It’s happened again.
On Saturday, Israel bombed a World Central Kitchen vehicle delivering aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza, killing three aid workers as well as two bystanders who had rushed to the scene to help.1
This comes after Israel killed 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers in an April bombing. The killings have once again forced the organization to pause lifesaving food deliveries to Gaza, where famine has become widespread amid the 14-month Israeli siege.2
It’s time for the U.S. to stop supporting Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing slaughter in Gaza and demand an immediate ceasefire.
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The U.N. reports that 345,000 people in Gaza are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.3 The World Food Programme reports that only 20% of the basic food assistance is reaching the 1.1 million people who depend on the U.N. agency for survival.4
On October 13, the Biden administration gave the Israeli government 30 days to “surge all forms of humanitarian assistance throughout Gaza,” or else further U.S. weapons shipments could be blocked.5 Israel responded by throttling humanitarian aid to the lowest level in months, but the White House has not taken any action to hold Israel accountable.6
The good news is that opposition to Netanyahu’s war on Gaza is growing. Last week, 19 U.S. Senators voted to halt a series of arms sales to Israel as part of an effort led by Bernie Sanders to stop the killing in Gaza.7
Now, after yet another World Central Kitchen bombing, there’s even more pressure on the Biden administration to stop sending arms to Israel.
In the words of Bernie Sanders, Israel must “stop murdering innocent people.”8 And the U.S. should not provide one more nickel of military aid for Netanyahu’s war on the people of Gaza.
With gratitude,
The team at Demand Progress Action
Sources:
1. BBC, “Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike,” November 30, 2024.
2. The New York Times, “José Andrés Eulogizes 7 Aid Workers Killed in Gaza,” May 1, 2024.
3. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (26 November 2024),” November 26, 2024.
4. UN World Food Programme, “WFP Sounds Alarm: Urgent Action Needed as Food Insecurity in Gaza Reaches Critical Levels,” October 29, 2024.
5. Common Dreams, “Biden (Finally) Threatens to Halt Arms to Israel Over Gaza Carnage,” October 15, 2024.
6. The Guardian, “Aid to Gaza falls to lowest level in 11 months despite US ultimatum to Israel,” November 11, 2024.
7. Mother Jones, “Bernie Sanders’ Push to Limit Arms Sales to Israel Failed. But It Shows Dems Are Shifting.,” November 21, 2024.
8. Bernie Sanders YouTube, “Israel: Stop Murdering Innocent People,” April 2, 2024. 
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