Tuesday May 6th, Training session: 10:45-11:30, Rayburn House Building (45 Independence Ave. SW), Cafeteria / Lobbying: 11:30-2:30 / Lunch: 2:30-3:15 / Press conference: 3:30-4:00 (Location TBA- register for updates)
Lobby Day and Press Conference
Join Christians for Ceasefire and Just Peace responding to the American Christian Leaders for Israel who will be lobbying Congress that same day.
Around 200 members of the American Christian Leaders for Israel will be calling on our government to continue its unconditional support of Israeli government policies, particularly the trajectory to annex the West Bank and Gaza from the Palestinian people, including Palestinian Christians.In response, Christians 4 Ceasefire and Just Peace will be staging our own lobbying event, presenting a Christian witness that challenges such de-humanizing and unjust plans of annexation, as well as the corresponding ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza. Our lobbying day will conclude with a press conference.
Additional actions & information:
2) Sign and share this Christian leader letter vs. forced displacement: A response to another Christian letter arguing for support of annexation.
3) Israeli Soldiers film themselves destroying Gaza; Israeli soldier Refuser Solidarity Network is growing.
4) Georgetown University Students vote to divest from companies supporting the Israeli military.
5) Lift the blockade on Gaza: See Trump’s statement he made on Air Force One saying he pushed Netanyahu on this. This is an opportunity to push members, including Republicans, to make a statement or do private outreach to the Admin and the Israelis calling for unfettered access.