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Friends,

In both Israel and the United States, clear majorities of both nations'
Jewish communities want a ceasefire / hostage deal. But while most of us
want the war in Gaza to end, too often it’s pro-war voices that are
grabbing the megaphone.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that current operations
have “nothing to do with legitimate war goals.” This is now a “private
political war,” and “its immediate result is the transformation of Gaza
into a humanitarian disaster.”

Retired Israeli Major General Yair Golan said last week that the war is
"not an effort to release hostages, because that was possible long ago in
a comprehensive deal […] It’s also not a campaign to topple Hamas, because
that was possible long ago by starting to build a political alternative.”

Enough. Enough of the anguish, suffering and death.

Friends: Today, we’re asking all our supporters to call their
Members of Congress and leave a clear message: Our Jewish and pro-Israel
community opposes the continuation of the war in Gaza.


* Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton: 202-225-8050

[ [link removed] ]Click here to confirm you left a message so we can track our advocacy
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Message guide:

* I’m a constituent based in [Town/City].
* I’m Jewish / Israeli-American / pro-Israel / a lifelong supporter of
Israel.
* I want you to know that I strongly oppose Netanyahu’s catastrophic war
in Gaza.
* It’s a death sentence for hostages, horrific for civilians and a moral
catastrophe for Israel.
* I want you as my senator / representative to make clear that you
oppose Netanyahu’s war as well.
* The United States should not support this horrific war in words or in
actions.

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Friends: As we said earlier this month, this war threatens to
become a defining moral failure of our time – a pain that will reverberate
through the Israeli, Palestinian and Jewish people for generations.

Netanyahu's escalation promises only more death and agony for Israeli
soldiers, the remaining hostages and their families, and innocent
Palestinian civilians.

Meanwhile, Israel now faces a long-feared “diplomatic tsunami” as key
Western allies – including Canada, the UK, France and even Germany – break
with Israel over what one diplomat described as Netanyahu’s “complete
madness.”

And Netanyahu and his far-right coalition can expect further action from
international courts as things grow worse. As Yair Golan noted, Netanyahu
is dragging Israel into becoming, “a pariah state.”

Polls show the overwhelming majority of Israelis and Jewish Americans want
a deal that ends the war and brings all the hostages home – and we have to
make sure our representatives in Congress understand that.

We have to speak out for our values. We have to end this war.

Please take a moment today to call your Members of Congress with the guide
above and [ [link removed] ]click to confirm your call here so we can track our advocacy
impact.

Thank you, sincerely, for your support.

Hannah Morris
Director of Government Affairs, J Street


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