Because of our testimonies of integrity and equality and our commitment to peaceful resolution to conflicts, Quakers from Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas call on our US government to end American complicity in genocide as defined by the  international Genocide Convention. We know that many of our elected officials support the Trump and Netanyahu administrations’ actions. To be silent in these horrific times is to be complicit in genocide ourselves.

We call on our president, senators and representatives to follow, rather than violate, US and international law by:

• Ensuring the immediate delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza and cease  providing the equipment, materials, and supplies that are used in the support of the genocide. 

• Condemning US and Israeli statements and actions relating to ethnically cleansing Gaza of Palestinians as we do for any people anywhere. 

We also denounce the Trump administration’s tactic of supporting the genocide by punishing Americans, students and others for their speech critical of the genocide. 

We therefore call on our president, senators and representatives to:

• Stop all attempts to cancel visas and deport people whose only supposed crime is their speech, whether expressed orally, in writing, or through non-violent protest.

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