Congress must stop funding war in Gaza

Since the Biden administration completely accepted Israel’s war propaganda that Hamas was always the target to eliminate, almost two years later that lie has compounded and we have 61,000 deaths to account for and as much as 150,000 or more wounded. Granted, this number is fluctuating and must include Hamas fighters, yet the greater majority are civilians, babies, women and men too old to fight. How many more are going to die from their wounds or from starvation?

The next round of killing and destruction is about to unfold with Israel’s invasion of northern Gaza and Gaza City where there is a higher concentration of civilians. The unworkable plan by the Israeli government is once again moving civilian's here and there to protect them. There is nowhere in Gaza that serves as an area for family protection, the burden again is on the local people. They are subject to daily shooting and killing no matter where they relocate to or where they go even for sparse food supplies.

Where is our government’s solutions to end this war? We have been a follower of Israel’s war and a heavy supplier of the bombs and weapons they use. Why are we so quiet on the next faze of Israel destroying the rest of Gaza with an untold numbered of civilian deaths? We have no end game or peace plan to offer. We have only weapons to give them. What gives us the right to prolong this war?

End this war by not supplying Israel with weapons to kill and destroy. Our policies in this war is outdated. In 1948, when 750,000 local Palestinians were up rooted for the creation of Israel, we did not act to restore any territory back to the Palestinians. We need Congress and ordinary people to move our government in the right direction of stopping this war machine and starting a peace process. Silence is not an answer!

Originally from Cedar Rapids, Kamel Aossey is a second generation Lebanese-American and retired adjunct instructor of international business and marketing. He resides in Minnetonka, Minn.