Mon March 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

No Arms to Israel! Power Hour

by National Iranian American Council (NIAC) & Massachusetts Peace Action

NIAC (National Iranian American Council), Peace Action and hopefully other organizations will host an Action Hour/Power Hour to rally support for Senator Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to stop $8.8 billion in new US weapons transfers to Israel. We’ll have a brief description of the JRDs, then get on the phone to call our US Senators. Please plan to join us and invite others.

Background: Sen. Sanders announced that he will force a vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval against specific weapons transfers to Israel, probably April 2-4.

“Next week, the Senate will vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (S.J.Res.26 and S.J.Res.33) to block $8.8 billion of weapons to Israel, including:

* 35,529 MK 84 or BLU-117 General Purpose bomb bodies; and 4,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads (all are varieties of 2,000-pound bombs), valued at $2.04 billion.

* 2,166 GBU–39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs); 2,800 MK 82 General Purpose 500-pound bombs; 17,479 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits; and 17,475 FMU–152 A/B bomb fuzes

These weapons have all been used by Israel to commit apparent war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. With Israel having broken the ceasefire on March 17 by unleashing massive genocidal violence which has killed nearly 800 Palestinians since then, it’s more important than ever to ensure that we block weapons deliveries to Israel.

Please join us, and if you can’t, call your senators at 202.224.3121

To register: No Arms to Israel! Power Hour – Massachusetts Peace Action