STATEMENT: One Year of Resisting Genocide
Today marks one year since Israel began its current ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, unleashing the most horrific forms of violence to eliminate Palestinian life. And it marks one year of worldwide resistance to stop the genocide. All on top of 76+ years of Zionist settler colonialism and Palestinian resistance.
At least tens of thousands—and more likely based on latest estimates, hundreds of thousands—of Palestinian people have been killed by Israel since October 2023, whether through direct massacres or through deliberate genocidal conditions such as starvation and healthcare destruction (The Lancet, The Guardian). Israel has completely wiped out over 900 Palestinian bloodlines, murdering every last family member.
Our martyrs are not numbers. Every Palestinian life is precious.
We grieve each person stolen from us, ripped away from their loved ones by Israel’s genocidal violence.
Six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli soldiers while trapped in a car with her murdered family, and the paramedics who went to rescue her, Yousef Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun. Palestinian professor, journalist, and poet Refaat Alareer, who Israel assassinated along with his brother, sister, and sister’s children.
And thousands upon thousands more martyrs whose stories we do not know due to Israel’s communications blackout and total destruction.
Today we mourn and we resist in solidarity with the steadfast Palestinian people, who refuse to submit or die quietly.
As we rise up, Israel is unleashing a total rampage of death and destruction, mass murdering families in Palestine and Lebanon and expanding into the wider region. This scale of massive violence is only possible because of the U.S. government’s active participation. The Biden-Harris administration has sent tens of thousands of bombs and billions in military funding to arm Israel this past year.
This is genocide committed with U.S. weapons, paid with our U.S. tax dollars, and backed by our U.S. government. The same government that has abandoned us without resources in the face of climate disasters like Hurricane Helene.
We owe Palestinian people in Gaza our endurance. This is why we will keep fighting—for as long as it takes. We must fight with all our strength to disrupt the U.S. genocide machine, until the U.S. government stops arming Israel and Palestine is free.
Thank you for being in this fight. We will not back down, we will not break, and we will live to see a free Palestine.
Take action now using our Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit, newly updated with the latest action steps and resources on our USCPR website.
