKE ACTION NOW: Call Congress and tell them to #StopArmingIsrael.
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Thank you for sounding the alarm at this critical moment.
CALL CONGRESS NOW:
Just in case you run into any technical difficulties, we’ve also pasted the call script below. If you have any trouble getting connected to your reps, you can also find their phone numbers by entering your address here.
SCRIPT 1 FOR SENATORS:
My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I’m a constituent of [SENATOR’S NAME]. I’m calling about Palestine and Israel. The senator must take immediate steps to de-escalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. Any more military funding to Israel will further fuel violence by actively arming the Israeli government. This is a genocide. The senator must take action now to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel’s violence.
SCRIPT 2 FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [YOUR FIRST & LAST NAME], and I’m a constituent of [REPRESENTATIVE’S NAME]. I’m calling about Palestine and Israel. The representative must take immediate steps to de-escalate, by calling for a ceasefire, pressuring Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, and refusing to send any additional weapons or funding to the Israeli military. I urge the representative to vote “no” on the resolution introduced by Reps. Meeks and McCaul, which will further fuel violence by actively arming the Israeli government. This is a genocide. The representative must take action now to stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza and end all U.S. complicity in Israel’s violence.
P.S. Now’s the time to mobilize for immediate action! Find a protest near you, and then join us Tuesday, Oct. 17 for our “How to Take Action During the Gaza Genocide” webinar (time and details to be confirmed).
