Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes has unequivocally stood in one-sided support for the Israeli government to pursue genocidal efforts against the Palestinians.

In the last 30 days, she has refused to make a statement about the tragedy in Gaza and succumbed to the pressure of the Israeli lobby.

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history. As constituents of Representative Sabrina Cervantes, we are deeply disturbed that our government is not taking all possible efforts to protect civilian life and end the bombardment of Gaza. Representative Sabrina Cervantes must call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the siege on Gaza. 

Israel’s current bombing campaign on Gaza has killed over 10,000 civilians including more than 4,000 children. The bombings have also killed more than 25 journalists, 134 doctors, and 63 United Nations Aid workers. More than 200,000 buildings have been destroyed which has displaced more than one million civilians. Israel’s indiscriminate bombing has also targeted hospitals, ambulances, mosques, and refugee camps, many of which were providing shelter to the growing number of displaced civilians.

A ceasefire would:

• Put a stop to unlawful attacks by all parties, halt the mounting death toll in Gaza, and enable aid agencies to get life-saving aid, water, and medical supplies into the strip.
• Allow hospitals in Gaza to receive life-saving medicines, fuel, and equipment they desperately need and to repair damaged wards
  Provide opportunities to negotiate the release of hostages detained in Gaza.
• Allow for independent international investigations to take place into war crimes committed by all parties to help end long-standing impunity, which continues to produce further atrocities.

Urge Representative Sabrina Cervantes to call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties and help end the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.