🔴 Action 1: URGENT – Block Weapons to Israel
The Senate will soon vote on blocking weapons to Israel as Gaza rebuilds and tanks roll into the West Bank.
For the first time in 20 years, Israeli tanks are advancing through the occupied West Bank. Just yesterday, Israeli forces killed two 13-year-old Palestinian children. These horrifying escalations continue as Israel violates ceasefire terms in Gaza and obstructs rebuilding efforts.
We cannot look away while our tax dollars enable these atrocities.
📢 Tell your senators to vote YES on Senator Bernie Sanders’ bill, S.J.RES.20, which aims to block 10,000 155mm artillery shells from being sent to Israel—the same weapons fueling violence and displacement across Palestine.
👉 Click here to contact your senators now.
🚨 Action 2: Stop Mike Huckabee’s Confirmation
Tell your senators to oppose the confirmation of Mike Huckabee for U.S. Ambassador to Israel. His record makes it clear why he must be blocked:
❌ He actively denies the existence of the Palestinian people
❌ He supports the Israeli government’s violent forced displacement of Palestinians
📢 Send a letter to your senators today!
👉 Click here to take action.
🎬 Explore & Learn More: Online Film Salon
Join us for an online film salon on March 16, 2025, focusing on:
🎞️ The Consequences of Zionism on the Lives of Ordinary People Living in the Holy Land
Prior to the event, you’ll receive access to related films, followed by a panel discussion featuring Israeli, Palestinian, and American panelists.
🗣️ Moderator: Seth Morrison, member of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue
📅 Date: March 16, 2025
📌 Register here: 👉 Click here to sign up.
📢 Local CA Action: Stop the Censorship of Ethnic Studies
A dangerous new bill, AB 1468, has been introduced in the California legislature that would censor the teaching of anti-Arab racism, anti-Palestinian racism, and Islamophobia in high school Ethnic Studies classes.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has launched a petition urging the legislature to oppose AB 1468. As CAIR states:
“AB 1468 is a deeply problematic bill that seeks to undermine Ethnic Studies in California by stripping control from educators and scholars, imposing political censorship, and erasing critical histories.”
📢 Take action now: Sign the CAIR petition
The bill, introduced by Assembly members Rick Zbur and Dawn Addis, originates from the Jewish Legislative Caucus (JLC) and mandates that all Ethnic Studies curriculum and materials be approved by the State Board of Education with input from a newly formed “advisory” committee. Given the pro-Israel bias of the bill’s backers, discussions of Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and genocide will likely be prohibited under the guise of combatting “antisemitism.”
Local school districts would be required to comply—or face legal consequences.
JVP Bay Area and other JVP chapters will be mobilizing over the summer to stop this bill.
📢 Sign the CAIR petition now: 👉 Click here
For further information on the struggle for Ethnic Studies, explore the following:
- Article in California Politico: “Ethnic Studies Clash Coming” (02/24/2025) – An overview of AB 1468.
- Coalition of Liberated Ethnic Studies – A progressive Ethnic Studies curriculum providing an example of what genuine Ethnic Studies should look like.
In solidarity,
Rabbi Cat Zavis & the Beyt Tikkun Israel/Palestine Social Action Committee