{"id":10691,"date":"2024-04-03T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/?p=10691"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:44:22","slug":"csn-signs-letter-to-biden-objecting-support-to-israel-cites-violation-of-u-s-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/news\/csn-signs-letter-to-biden-objecting-support-to-israel-cites-violation-of-u-s-law\/","title":{"rendered":"C&SN Signs Letter to Biden Objecting Support to Israel, Cites Violation of U.S. Law"},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington, D.C. – On Apr. 2, the Charity & Security Network (C&SN) joined over 80 civil society and faith-based organizations <\/span>signing a letter delivered to President Biden<\/span><\/a>, objecting to the administration\u2019s recent decisions to send more weapons – including over a thousand 2,000 pound bombs – while falsely certify that Israel\u2019s war on Gaza complies with U.S. humanitarian legal requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the months following the Oct. 7 attacks and subsequent devastation in Gaza, C&SN has joined like-minded civil society groups and called – several times – <\/span>for an immediate ceasefire<\/span><\/a>, warned against the <\/span>potential of a broader regional war<\/span><\/a>, urged the U.S. to <\/span>restore funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency<\/span><\/a> (UNRWA) as an essential lifeline for delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, and <\/span>coordinated to launch Ceasefire.com<\/span><\/a> – a digital toolkit to support grassroots advocacy and pressure members of Congress to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Providing arms to Israel violates U.S. law under <\/span>Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act<\/span><\/a> under <\/span>22 U.S.C. \u00a7 2378\u20131<\/span><\/a>, which prohibits recipients of U.S. security assistance from obstructing humanitarian aid. Numerous humanitarian groups have <\/span>documented Gaza-bound aid obstruction imposed by Israel<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>C&SN previously signed a letter to Biden expressing this point<\/span><\/a>, and reiterated the importance of upholding U.S. law again by signing the letter on Apr. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n