November 7, 2023

Representative Matsui: Call for a Ceasefire now to Stop Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in Gaza

Tuesday November 7, 2023

Representative Doris Matsui
Federal Building, 501 I Street
Sacramento

12pm Press Conference followed by a Vigil for the Children until nightfall.

We call on Representative Doris Matsui and all elected representatives to publicly call for an end to Israel’s ground invasion and bombardment of Gaza and for an end to all U.S. aid to Israel until these war crimes cease.

Bring children’s shoes, toys, stuffed animals, and/or pictures that represent children.

Parking/Transportation: Light rail goes to Sacramento Valley Station at 5th & I, there is a parking garage within walking distance at 125 I Street in Old Sacramento. On street parking is very limited.  

Background

Many children were killed in the brutal Oct. 7 attacks that left over 1,400 Israelis mostly civilians, including children, dead. Over 10,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians and including thousands of children, have now been killed in Israel’s massive bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza. Attacks on civilians are serious war crimes.

The latest horrors are not occurring in a vacuum. They follow decades of occupation and ethnic cleansing by Israel, turning the Gaza Strip into an “open-air prison” inhabited mostly by refugees forced from their homes in what became Israel. Israel’s agenda now is to further the process by pushing all Palestinians out of Gaza into Egypt. This is ethnic cleansing and genocide – a violation of international law and contrary to any concept of human morality.

More Information

Partial list of co-sponsors: Jewish Voice for Peace, Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights, Veterans For Peace Chapter 87, Council on American-Islamic Relations, CSUS Students for Justice in Palestine, ANSWER, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Sacramento Area Peace Action.

Continue to call Rep. Matsui 202-225-7163 and her Sacramento office, 916-498-5600 or visit her office, 501 I Street, Suite 12-600 (12th floor).

FMI: sacreg4palestinianrights@gmail.com,  279-215-1348

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