Thursday, October 19, 5:00 PM EDT

Over 2 million Palestinian people trapped in Gaza are living through genocide in real time, as Israel bombs and starves them. Your solidarity is vital.

Israel's total bombardment of Gaza is directly funded by the U.S. government, with a blank check for $3.8 billion/year in U.S. military funding to Israel. Now, the U.S. is promising to send more weapons and military funding for genocide. Congress must stop arming Israel.

TAKE ACTION: Call your members of Congress. It's extremely important to hold them accountable now.

In Massachusetts, call Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Ed Markey, and your House member. (Who's my House member? - Elections Division (state.ma.us) )

Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

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 deescalate, 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 deescalate, 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.

When you've made your calls, write us and let us know what response you got.

MAPA will hold an Actionar for Gaza, Thursday, Oct 19 at 5pm. We'll discuss the situation and what can be done, then call our members of Congress.

Sign up to participate: Meeting Registration - Zoom