Send a letter urging support for Israel!

Readers of theAspenbeat:

A number of concerned citizens are circulating letters to politicians urging them to stand by Israel in this perilous time. I invite you to cut and paste the letter into your own letter, and to invite your friends and family to do the same. This post tells you how.

As revealed in the most recent Harvard Harris poll, Americans overwhelmingly: 1) support Israel in its war with Hamas (79%); 2) believe Israel is trying to minimize casualties (66%); and 3) oppose a ceasefire unless all hostages are released and Hamas is removed from power (63%).

However, the vocal minority is very coordinated and they’re speaking loudly in correspondence to national leaders, in violent protests targeting Jews, and on college campuses. It is imperative that the silent bipartisan majority in America speak now so that the vocal minority can’t unduly influence US policy. This email provides three ways for you to make your voice heard. Please copy the letter below or write your own version and send it to President Biden and Congressional leaders now. This should be easy with the links provided below.

To send the letter to the White House, you can copy and paste it at this link. Note there is a 2000-character limit for this WH link.  

To send the letter to your congressional representative, click here to find their contact links. For senators, click here.

Email the letter to Gabriel Barnett, the White House Jewish Liaison at Gabriel.r.Barnett@who.eop.gov. 

P.S Please forward this email to maximize the impact of our collective voices.

COPY AND PASTE THIS LETTER BELOW TO ENCOURAGE U.S. LEADERS TO STAND WITH ISRAEL AND AGAINST TERRORISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM NOW

I’m writing to urge you to strengthen your rhetorical and material support for Israel as it fights to end Hamas rule in Gaza, free all hostages, and stop the terror campaign of Iran-backed proxies.

Allowing Hamas’s unconditional cease fire resolution to pass the U.N. Security Council sent the wrong message resulting in more terror, as does blaming Israel for the misery of Gazans who deserve freedom - from Hamas.

April 7th marks 6 months since Hamas brutally massacred, tortured, raped and
kidnapped innocent people in Israel. Meanwhile, attacks on Israelis from within and
beyond its borders continue, as does the torture and rape of female hostages.

Please remind the world of Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorists who’ve
threatened to repeat Oct 7th “until Israel is annihilated,” of its obligation to secure the
freedom of all hostages, and it’s Herculean efforts - at great human cost to itself - to
ensure humanitarian aid reaches suffering civilians amid a war Hamas started and
perpetuates. 

Israel took responsibility for the accidental deaths of aid workers in Gaza. But it’s unfair to hold Israel to a higher standard than even the US holds itself in wartime.
As unfair narratives fuel the “genocide in Gaza” libel stoking more Jew-hatred and
inciting violent protestors who target Jews, please speak with more moral clarity about
Hamas, meaning:

*stop citing Hamas’s unverifiable death toll which fuels antisemitism. Hamas
can’t verify 134 hostages, why give credibility to their casualty count?

* condemn Hamas’s self-documented genocidal butchery on October 7 th and its founding charter which explicitly commits to obliterating Israel.

* denounce Hamas’s callous disregard of Palestinian civilians that they use as
human shields who’ve also been killed by their own failed rocket launches.

* hold Hamas accountable for the theft of humanitarian aid meant for Gazans.

Your leadership and moral clarity are urgently needed.

Thank you.

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