"The members of Congress who signed this letter are making it clear that we must hold the Israeli government accountable for its blatant violations of Palestinians' rights."More than a dozen House Democrats on Tuesday implored the Biden administration to immediately do everything in its power to prevent Israeli forces from destroying additional Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.
Although Palestinians in Masafer Yatta have been living under the threat of violent expulsion by the Israeli military for decades, a final ruling by the Israeli High Court on May 4 greenlit what Jewish Voice for Peace Action In the four weeks since the court handed down its decision in the decadeslong case, evictions and home demolitions have already started to take place—"yet another example," said JVP Action,"of ongoing ethnic cleansing by the Israeli government.
Immediately send the strongest diplomatic message possible to Israel not to expel the indigenous Palestinian residents of villages of Masafer Yatta ; If Israel proceeds with its plans to forcibly displace the indigenous Palestinian residents, the State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Israel should immediately, pursuant to the oversight and accountability required by the Leahy Law and the Arms Export and Controls Act, send observers to document the mass transfer, including details of the military units involved in these operations and the use of any U.S. weapons.
JVP action is one of 65 civil society organizations that have endorsed the letter. Other supporters include American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Just Foreign Policy, and Win Without War.