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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone care? [View all]

pat_k

(13,793 posts)
76. Millions care. Citizen lobbyists have an uphill battle, but they've been working for decades.
Sun May 3, 2026, 09:12 PM
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And inroads are being made. Perhaps the wins seem small, but even small victories are worthy of celebration.

In the U.S.

AJP Action
https://ajpaction.org/
Unapologetically organizes, mobilizes, advocates, and lobbies to advance Palestinian freedom, dignity, and self‑determination by working to end U.S. support for Israeli settler colonialism, apartheid, and military occupation.

JVP Action: Jewish Voice for Peace
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
Jewish Voice for Peace is the largest progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization in the world. We’re organizing a grassroots, multiracial, cross-class, intergenerational movement of U.S. Jews into solidarity with the Palestinian freedom struggle, guided by a vision of justice, equality, and dignity for all people.

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
https://uscpr.org/
As part of a global movement for collective liberation, we work to end U.S. complicity in Israel's massive violence against the Palestinian people. We will keep fighting until we end all U.S. military funding to Israel and Palestine is free.

IfNotNow
https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/
We are a movement of U.S. Jews organizing our community to end U.S. support for Israel's apartheid system and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future.

No More Weapons for Israel's War (Coalition)
https://demandprogress.org/57-groups-to-senate-no-more-weapons-for-israels-war
A coalition of 57 progressive, faith-based, and humanitarian organizations launched in November 2024 to lobby the U.S. Senate to support Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) aimed at blocking arms sales to Israel

American Friends Service Committee
https://afsc.org/topics/gaza-israel
Bringing together people of all faiths and backgrounds to challenge injustice and build peace around the globe.

And of course other humanitarian and human rights groups like Amnesty Internation, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam

And a hell of a lot of Israelis care.

B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories
https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide

Physicians for Human Rights–Israel
https://www.phr.org.il/

Breaking the Silence
https://www.breakingthesilence.org
An organization of veteran combatants that collects and publishes testimonies from Israeli soldiers regarding unethical behavior and potential war crimes committed during military operations.

Yesh Din - Volunteers for human rights
https://www.yesh-din.org/
Established in 2005 and has been working to protect the human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank who are subject to the Israeli military occupation.

Gisha (literally: access. AKA Legal Center for Freedom of Movement)
https://gisha.org/en/
Gisha is an Israeli not-for-profit organization, founded in 2005, whose goal is to protect the freedom of movement of Palestinians, especially Gaza residents. Gisha promotes rights guaranteed by international and Israeli law.

HaMoked (literally: the center. AKA Center for the Defence of the Individual)
https://hamoked.org/
Protecting the basic rights of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation

The Hind Rajab Foundation
https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org/
Demanding Accountability, Seeking Justice
The Hind Rajab Foundation is devoted to breaking the cycle of Israeli impunity and achieving justice for all the victims of the Gaza genocide.

Standing Together
https://www.standing-together.org/en/about-en
We envision a society that serves all of us and treats every person with dignity. A society that chooses peace, justice, and independence for Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs. A society in which we all enjoy real security, adequate housing, quality education, good healthcare, a liveable climate, a decent salary, and the ability to age with dignity.
Such a society is possible – we’re already building it.

