USPC Action Alert
Stop the genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Over 23,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombardment. Israel’s war on Gaza has displaced over 1.8 million Palestinians, who are now living under severe, inhumane conditions.
South Africa built a genocidal case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) through well-documented, damming evidence. South Africa’s claims were supported by many countries.
The Biden administration is complicit in the genocide of the Palestinians by providing military, economic, and political support to the far-right government in Israel. The Biden administration has gone a step further by claiming there is no evidence of war crimes or genocide in Gaza per Blinken’s statements (such as naming the genocidal case “meritless”), renaming the South African genocidal case.
The AP reported that an Israeli government ministry has drafted a wartime proposal to transfer the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.3 million people to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. This has raised the alarm with the UN about Israel’s call to “mass-transfer” Palestinians from Gaza.
The NPR reported that the two far-right ministers, Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich called for the "voluntary migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza and endorsed the construction of Israeli settlements in the Gaza strip. Israeli forces "cannot withdraw from any territory—we are in the Gaza Strip," Ben-Gvir, Israel's national security minister, told reports earlier this month. "Not only do I not rule out Jewish settlement there, but I believe it is also an important thing."
The expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and/or the establishment of Israeli settlements within the Gaza strip is unacceptable. The Biden administration has called such rhetoric “inflammatory and irresponsible,” and Vice President Harris has stated that “under no circumstances will the United States permit the forced relocation of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank, the besiegement of Gaza, or the redrawing of the borders of Gaza.” Still, these comments have done little to curb the far-right.
It is key that Congress make it clear that the United States will not allow the forced displacement of Palestinians and cause another tantamount war by uprooting the Palestinians. This is why we support the letter that is being circulated by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD). The letter commends the Biden-Harris administration’s strong opposition to the forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza and urges the administration to continue to reiterate the United States’ firm commitment to this position.
Any forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza would only exacerbate the trauma and pain Palestinian civilians in Gaza are already experiencing because of 17 years of siege and this war. The expulsion would cause more regional tension and conflict in the Middle East for decades to come. Israel does not need to become entangled in yet another prolonged occupation, which would take us, the United States, further into the Middle East conflict and complicit in another Palestinian Nakba uprooting. Enough is enough!
Look up your local representatives and act now