NATIONAL DAYS OF ACTION
TELL CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION
“STOP ARMING GENOCIDE!”

SUPPORT THE JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF DISAPPROVAL (JRD) OPPOSING OVER $20 BILLION IN NEW U.S. WEAPONS TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL

November 10 – 24, 2024

Organizations may endorse the National Days of Action here.

The Israeli government has received over 50,000 tons of weapons and military equipment from the U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S.-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 U.S. 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 U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and supported by Senators Welch (D-VT), Merkley (D-OR), and Schatz (D-HI), to stop this new U.S. weapons transfers to Israel. During the National Days of Action, just after the U.S. elections, concerned individuals and organizations will mobilize to say, “Enough is enough. Stop Arming Genocide!”

LINKS TO THE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTIONS:
S.J.Res. 111 | S.J.Res. 112 | S.J.Res. 113 | S.J.Res. 114 | S.J.Res 115 | S.J.Res. 116

Activities in the National Days of Action include:

➡️ Virtual kick-off rally, to be announced soon

➡️ Armistice/Veterans Day actions and statements of support – November 11

➡️ Congressional Briefing on the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, November 12, sign up here.

➡️ Campus organizing – protests, vigils, teach-ins

➡️ Congressional pressure – action alerts, call-in and email campaigns to Members of Congress. Sign up for action alerts from Peace Action here.
For our most recent action alert on the JRD’s click here.

➡️ Friends Committee on National Legislation’s Capitol Hill Lobby Day – November 14

➡️ Local groups conduct lobby meetings with Members of Congress in-district or Washington, and/or conduct protests, vigils, sit-ins

➡️ Protests at weapons manufacturers earning profits from genocide

➡️ Release of state level coalition sign on letters urging senators to support the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval

➡️ Media and social media focus in support of the Joint Resolution of Disapproval – “Stop Arming Genocide!”

Other activities to be announced soon!!!

Endorsing Organizations:
Action Corps, American Friends Service Committee, Baltimore Non-Violence Center, Bay Area Divest, Cedar Lane UU Environmental Justice Ministry, CODEPINK, Courageous Educational Services, LLC, DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now), Earthcare Not Warfare, Franciscan Justice Circle Mid-Hudson Valley NY, Friends of Sabeel North America, Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace, Hampshire College Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, IMEU Policy Project, Jewish Voice For Peace Action, Jewish Voice For Peace Bay Area, Jewish Voice For Peace Los Angeles, Jewish Voice For Peace Sacramento, Maine Green Independent Party, Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action, Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA), Minnesota Peace Project, MPower Change Action Fund, Muslim Civic Coalition, Muslim Delegates and Allies Corporation, National Iranian American Council NY Chapter, New Hampshire Peace Action, New York Progressive Action Network, New York State Council of Churches, Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace, Pax Christi USA, Pax Christi Hudson Valley NY, Pax Christi Maine, Peace Action Maine, Peace Action of Michigan, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action of San Mateo County, Peace Action WI, Peace and Justice Coalition of Prince Georges County Maryland, Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW!, The Peacemakers Network, PeaceWorks, Poor Peoples Campaign, Progressive Democrats of America – Central New Mexico, ReThinking Foreign Policy, RootsAction.org, SAG-AFTRA & Sister Guild Members for Ceasefire, Southeastern MA Coalition for a Free Palestine, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston, Shoresh – Anti-Zionist Israelis in the US, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Institue Justice Team, Students for Justice In Palestine, Canoga Park High School Chapter, Syracuse Peace Council, Teachers Against Genocide, Triade Veterans For Peace Coalition, Unitarian Universalists For Justice in the Middle East, United For Peace and Justice, United Methodists for Kairos Response, US Campaign For Palestinian Rights, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapter 61, Virginia Coalition for Human Rights, West Suburban Peace Coalition, Western States Legal Foundation, Women for Weapons Trade Transparency, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Triangle Branch, Woori Juntos, World BEYOND War, Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, 99 Coalition