We, the undersigned, demand the following:
1) President Biden must call out Israel’s discriminatory treatment and harassment of American citizens of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim backgrounds at the borders it controls. This mistreatment has already been documented by our own State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. President Biden must demand an end to this discrimination, and make clear that Israel will never join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program so long as these ugly practices continue.
2) President Biden must demand meaningful accountability for the Israeli military’s killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. This includes complying with Congress’s demands for a thorough and independent investigation that results in a report Congress can examine, and also for the prosecution of the killers for this crime. Earlier this month, there was data released that proves that Americans overwhelmingly support an investigation.
3) President Biden must demand an end to Israel’s escalating violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. In the past month alone, the Israeli military, police, and settlers have been on a rampage, where invading Israeli soldiers literally scared to death Rayan Suleiman, a 7-year-old who suffered heart failure as a result. Mohammad Fadi Nouri was shot in the stomach on the outskirts of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and died on Thursday, October 20th (a month after he was shot). “Almost 40 Palestinian children have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories and in many incidents.”
Israeli settlers, often with army protection, have been attacking Palestinians and damaging their property. Two weeks ago in Hawara, settlers attacked Palestinians, injuring 53, and reportedly set fire to olive trees and vehicles. Israel has besieged the Palestinian refugee camp Shuafat, along with surrounding neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, trapping more than 100,000 Palestinians in their homes and preventing them from going to school, work, and hospitals. President Biden must make clear that this violence is unacceptable.
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