Pax Christi USA urges our members and supporters to contact your senators as soon as possible to urge their support of the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRD) opposing over $20 billion in new US weapons transfers to Israel.
Pax Christi USA is an endorser of the Joint Resolution of Disapproval Days of Action, November 10-24, organized by PeaceAction.
>>Use this link to sign this petition to Congress: “We urge you to support Sen. Sanders’s resolution to stop the $20 billion weapons sale to Israel. It’s a crucial and necessary step to end the war on Gaza.”
From the PeaceAction website: The Israeli government has received over 50,000 tons of weapons and military equipment from the US since October 2023. As we’ve watched in horror, these weapons have been used to slaughter and displace tens of thousands of Palestinians, and to uphold a brutal siege that is now starving children across Gaza.
The Biden administration has recently notified Congress of its intent to authorize another $22.6 billion massive new arms sale to the Israeli government, including billions of dollars in the same kinds of weapons that have already killed tens of thousands of people in Gaza.
The potential for US complicity in even more violence and suffering couldn’t be higher. The most recent arms packages announced include:
- $18.8 billion for 50 F-15 fighter jets and related equipment
- $774 million for 32,739 120mm tank cartridges
- $61 million for 50,000 high-explosive mortar cartridges
- $262 million for 6,500 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs)
The world has looked on in horror at the US-supported genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza for over a year, and recently, regional escalation of the conflict has metastasized. Millions have protested worldwide, but action is still needed. Although a majority of the public supports an end to US weapons transfers to Israel, Congress and the Administration have not acted to use US leverage to end the slaughter.
Congress has the legal power to block this madness. Using a tool called a “Congressional Joint Resolution of Disapproval,” Congress can block some or all of these deadly weapons from pouring into the war in Gaza.
In the coming weeks, the United States Senate will hold an unprecedented vote on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and supported by Sens. Welch (D-VT), Merkley (D-OR), and Schatz (D-HI), to stop this new US weapons transfers to Israel. During these National Days of Action, concerned individuals and organizations are mobilizing to say, “Enough is enough. Stop arming genocide!”
Links to the text of the resolutions:
>>Use this link to go to the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)’s website for more information on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval
>>Use this link to find the phone number for your senators’ offices.
Thanks, Pax Christi , for reminding us to support the JRD,s submitted by Senator Sanders of Vermont. It’s so easy and effortless to do. I simply told Senators Cornyn and Cruz, both of Texas, that the killing of the children and women, especially, of Gaza with our satanic artifacts is making me sick.
David-Ross Gerling, PhD
This is a big reason why Kamila Harris lost the election. She was hobbled by being Vice President. We really never knew how she felt about the ongoing Mideast tragedies. I don’t hear the pundits mention this. Trump will cozy up to Netanyahu as his chaotic term begins.
Other coalitions will enter the picture and an extended War can ensue. Somehow good people haven’t been paying attention soon enough. A spiritual solution is needed and we must provide it.