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National Day of Action Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza
January 25, 2024
Wisconsin groups join others worldwide in demanding action from American politicians who seem complicit in Gaza’s nightmare.
According to a tracker from Working Families.org, as of January 22, 2024, at least 65 members of Congress have called for a ceasefire or cessation of hostilities in Israel and Palestine, none of which are from Wisconsin.
There is a national day of Action calling for a ceasefire on Friday, Jan. 26. Here in Wisconsin, Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, World Beyond War Madison, Building Unity, and Jewish Voice for Peace-Madison will be organizing at the state capitol in Madison from 11 am - 1 pm with a press conference at noon. Among other things, they will be joining together in support of the lawsuit against the Biden Administration for its complicity in genocide. Per this Intercept article, 77 groups worldwide back the lawsuit against Biden in the U.S. Court.
According to an AP News report on December 29, 2023, for the second time, the Biden Administration bypassed Congress on an emergency determination to cover $147.5 million for the sale of equipment Israel needed to make more weapons of war.
Now, the US Senate is set to vote on the Biden administration's request for ANOTHER $14 BILLION of weapons for Israel. Imagine the things our country could do with those billions of dollars in peaceful ways that would allow people to live?! Wisconsin groups are imploring Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson to vote NO on more weapons. Members of Congress are being asked to divest us from militarism and call for a permanent ceasefire and an end to the occupation of Palestine.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are women committed to being peacemakers; women who believe, as citizens of a democracy, that it is our responsibility to add our voice to the public discourse. “We are women who believe our nation spends too much on making war possible and far too little on creating and empowering just societies in the world.” These are words from the CSA’s Statement of Belief on Peace & Nonviolence.
While the complexity of this historical conflict over the holy land in these areas is great, one thing is for certain...war is not the answer and all human lives should matter.
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