Over a dozen of President Biden’s marketing campaign staffers, employed to re-elect the president, issued an nameless letter Wednesday, protesting Biden’s method to the continued Israel-Hamas warfare.
In a letter shared on Medium, 17 present Biden for President staffers referred to as for Biden to advocate for a right away cease-fire within the warfare began by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’ shock assault on harmless Israelis.
“As your workers, we consider it’s each an ethical and electoral crucial so that you can publicly name for a cessation of violence,” the staffers wrote within the letter.
The nameless letter argued that the deaths of Palestinians “can’t be justified.”
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“Complicity within the dying of over 20,000 Palestinians, 8,200 of whom are youngsters, merely can’t be justified.”
The staffers stated that Israel’s “indiscriminate” bombings in Gaza are “basically antithetical” to Biden’s perception in justice, empathy and the dignity of human life.
“We joined this marketing campaign as a result of the values that you simply — and we — share are ones value combating for. Justice, empathy, and our perception within the dignity of human life is the spine of not solely the Democratic Occasion, however of the nation,” the letter stated. “Nonetheless, your administration’s response to Israel’s indiscriminate bombing in Gaza has been basically antithetical to these values — and we consider it might value you the 2024 election.”
Along with calling for a right away cease-fire, the 17 people urged Biden’s administration to finish unconditional army help to Israel and advocated for a deescalation within the area, together with the discharge of hostages.
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The letter additionally urged the Democratic president to research whether or not Israel’s actions in Gaza violate the Leahy Legislation, which prohibits the U.S. army from funding overseas army forces implicated in gross violations of human rights.
The aides argued {that a} majority of Democrats help an finish to Israel’s bombings in Gaza.
“Individuals, particularly younger Individuals, really feel terribly obsessed with this difficulty. The truth is, 72% of voters underneath 30 — a key Democratic voting bloc — disapprove of your dealing with of the battle in Gaza,” the letter stated.
The staffers argued that it’s not “merely sufficient to be another to Donald Trump,” however Biden must help a cease-fire.
“It isn’t sufficient to merely be the choice to Donald Trump,” the letter stated. “The marketing campaign has to shift the sensation within the pits of voters’ stomachs, the identical feeling that weighs on us on daily basis as we battle to your reelection. The one method to do this is to name for a cease-fire.”
Earlier in Dec, dozens of staffers protested their boss’s Israel coverage.
“Ceasefire” was spelled out with lit candles in entrance of the protesters with an indication behind them studying, “President Biden, your workers calls for a cease-fire.”
