No Weapons For Israel
The Israeli government and many of its U.S. supporters tried everything they could to
defeat President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Fortunately, they failed and peace and diplomacy won!
But now Congress and the Obama administration plan to reward Israel by authorizing the transfer of “massive
ordnance penetrators” and other advanced weaponry that it can use to attack Iran. If Israel bombs Iran,
then there’s a good chance that the U.S. will be dragged into another
war.
And the U.S. is prepared to sign a new 10-year deal to give Israel—one of the largest weapons exporters in the world—as much as $45 billion more in U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons. Israel routinely uses these weapons to injure and kill Palestinian civilians and destroy their homes, agriculture and infrastructure, in violation of U.S. law.
We just avoided a potential war with Iran. Why would we now give Israel weapons it needs to start a war with Iran and more weapons to continue oppressing the Palestinians?
Sign the petition to President Obama and tell him #NoWeapons4Israel.
And the U.S. is prepared to sign a new 10-year deal to give Israel—one of the largest weapons exporters in the world—as much as $45 billion more in U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons. Israel routinely uses these weapons to injure and kill Palestinian civilians and destroy their homes, agriculture and infrastructure, in violation of U.S. law.
We just avoided a potential war with Iran. Why would we now give Israel weapons it needs to start a war with Iran and more weapons to continue oppressing the Palestinians?
Sign the petition to President Obama and tell him #NoWeapons4Israel.
Dear President Obama,
The United States should not reward Israel with more weapons after Israel and its lobby, AIPAC, attempted to scuttle your administration’s nuclear deal with Iran. The transfer of “massive ordnance penetrators” and other advanced weaponry increases the likelihood of a unilateral Israeli attack against Iran. And a new 10-year deal to provide Israel with up to $45 billion in more US taxpayer-funded weapons will deepen US complicity in Israel’s human rights abuses of Palestinians, in violation of the Arms Export Control and Foreign Assistance Acts. We just avoided a potential war with Iran. Do not give Israel weapons that it can use to start a war with Iran and more weapons to continue oppressing the Palestinians.
This petition is sponsored by Grassroots International, WarIsACrime.org,
World Beyond War, Code Pink, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee,
Jewish Voice for Peace, U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation,
RootsAction.org, American Muslims for Palestine,
and Defense for Children International Palestine.
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Get more background information:
"Israel Seeks Surge in US Security Support: Eyes Up to $45B Through 2028," Barbara Opall-Rome, Defense News, May 24, 2015
"Cardin, the Iran Deal, and the Future of Plan B," Jim Lobe, LobeLog, September 3, 2015 Text of U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding, August 2007
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