{"id":38846,"date":"2025-01-17T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=38846"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:12:09","slug":"write-to-congress-block-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/write-to-congress-block-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Write to Congress: Block $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/letters\/photos\/000\/303\/673\/original\/Gaza_MC_Banners_(1).png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Updated 1.17.2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/groups\/adalah-justice-project\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/groups\/photos\/000\/199\/309\/thumb\/AJP_Red_Logo.png\" alt=\"Ajp_red_logo\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week&#8217;s long-awaited ceasefire announcement offers a moment to breathe, to celebrate, to grieve, to process, and to prepare for what\u2019s ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, we know that the only path to a permanent ceasefire is to end the flow of arms to Israel. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congress has a limited opportunity to review and potentially block a *new* $8 billion arms sale with Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Write to your members of Congress now to demand they:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Publicly oppose and vote to block the $8 billion weapons sale to Israel<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support an IMMEDIATE arms embargo to halt all U.S. weapons transfers and military funding<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support measures to restore humanitarian aid through UNRWA to end mass starvation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This email tool will identify your representatives in Congress and allow you to send a personalized letter to them with a few clicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated 1.17.2024 Last week&#8217;s long-awaited ceasefire announcement offers a moment to breathe, to celebrate, to grieve, to process, and to prepare for what\u2019s ahead. However, we know that the only path to a permanent ceasefire is to end the flow of arms to Israel. &nbsp; Congress has a limited opportunity&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/write-to-congress-block-8-billion-arms-sale-to-israel\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38846"}],"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=38846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38847,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38846\/revisions\/38847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}