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Does anyone care? [View all] malaise Sunday OP
This is unacceptable! surfered Sunday #1
I care Roy Rolling Sunday #2
Yes,.. But aren't expressions of concern, caring, and repulsion of the murder of innocent Palestinian children.. magicarpet Sunday #27
I'm 100 % in the same place. Permanut Sunday #60
Perhaps check out my answer to magicarpet pat_k Monday #88
I appreciate your tactful response.. Permanut Monday #90
Enough is enough, stop the hate, and B.See Sunday #62
We need to get louder and more persistent in our opinions and views. magicarpet Sunday #64
Absolutely. B.See Sunday #65
As you sort out the complicated feelings, perhaps... pat_k Monday #87
YEAH, it would be 'safer' to keep one's mouth shut, rather than to say that the Israelis Jack Valentino Monday #91
Yes, lots of people do. But not the ones with power to stop it. LymphocyteLover Sunday #3
The soldier may get some cursory moniss Sunday #4
No words for this. Joinfortmill Sunday #5
I have a few. calimary Sunday #42
;-{) SAVE THE CHILDREN Goonch Sunday #6
Caring is not and has never been reflected in US policies. Passages Sunday #7
We care. The hard right does not. sinkingfeeling Sunday #8
trDUMP appointing the radical extremeist Fascist KkKrishtun Southern Baptist Pastor, Mike Huckabee as,... magicarpet Sunday #31
They don't believe any of that Cirsium Sunday #40
I've said the very same here regarding religion and racism BaronChocula Sunday #43
No,... I think you are right,... magicarpet Sunday #48
Old Testament Cirsium Sunday #53
The New Testaments are way too full of the venom of "Wokeness". magicarpet Sunday #57
You have some good insights into this. lees1975 Sunday #84
That's not a bad analysis. lees1975 Sunday #83
"Slaughter of enemies",.... condoned in the Good Book,...oh boy that sounds like fun. magicarpet Monday #86
Sure. OldBaldy1701E Sunday #9
The sad truth malaise Sunday #16
It's time we as a country take Israel off the pedestal we put them on. KS Toronado Sunday #10
and they couldn't do this without our support MadameButterfly Sunday #18
I perpetually have to explain to people that the Jewish people AllyCat Sunday #28
Agree with you 100% BaronChocula Sunday #45
Not Henry Winkler. Talking about people who practice Judaism AllyCat Monday #89
The problem is that it is Nutty-yahoo, his Likud Party, AIPAC, the ADL and similar groups maxrandb Sunday #61
and there are many Israeli's who don't want to be equated with what Netanyahu MadameButterfly Sunday #72
It doesn't matter what Israelis or Americans "want" maxrandb Sunday #80
Stuff being donein our names MadameButterfly Monday #93
Putin bdamomma Sunday #68
Perhaps Bibi's apologists can assure us that this is all Hamas' fault... Orrex Sunday #11
You know you're an anti-Semite if democrank Sunday #12
Shooting a child in the head for Bettie Sunday #74
We care, but we seem to be in a minority. I used to think that such malevolence niyad Sunday #13
The harshest judgment awaits their future BeneteauBum Sunday #14
Systematic genocide perpetrated by a people who should know better if anyone should. paleotn Sunday #15
THIS malaise Sunday #17
Dusty old books of myth. Perfect description. AllyCat Sunday #30
I believe those "dusty books of myth" Wednesdays Sunday #32
If belief in those dusty,old books are so... relogic Sunday #50
RIGHT? Skittles Sunday #51
Is religion the reason? stage left Sunday #49
Yes. paleotn Sunday #55
The Jews like the Armenians suffered greatly from authoritarians and Fascists having run amok. magicarpet Sunday #56
Israel needs to sit in the corner and think about its behavior Ponietz Sunday #19
Remember Malala? Pakistan girl shot in head by Taliban for going to school. cbabe Sunday #20
Yes, irrational religious extremism is shared across the entire spectrum of religious thought and,... magicarpet Sunday #63
Settlers killed the boy's father in 2019. Kid Berwyn Sunday #21
Or what German soldiers used to do to Jewish kids in Eastern Europe Justice matters. Sunday #37
Breaks my heart, too. Kid Berwyn Sunday #41
I am repulsed by Israel now. Clear-cut ethnic cleansing/genocidal activity jmbar2 Sunday #22
Alas, I wish your first statement were true . . . PhylliPretzel Sunday #24
Yes, Israel has become repulsive. I'll wait for another lecture on how I am anti-Semitic. ratchiweenie Sunday #26
THIS malaise Sunday #29
70 plus % agree with Israel's actions, unfortunately questionseverything Sunday #35
I didn't realize it was that high jmbar2 Sunday #38
I'm a little outside my expertise here but I thought the idea was that they become an oppressor Ilikepurple Sunday #81
You are correct -- you added some nuance that I missed. jmbar2 Monday #85
Thank you for both the initial reference and the follow up application to world events. Ilikepurple Monday #94
I do and it's despicable. 😡 Dave Bowman Sunday #23
Disgusting leftstreet Sunday #25
When does the revulsion reach critical mass? AloeVera Sunday #33
Nailed it malaise Sunday #34
netanfucku need to go to prison w/ all his minions. pansypoo53219 Sunday #36
Many of us do. LoisB Sunday #39
Always makes the John Lennon song "Imagine" pop back into my mind. calimary Sunday #44
Recommended. H2O Man Sunday #46
Great post. I almost missed these gems. AloeVera Sunday #52
Out of the park malaise Sunday #59
Great post. I find it crazy that a Presidential Election that we just had 2 years ago swept it under the rug. Eko Sunday #69
K&R spanone Sunday #70
+ 100 nt cliffside Sunday #79
I care. n/t PatrickforB Sunday #47
yes mike_c Sunday #54
Racist Hatred is the laziest anger in the world. blm Sunday #58
.... and insidiously prevalent. Look at what the USSC just recent did with their racist ruling on the Voting Rights Act. magicarpet Sunday #67
Disgusting The Blue Flower Sunday #66
End the aid. Marcuse Sunday #71
Yes. I have been reprimanded here and elsewhere for saying that Nuttyahoo is acting like Mustache Man. OMGWTF Sunday #73
Right to defend. Has limits chicago guy Sunday #75
Millions care. Citizen lobbyists have an uphill battle, but they've been working for decades. pat_k Sunday #76
Important malaise Sunday #77
I care, in addition Israel has pushed further into Gaza controlling almost 2/3 of Gaza ... cliffside Sunday #78
Been reading aboutnthis malaise Monday #96
Sounds a little like what happens in US schools, or US streets adam_vermont Sunday #82
I posted about it two weeks ago. Such a horror. applegrove Monday #92
Must not be insensitive toward the... republianmushroom Monday #95
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