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        1. With the USA on the verge of sending building-destroying munitions to Israel there are multiple points to apply pressure and stop supplying the war in Gaza. (thread)
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        House Foreign Affairs Committee Gregory Meeks @RepGregoryMeeks head had a moment of courage a day ago and sought to block the sale pending review. Then he backed down. haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-top-democrat-changes-course-will-not-request-hold-on-u-s-arms-sale-to-israel-1.9820353 DC office number: (202) 225-3461
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      Majority leader Steny Hoyer @StenyHoyer is part of the pressure effort for Meeks to back down and let the bombs flow into this war. i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1621365624-us-house-foreign-affairs-chair-won-t-delay-weapons-sale-to-israel DC office number: (202) 225-4131
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    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC is preparing to introduce a resolution that would block the United States’ planned $735 million sale of bombs to Israel. jewishcurrents.org/aoc-to-introduce-resolution-blocking-bomb-sale-to-israel/
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      Both kinds of bomb—JDAMs, or Joint Direct Attack Munitions, and of Small Diameter Bombs—are in use in Israel's current bombing of Gaza. aljazeera.net/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86/2021/5/17/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9
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        Ocasio-Cortez's resolution would need to navigate the @HouseForeign Affairs Committee. Here are its members. Accessible link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs#Members,_117th_Congress
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          Finally, the executive branch should investigate Israel’s potential violations of the Arms Export Control Act and suspend the sale and delivery of weapons used to commit human rights abuses. carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/12/bringing-assistance-to-israel-in-line-with-rights-and-u.s.-laws-pub-84503
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