Message from USCPR

 

As Trump wages war on Iran and funds Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, Congress is deciding what to cut to pay for it. Republicans are considering cutting your healthcare to do so.   This week we have a lot of updates to share, including some real gains that your organizing made happen. We saw the largest ever vote of 40 senators to block weapons to Israel—and now we have an opening to turn up the heat on the politicians who armed Israel anyway.   Today is also Palestinian Prisoners Day, as Palestinian prisoners face the threat of Israel’s new death penalty law. We must keep fighting to demand freedom for our political prisoners and liberation for all.

Your Activist Scoop OUR GOVERNMENT'S GUILT Trump is seeking $80-100 billion in supplemental military funding for the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, a war started without congressional approval. House Republicans suggest paying for it by cutting Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which could push an estimated 300,000 more people off their healthcare coverage.1 Hours after a temporary pause in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was announced on April 8, Israel launched its deadliest attacks on Lebanon to date, killing over 350 people. Israel has now killed over 2,000 people in Lebanon since March 2.2 At the DNC's spring meeting, the resolutions committee voted against a measure calling out AIPAC for spending $14 million to influence Illinois Democratic primaries.3 On March 30, Israel passed a death penalty law that in practice would apply overwhelmingly only  to Palestinians.4