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Nearly 300 Bernie Sanders Alumni Call On Senator to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza
“Many of us, your former staff, share your Jewish heritage,” the letter said. “Our pain and sorrow at the losses on October 7 will not be weaponized.”
“Many of us, your former staff, share your Jewish heritage,” the letter said. “Our pain and sorrow at the losses on October 7 will not be weaponized.”
The bipartisan effort spearheaded by Reps. Jim McGovern and Thomas Massie follows another led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib last spring.
“It is not too late to change your stance and stand on the righteous side of history,” 16 former campaign staffers wrote in an open letter.
With tensions exploding over Gaza on campuses across the country, NYU Law student Ryna Workman lost their position as student body president and a job offer.
Progressives hope the resolution, which comes after Israel has killed nearly 3,000 Palestinians, will create an opening for other members to follow suit.
More than 100 former J Street staffers and campus activists blasted the group’s push for a hawkish Israel resolution that ignores Palestinians.
Once a “pro-peace” Israel lobby alternative, J Street is pushing a hawkish resolution on Israel that ignores Palestinian civilians.
The domestic policing comes amid reports of harassment against Muslims and Palestinians around the country.
In a Democratic caucus meeting on Israel–Gaza violence, Gottheimer made a disparaging remark about Muslim clergy, sources said.
Periods of Israeli–Palestinian violence have regularly resulted in the corporate suppression of Palestinian social media users.