Update, September 20, 2021: Over 100 civil society organizations endorsed this amendment to the NDAA, including the Adalah Justice Project, Al- Haq, American Friends Service Committee, Arab American Institute, Arms Control Association, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC), Churches for Middle East Peace, Defense for Children International – Palestine, Dream Defenders, Friends Committee on National Legislation, IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, Justice Democrats, Our Revolution, Peace Action, Progressive Democrats of America, Sunrise Movement, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Win Without War, Working Families Party, and more. Full list included below.
Washington D.C. – This week, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Mark Pocan filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to block the transfer of a $735 million weapons sale between Boeing and the Israeli government. JVP Action is proud to endorse this amendment.
This sale includes the same types of bombs used by the Israeli government in its May 2021 military assault on Gaza that caused the deaths of at least 256 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injured 1,948. According to reports from the AP and The New York Times, these weapons were used in the bombing of the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza, which killed 44 Palestinians in one night – the single deadliest incident of May’s hostilities.
The NDAA amendment comes in the wake of Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Pocan, and Sen. Sanders’ historic opposition to the weapons sale in May, and is in line with the demand from over 100 civil society organizations to the Biden administration last June to halt the weapons transfer.
“Last May, the Israeli government used Boeing-made bombs to kill 44 Palestinians in one night in the neighborhood of al-Rimal, just one of the many deadly attacks during Israel’s 11-day military assault that killed 256 people. This is a massacre in which the U.S. is directly complicit. Human rights champions like Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, and Pocan are showing that they will not continue to allow the free flow of U.S. bombs to Israel. The message from House progressives is clear: The time of Israeli impunity is over.”
JVP Action Senior Government Affairs Manager, Beth Miller
Contact your representative to support the amendment here.
| National Organizations (U.S.) |
| Adalah Justice Project |
| Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association |
| Al-Awda Palestine Right to Return Coalition |
| Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine |
| American Friends Service Committee |
| American Muslim Bar Association |
| American Muslim Empowerment Network (AMEN) |
| American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee |
| Americans for Justice in Palestine Action |
| Arab American Institute (AAI) |
| Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) |
| Armenian-American Action Network |
| Arms Control Association |
| Center for Constitutional Rights |
| Center for International Policy |
| Churches for Middle East Peace |
| Defense for Children International – Palestine |
| Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) |
| Detention Watch Network |
| Disciples Palestine Israel Network |
| Dissenters |
| DSA BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group |
| Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC) |
| Episcopal Peace Fellowship-Palestine Israel Network |
| Eyewitness Palestine |
| For All |
| Friends Committee on National Legislation |
| Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and United Church of Christ |
| IfNotNow |
| Institute for Policy Studies, New Internationalism Project |
| Israel Palestine Mission Network of the PC(USA) |
| Jahalin Solidarity |
| Jewish Voice for Peace Action |
| Jewish Voice for Peace Heath Advisory Council |
| Just Foreign Policy |
| Justice Democrats |
| Muslim Delegates and Allies |
| National Lawyers Guild, International Committee |
| National Lawyers Guild, Palestine Subcommittee |
| New Generation for Palestine (NGP) Action |
| NO RIGHTS/NO AID |
| OD Action |
| On Earth Peace |
| Our Revolution |
| Palestine Advocacy Project |
| Palestine Legal |
| Palestinian American Organizations Network |
| Pax Christi USA |
| Peace Action |
| Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness |
| Presbyterian Peace Fellowship |
| Progressive Democrats of America |
| Progressive Democrats of America Middle East Alliances |
| Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice |
| RootsAction.org |
| Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) |
| Sunrise Movement |
| The Feminist Front |
| The United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society |
| Tunisian United Network |
| U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) |
| Unitarian Universalist Service Committee |
| Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East |
| United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network |
| United for Peace and Justice |
| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) |
| USA Palestine Mental Health Organization |
| Win Without War |
| Women for Weapons Trade Transparency |
| Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) |
| Working Families Party |
| Regional Organizations (U.S.) |
| Arab American Civic Council |
| Asociación Americana de Juristas |
| Chicago Faith Coalition for Middle East Peace |
| Colorado Friends of Sabeel |
| Council on American Islamic Relations Missouri chapter |
| Dream Defenders |
| ICNA CSJ – California |
| Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign (MN BBC) |
| MN BDS Community |
| NorCal Sabeel |
| Project South |
| Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights |
| Tree of Life Educational Fund |
| UUSC |
| Voices for Justice in Palestine |
| Washington Advocates for Palestinian Rights |
| Local Organizations (U.S.) |
| Arab American Civic Council |
| Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine |
| Corvallis Palestine Solidarity |
| Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights |
| Friends of Sabeel Colorado |
| Human Rights Awareness: Palestine Israel/CD3-IP |
| Jewish Voice For Peace – Westchester |
| Jewish Voice for Peace – Central Ohio |
| Jewish Voice for Peace – Sacramento |
| Jewish Voice for Peace – Tucson chapter |
| Jewish Voice for Peace – Greater Los Angeles |
| Jewish Voice for Peace – Twin Cities |
| Massachusetts Peace Action |
| Northfielders (MN) for Justice in Palestine/Israel |
| Progressive Peace Coalition |
| Sacramento Democrats for Justice in Palestine |
| SE MN Alliance of Peacemakers |
| The Freedom BLOC |
| Vermonters for Justice in Palestine |
| Virginia Coalition for Human Rights |
| Palestine-based Organizations |
| Al-Haq |
| Al Mezan Center for Human Rights |
| Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center |
| Unitarian Universalists Justicefor Middle East (UUJME) |
| International Organizations |
| Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) |
| Friends of Wadi Foquin |
| Grassroots Global Justice Alliance |
| International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) |
| Middle East Children’s Alliance |
| Reformed Church in America |
| Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network |
| SSND |