TAKE ACTION: With Genocide Claims Mounting, Urge U.S. Officials to Protect Human Life and Stop Famine in Gaza


October 1, 2025

Right now, Gazans are dying of starvation amid an ongoing famine as Israel blocks aid shipments from entering the Gaza Strip and pursues its ground offensive on Gaza City.

As the death toll rises, an international consensus describing Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide is emerging.

On September 16, a United Nations Commission of Inquiry determined that there are reasonable grounds to conclude that Israeli security forces have committed and are continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The United Nations defines genocide as acts committed “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

This latest pronouncement joins a growing consensus among prominent human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, genocide scholars, Palestinian human rights organizations and leading Israeli groups like B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel.

An urban area decimated

Join us in urging Congress and the Trump administration to halt starvation and protect human life in Gaza by calling on them to: 

  • Restore U.S. support for lifesaving food and humanitarian aid and condemn Israel’s campaign of starvation in Gaza. 
  • Support the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565). 
  • Address the root causes of violence and forced displacement by ending the occupation and working toward a future in which all Palestinians and Israelis can live in peace and freedom. 

Here are four ways to take action –

1. CONTACT YOUR TWO SENATORS AND ONE REPRESENTATIVE TODAY

Sample Script/Email: My name is [insert name] and as your constituent from [City/Town] and a [person of faith/refugee/member of my community], I urge you to immediately take action to protect human life in Gaza. I join a growing chorus of voices from around the U.S. and the world in appealing to you to: 

  • Publicly condemn Israel’s campaign of starvation in Gaza and urge the Trump administration to demand that the Israeli government immediately allow sufficient food aid to enter Gaza and allow humanitarian actors to distribute aid according to global best practices. 
  • Condemn Israel’s military offensive in Gaza city and urge the Trump administration to pressure the Israeli government to immediately halt the military campaign to re-occupy Gaza and forcibly displace its entire population. 
  • Cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) to limit U.S. offensive military aid to Israel. This bill would stop the transfer of United States defense articles and services to the Israeli government and armed forces, which the Israeli government continues to use to commit atrocities against Palestinian people. 
  • Publicly call for the administration to urge Israel and Hamas to cease hostilities and release all hostages.

Your support for these measures brings us closer to addressing the root causes of violence and forced displacement by ending the occupation and working towards a future in which all Palestinians and Israelis live in peace and freedom. Thank you.

2. CALL PRESIDENT TRUMP
You can call President Trump at 202-456-1414 or by using the tool above.  

Sample Script: My name is [insert name] from [City/Town] and as a [person of faith/refugee/member of my community], I join a growing chorus of voices urging you to immediately take action to protect human life in Gaza. Specifically, I implore you to: 

  • Demand the Israeli government immediately allow food aid to enter Gaza and ensure humanitarian actors can distribute food assistance according to global best practices. 
  • Condemn Israel’s military offensive in Gaza city and pressure the Israeli government to immediately halt the military campaign to re-occupy Gaza and forcibly displace its entire population. 
  • Support the Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) to limit U.S. offensive military aid to Israel.
  • Urge Israel and Hamas to cease hostilities, allow for the entry of humanitarian aid, and agree to a bilateral ceasefire.  

It is incumbent upon the U.S. to demonstrate clear moral leadership by acting immediately to protect human life, uphold international humanitarian law, and seek long-term peace in Gaza and throughout the occupied Palestinian territories. Thank you.

3. AMPLIFY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Share this message with national leaders on social media. See below for sample social media posts:

  1. @legislator: Gazans are starving. Israel must allow sufficient food aid to enter Gaza NOW.
  2. @legislator: Support the Block the Bombs Act to end U.S. complicity in Israel’s campaign of mass violence against Palestinians.
  3. @POTUS: U.S. military assistance to Israel contributes to the suffering and death of civilians in Gaza. I urge you to support the Block the Bombs Act.
  4. @legislator: As children die hungry in Gaza, you have a moral obligation to call on all parties to abide by the laws of war, secure the release of hostages, and protect civilian life. 

4. SUPPORT CWS’S PRESENCE IN PALESTINE

In partnership with U.S. national churches, Church World Service supports the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), a program of the World Council of Churches. EAPPI contributes to an end of the occupation and encourages a just and peaceful resolution in accordance with international law and UN resolutions.  

Church World Service administers EAPPI-US to send Ecumenical Accompaniers from the United States to participate in the program. Ecumenical Accompaniers live in Jerusalem and the West Bank for a three-month term, monitor and report human rights abuses, and support Palestinians and Israelis working together for a just peace.  

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