: Urgent Action Needed to End U.S. Complicity in Gaza Genocide
Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris,Palestinian American poet and National Book Award winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha recently used her platform to deliver a powerful call for action against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Accepting her award for Something About Living, a collection that explores Palestinian identity and resilience, she urged all of us to confront the moral implications of U.S. support for atrocities.
In her speech, Tuffaha declared:
“I want us to feel and be uncomfortable and be disoriented and be angry and get up and demand that any administration, no matter what letter it has at the end of its name — D, R, whatever — that any administration, that we pay for, should stop funding and arming a genocide in Gaza.”
Her words underscore the profound power of speaking truth to injustice. As writers and readers respond to her call, we must demand the same accountability from those in power, especially the administration under your leadership.
It is indefensible to criticize international calls for justice against Prime Minister Netanyahu, who has aptly been called the “little Hitler” of the Middle East, while supporting similar measures against other leaders like Vladimir Putin. This glaring double standard undermines the credibility of U.S. foreign policy and signals complicity in mass atrocities.
Your administration's failure to halt the genocide and your ongoing support for military aid to Israel reflect appalling weakness in upholding basic human rights. It is long past time for action to end U.S. funding of these crimes.
The world is watching. Shame on you if you fail to act.
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