As a person of faith concerned with protecting the rights and dignity of vulnerable people, especially children, I urge you to co-sponsor or support H.R. 2407, which would protect the rights of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation.

In recent years, international organizations have spoken out against the treatment of Palestinian children by the Israeli military, and particularly against Israel's use of military detention for children. U.S. Representative Betty McCollum has introduced legislation, H.R. 2407, that would promote Palestinian children’s rights and prohibit U.S. taxpayer funding for military aid to Israel that contributes to their ill-treatment. Urge your representative to support this legislation today.

Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign assistance, with almost all of that assistance going toward military aid. UNICEF and other international organizations have documented the widespread abuse of Palestinian children at the hands of the Israeli military – including the use of interrogation, psychological and physical abuse, and denial of due process rights while in detention. Now, Rep. McCollum and leaders of many faith-based organizations are calling for an end to U.S. taxpayer funding for the ill-treatment of Palestinian children.

Please protect the rights of children by supporting or co-sponsoring this legislation.