Take action to stop genocide in Gaza

Imagine the agony of freezing to death or the horror of starving to death slowly while being crushed beneath tons of rubble from bombed out buildings. Imagine seeing your child incinerated before your eyes.

Imagine relentless drones, jets, and quad-copters circling above your head 24 hours/day. Imagine fighter jets, tanks, missiles and bulldozers bombing, burying, and blasting you, your family and your neighbors ceaselessly. Imagine no hospitals, food, water, heat, electricity. Imagine no place to hide.

No need to imagine. This describes Gaza as Israel exterminates and cleanses Palestinians from their homeland.

I have a hard time wishing you a “Happy New Year” while genocide is being perpetrated by the Zionist entity called Israel with the full support and encouragement of our government. Over $17 billion of your tax dollars have gone to Israel in the last year alone. Sadly, our elected officials are bought off or intimidated by the powerful Israeli lobby (AIPAC) to place Israel’s interests above the interests of the American people.

If any of this bothers you, maybe it’s time to call the White House: 202-456-1111, or Congressman Pat Ryan: 202-225-5614, and say, “No U.S. weapons or money to fund Israeli genocide.”

Although my heart is broken, I still pray that 2025 will bring an end to the genocide in Gaza, and that this year will bring peace and justice to Palestine, as well as to all oppressed beings around the........

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