At least 57 Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza as Israel’s punishing blockade of food, water, and other critical aid to the besieged enclave stretches into its third month amid relentless bombardment.
Gaza’s Government Media Office said on Saturday that most of the victims were children, as well as the sick and elderly, condemning the “continued use of food by the Israeli occupation as a weapon of war” and urging the international community to exert pressure on Israel to reopen the borders and allow in aid.
Pressure your local government to act against Israel’s genocide through sanctions and military support for Palestine. Write your representatives, turn out to protests, help your local political party that aligns with your goals.
My state law actually prevents any company from working with/for the government if they boycott Israel. Let’s say I’m a government worker who needs to hire a contractor for a project. This contractor is not a government employee. But if this contractor boycotts Israel then I, as a government employee, am not legally allowed to choose them for the project; I have to find a contractor who doesn’t boycott Israel.
It’s literally enshrined in state law, so local governments can’t overrule it even if they wanted to.
It’s insane that we have laws forcing us to work with and not criticize a particular foreign sovereign state. It’s literal madness, like it breaks my brain lol.
Pressure and protest them all the same. To repeal that law is just an additional goal.
Laws can be changed. We need to pressure our state legislatures in removing these bullshit laws.