Veterans To Biden: US Law Says No Weapons To Nations With A-Bombs That Haven't Signed Non-Proliferation Treaty
In a letter today to President Biden and top members of his administration, Veterans For Peace cited existing federal law that gives the President “…no discretion whatsoever to allow any military assistance of any form to be delivered to Israel READ MORE
Active Duty Airman On Hunger Strike for the Starving Children of Gaza
Hebert said, “I was deeply touched when I saw that Aaron Bushnell took his own life at the Israeli Embassy for the people of Gaza and knew that I had to raise my voice in opposition to the U.S. government supplying Israel the bombs and rockets to commit genocide in Gaza." Read Press Release
Press coverage:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/2/hunger_strike
Veterans For Peace statement about Aaron Bushnell protesting to the death
Aaron Bushnell just couldn’t take any more. He couldn’t bear to see any more people eviscerated and incinerated by American bombs dropped by Israelis on innocent Palestinians. So, in his Air Force uniform, he walked determinedly to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire. <Full Statement>
Veterans Demand Termination of Weapons to Israel
In a letter to the Inspector General of the U.S. State Department, Veterans For Peace demanded the State Department terminate weapons shipments to Israel and called on the Inspector General to investigate alleged criminal acts by senior Biden administration officials in violation of U.S. law, including ratified treaties, which are the supreme law of the land. <Full Statement>
Ralph Nader describes VFP's letter to U.S. State Dept. READ HERE
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Kathy Kelly Breaks Down U.S. Assistance of Israeli War Crimes
Israel Is Assaulting Hospitals in Gaza with Full U.S. Support
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