{"id":29419,"date":"2023-10-27T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=29419"},"modified":"2023-10-27T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:42:13","slug":"ceasefire-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/27\/ceasefire-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceasefire Now!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ceasefire now.\u00a0<\/strong>In the wake of the horrific Hamas murders and kidnappings on October 7th, the state of Israel launched attacks causing ghastly suffering for the people of Gaza. This is an intentional violation of international law that clearly prohibits collective retribution of this kind.. A spokesperson for the Israeli military nevertheless declared \u201cthe emphasis [of our Gaza campaign] is on damage rather than on precision.\u201d\u00a0To date, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have engaged in an intense and indiscriminate bombing campaign that has killed over 5,000 inhabitants of Gaza, nearly half of whom are children.<\/a><\/strong> Nearly half of the housing units in Gaza have been destroyed. Hospitals, mosques, churches, bakeries, apartment complexes – buildings full of people – have been reduced to rubble. The suffering is immense and ongoing.Tell Congress Pass the\u00a0Ceasefire Now Resolution TODAY<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
The Biden Administration has offered virtually unconditional support for Israel\u2019s military operations, despite occasional ineffective declarations about humanitarian aid and the need to minimize civilian casualties. Congress – both Republicans and Democrats – have largely gone along, backing proposed  increases in financial and material support for Israel despite IDF actions that violate international human rights standards against collective punishment. There cannot be double standards for international law or human rights. We cannot allow atrocity to justify atrocity. We condemn the brutal and inhumane attacks by Hamas, just as we condemn the collective punishment inflicted upon the people of Gaza. We mourn for all the victims, insist that all hostages be released, and insist on the principle that ALL human lives have value. Around the world the call for an immediate ceasefire is gaining momentum. From London to Los Angeles, Sydney Australia, Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia – Yemen, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Jordan, millions of people have taken to the streets to call for an immediate end to the violence, and to address the longstanding demands of the Palestinian people for national liberation and end to the occupation. The Biden Administration, and our Congress must not give Israel a blank check to conduct violence against the people of Gaza and the occupied West Bank.<\/strong><\/a>We are asking members of Congress to sign the Bush and Tlaib Ceasefire Now Resolution \u2013calling for an immediate ceasefire and resumption of life saving humanitarian aid to Gaza. Will you please send a message to your member of Congress asking them to co-sponsor this bill? <\/strong><\/a>Ceasefire Now<\/a>In Solidarity,
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Ceasefire now.\u00a0In the wake of the horrific Hamas murders and kidnappings on October 7th, the state of Israel launched attacks causing ghastly suffering for the people of Gaza. This is an intentional violation of international law that clearly prohibits collective retribution of this kind.. A spokesperson for the Israeli military… Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1290],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29421,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29419\/revisions\/29421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}