Text taken from Nonviolence International:

Wednesday evening, NVI along with Jewish Voice for Peace DC-Metro, and Friends of Sabeel North America, projected photographs and slides on the exterior walls of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum calling on the world to “Never Again” tolerate genocide for anyone.  The photographs showed scenes of atrocities in Gaza with words saying “Stop the Genocide in Gaza” “Ceasefire Now” and “Silence=Death.” 

I am a supporter of the stated mission of the Holocaust Museum, which is to learn from the experience of Jews, Roma, and others to ensure that genocide never happens again. To date the Holocaust Museum, founded by the US government, has made statements in support of Israel but has not spoken out to condemn the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.

Visit NVI’s website and see more photos and a media release. Please help distribute this widely.

The UN declared the Gaza Strip to be uninhabitable in 2020. Since the violent Hamas attack of Oct 7th and the taking of hostages, Israel escalated its siege to make the situation in Gaza even more dire. Inadequate food, water, medicine and relentless relocation and bombing in wintery conditions. We must stop this ethnic cleansing. The Israeli hostages along with all Palestinian captives must be released and the siege must end. Those of us in the US and Europe have a particular responsibility to speak up and pressure our governments to stop the war and say no to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from our indigenous land.

As Marianne Ehrlich Ross, a Holocaust survivor and Museum supporter, said during the showing of photos of Gaza, she “is shocked that Israel, with US support, is engaging in ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and asked the Museum to not be silent on the present war on the Palestinian people - or anyone else.”   We cannot be silent.

Peace,

Mubarak Awad, President

P.S. NVI is helping organize vigils for a ceasefire on Saturday, Jan 6th which is the Greek Orthodox Christmas Eve. Please organize or join a vigil.

Nonviolence International
https://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/