Tell Congress: Cosponsor the Block the Bombs Bill

Representative Ramirez has introduced a bill to block sales of bombs, bomb guidance kits, and explosive shells to the Israeli government. These are some of the weapons most implicated in atrocities in Gaza. The United States should not be arming the Netanyahu government as it starves Palestinian civilians in Gaza to death. The risk of the Israeli government using these weapons to commit war crimes is too high for the sales to continue.

In the last two years, the Israeli military has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, and President Trump has only accelerated weapons sales. Thousands more are dying from starvation and disease caused by Israeli government restrictions on humanitarian aid and attacks on vital medical, water, and sanitation infrastructure.

The United States has provided or financed tens of thousands of lethal weapons used in this military campaign, including the bombs that have made Gaza all but unlivable. In light of consistent violations of international and U.S. law and policy, the Trump administration must suspend arms transfers.

If the Trump administration fails to uphold the law, then Congress must block these sales of weapons to the Israeli government.

Call your member of Congress today and tell them #BlockThe Bombs: Congress needs to step up and take action to stop sending weapons to Israel.

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Your call script:

Call the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121 to demand your elected representatives ensure accountability for US arms sales:

My name is _____ and I am a constituent from ______. I’m calling to urge Rep. _____ cosponsor Congresswoman Ramirez’s Block the Bombs bill, H.R. 3565.

The Netanyahu government is starving civilians and killing them with American-made weapons. Manmade famine is killing Palestinian children in Gaza every day. The situation for civilians in Gaza has never been worse. Sending more arms to Israel is against US and international law, and we have to uphold the law by blocking the sale of bombs to Israel.

The United States must not be complicit in the deaths of more Palestinian civilians.

Please ask Rep. _______ to cosponsor H.R. 3565.