RESOLUTION 2024-03: Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza and Ending the Palestinian Genocide

Whereas, the preliminary findings of the International Court of Justice have documented actions by Israeli national leaders that constitute criminal behavior up to the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people;

Whereas, Veterans for Peace (VFP) is deeply disturbed by the disproportionate destruction in Gaza, the mass starvation, withholding of aid, and collective punishment of Palestinians, including the expansion of illegal settlements and racist state terror violence in the Occupied West Bank;

Whereas, the United States has been complicit in war crimes through its violations of the Conventional Arms Transfer Policy, the Foreign Assistance Act, the Arms Control Export Act, the US War Crimes Act, the Leahy Law, and the Genocide Prevention Implementation Act;

Whereas, continued US support for Israel amidst the Palestinian Genocide risks further regional and global escalation, with potentially irreversible consequences;

Whereas, VFP recognizes the plight of hostages on both sides, calling for the release of all Palestinian and Israeli hostages;

 

Therefore, be it resolved that VFP urges the US government to leverage its influence to demand:

 

Be it further resolved, that Veterans For Peace fully supports US service members who conscientiously object to aiding genocidal US policies and calls for the prosecution of US officials and private corporate officers in the military industrial complex who have knowingly provided weapons and munitions used in genocide and other crimes against humanity.

Free Palestine!

Submitted by the VFP Board of Directors – July 2024

 

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