NP Joins Civil Society Organizations to halt $2.8 billion arms transfer to Israel
Estimados miembros del Congreso:
We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to publicly oppose the Trump administration’s proposed $2.8 billion arms transfer to Israel. If it is formally notified to Congress, we urge you to swiftly advance a joint resolution of disapproval to block the transfer.
Earlier this month, Congress was informally notified that the Trump administration planned to deliver forty thousand 2,000-lb. general purpose bombs (including 20,000 MK-84 bombs and 20,000 BLU-117 bombs) and twenty thousand 2,000-lb. I-2000 penetrator warheads (so-called “bunker buster” bombs) to the Israeli government. The Israeli government has used these bombs to devastating effect in the occupied Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Recognizing this, ranking members of the foreign affairs committees have placed holds on the transfers. Earlier this year, the Trump administration abused emergency authorities to bypass congressional review for a separate arms transfer package, blowing past an established committee hold.
These continued arms transfers to the Israeli government are in violation of international law and US law, which includes restrictions on arms transfers to countries engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights or that restrict the delivery of US humanitarian assistance. Should the Trump administration proceed with a formal notification of these proposed transfers, Congress will have 15 days under the Arms Export Control Act to enact a Joint Resolution of Disapproval (JRD) to block the sale.
In Gaza, investigations identificado hundreds of massive craters caused by Israeli use of 2,000-lb. bombs in populated areas, including areas designated “safe” for civilians. In May 2024, the Biden administration paused the delivery of 2,000-lb. bombs to Israel over concerns about mass civilian casualties, a decision the Trump administration later reversed. Israeli military actions in Gaza have resulted in the killing of over 73,000 Palestinians, the injury of more than 174,000, and the decimation of Gaza’s hospitales, escuelas, Infraestructura crítica, y vivienda residencial, including in apparent war crimes y crímenes contra la humanidad. A UN Commission of Inquiry and leading human rights y humanitarian organizations have concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Nearly one year into the so-called “ceasefire,” Israeli ataques against civilians and severe restrictions on humanitarian aid continue.
In Lebanon, Israel has usado 2,000-lb. bombs in populated areas including the densely populated city of Beirut, killing scores of civilians. Israeli military actions in Lebanon have resulted in the killing of nearly 9,000 people and the injury of over 30,000, including healthcare workers and journalists. They have also destruido critical infrastructure; and desplazado over a million people. According to human rights organizations, Israeli attacks in Lebanon have incluido aparente violaciones of international humanitarian law, including war crimes.
Beyond fueling further catastrophic harm, proceeding with this sale would also send a signal of US support for Israeli abuses and civilian harm across Irán, Líbano, the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Siria, y Yemen.
We urge you to make clear your opposition to this proposed sale, support the foreign affairs committees’ current holds on the transfers, and swiftly enact a JRD to block the sale when formally notified. Failing to do so would amount to a blank check for further catastrophic harm and human rights violations.
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Acerca de Face: Veteranos contra la guerra
La Alianza para la Diplomacia y la Justicia
American Committee for Middle East Rights (ACMER)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
Amnistía Internacional Estados Unidos
A New Policy
Asociación de Control de Armas
Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security
Christians for a Free Palestine, Catholic Caucus
Iglesia de los Hermanos, Oficina de Políticas y Consolidación de la Paz
Centro para Civiles en Conflicto (CIVIC)
Centro de Derechos Constitucionales
Centro para la promoción de políticas internacionales
Defending Rights & Dissent
Centro para la no violencia judía
Centro para víctimas de la tortura
DefensaComún.us
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
Exigir progreso
Democracia para el mundo árabe ahora (DAWN)
La Iglesia Episcopal
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América (ELCA)
Comité de Amigos sobre Legislación Nacional
Los derechos humanos primero
Observador de derechos humanos
Movimiento Si No Ahora
Institute for Policy Studies – New Internationalism Project
Jewish Voice for Peace
Política exterior justa
HuMENA por los derechos humanos y el compromiso cívico
Proyecto de políticas de IMEU
Oficina Maryknoll para Asuntos Globales
Alianza de niños de Oriente Medio
Proyecto de paz de Minnesota
Fondo de acción para el cambio MPower
Nonviolent Peaceforce
The Oakland Institute
Oxfam América
Palestine Justice Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Pax Christi Estados Unidos
Acción de paz
Iglesia Presbiteriana (EE.UU.), Oficina de Testimonio Público
Instituto Quincy para el arte de gobernar responsable
Repensar la política exterior
Acción de raíces
Mundo más seguro
11 de septiembre Familias por un mañana pacífico
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Justice Team
SolidarityINFOService
El Instituto Tahrir para la Política de Oriente Medio (TIMEP)
Metodistas Unidos por la Respuesta Kairos (UMKR)
Unidos por la paz y la justicia
US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action
West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions
ganar sin guerra
Mujeres por la transparencia del comercio de armas