Pamela, famine has been confirmed in Gaza as relentless Israeli military bombings, including with U.S.-made weapons, destroy hospitals, homes filled with families, and schools sheltering displaced people.
Make no mistake, the Israeli government's plan to occupy Gaza City — where as many as one million Palestinians are huddled, scared, and hungry — will only result in the Israeli military killing yet more people. This plan will worsen a famine that is already growing across the Gaza Strip. And it will endanger the lives of the remaining hostages, currently held in increasingly abusive and dire conditions.
Win Without War won't change this horrific situation alone. That's why we are part of a broader peace movement that includes three incredible grassroots groups on the frontline of the Israel-Palestine conflict: Standing Together, Combatants for Peace, and Families Forum. There's more about them below, but one thing unites us: We work beyond our borders to break the cycle of violence.
In honor of these organizations, we're re-issuing an urgent challenge to this incredible community: Let's turn a moment of despair into a moment of hope by raising $25,000 for our four crucial organizations working to build pathways to peace across Israel, Palestine, and beyond.
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In March, for 42 days, the people of Gaza had a reprieve from the Israeli military's relentless bombs. Families were reunited as dozens of Israeli hostages came home. Hundreds of thousands of people began to rebuild their lives. In an instant, the Netanyahu government ended the ceasefire and everything changed, and for millions of people across the Middle East, "hell" is their lived reality — but when hawks push toward war, we turn to the peacemakers.
They include people like Sally and Alon-Lee, who founded Standing Together. Last month, they took their protest to a new level, disrupting a popular television show that an estimated 469,000 Israelis watch each week. Eliah Levin, a student organizer, told a leading Israeli newspaper, "It's a statement, both to the TV corporations and to the viewers, saying that we cannot allow ourselves to numb our pain and not think about what we're doing as a country to Palestinians. We have to wake up."[1]
Then there's the Parents Circle – Families Forum, a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization of people who have lost close family members to the conflict. The Forum has over 700 families, and more have joined since October 7. These individuals choose reconciliation over retribution as they confront the grief and horror of this war — and invite others to join them.
Finally, there's Combatants for Peace (CfP), a joint Palestinian-Israeli community made up of former Israeli and Palestinian fighters, refuseniks, and non-violent activists working in solidarity to end the occupation, discrimination, and oppression by co-creating a just peace.
Earlier this year, CfP joined with Parents Circle–Families Forum to hold the 20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony to bear witness to the suffering and refuse to accept war as their destiny.[2] Remarks including these powerful words from F., a Palestinian woman originally from Gaza who now lives in the West Bank: "Our lives are not only sad stories. They are also stories of unbreakable resilience, and of hope rising from the rubble. Let us remember that each day is a chance for a new beginning, and that we are capable of building a better tomorrow."
Together, in the face of threats, harassment, and personal risk, peacemakers like these — like you — are building the world we all want and deserve. That world includes a future where people in Palestine and Israel live in dignity and thrive without the fear of violence.
We know that we won't create the change we need to truly keep people in Palestine, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, or the United States safe without partners. Our team at Win Without War is honored to work alongside them in this critical moment — because we know that the impossible becomes achievable when we work together.
People in Israel, Palestine, and around the world deserve a lasting, sustainable peace.
If that vision feels impossible to you, we understand. But between our amazing team, movement partners running alongside us, and hundreds of thousands of activists like you joining in, we can make the impossible possible.
There's no avoiding the fact that all our groups will need more resources. At Win Without War, our work won't stop until the U.S. government uses ALL its influence to save lives — until every hostage comes home, until the Israeli government's brutal bombing in Gaza ends, and until we've found our way to a pathway to peace in Israel and Palestine. This work is under threat, but we're as undeterred as ever.
By donating through this email, you can support four organizations in this challenging moment. That means, if you donate $20 today, Win Without War, Standing Together, Combatants for Peace, and Families Forum will each receive $5 to fuel our shared work to create the political space for solutions rooted in peace, dignity, and justice. If you give more, our ability to make an impact increases too.
Thank you for working for peace,
The Win Without War team
1. Haaretz, "Israeli Activists Disrupt Live Big Brother TV Broadcast to Demand Gaza Cease-fire"
2. +972 Magazine, "Against all odds, Israelis and Palestinians mark 20th joint Memorial Day ceremony"
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