American institutions called in an open letter to President Joe Biden, prior to his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Washington, today, Thursday, to adopt the Palestinian demands.
A joint statement by the American institutions called on President Biden to adopt the basic Palestinian demands for justice, and to demand the Israeli government to end its ongoing and systematic violations against Palestinian rights.
He urged an end to the siege imposed on Gaza, and an immediate end to the ongoing ethnic cleansing and forced eviction of hundreds of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in Jerusalem.
"The Palestinians have suffered and resisted Israeli ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and the crimes of apartheid since the establishment of Israel," the statement read.
He argued that the United States enabled these policies by sending billions of dollars in unconditional military funding, and by regularly protecting Israel from accountability in the international arena.
American institutions called on President Biden to condemn and take measures to end diplomatic support and military funding for the Israeli government and its ongoing and systematic violations of Palestinian human rights, including restrictions on freedom of movement; extrajudicial killings; home demolitions, abuse and torture of children in military court systems; illegal annexation of land; stealing water and other natural resources; And the suffocating blockade of Gaza and the deadly and repeated military attacks on the Palestinians there.
“Without pressure and demands for accountability from the United States, including cutting military funding to the Israeli government, and imposing sanctions, the Israeli government will continue to violate the rights of Palestinians, while our tax money should be invested in life-affirming policies like housing and health care, not harming communities,” she said. all over the world".
The statement was signed by: Adalah, Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Americans for Justice in Palestine, Arab Center for Organization and Resources, Eyewitness Organization, If Not Now, Jewish Voices for Peace, South Asian Americans, and the American Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace and Missionary Network of the Presbyterian Church.
