STOP. This is insane.

The global call to stop the war...

Dear friends, Over 9,000 people are dead in Palestine and Israel. A child in Gaza is being killed every 15 minutes. This is absolute madness and it is getting worse. As Israel's closest ally, the American president holds the key to a ceasefire that would prevent thousands more from dying -- sign this urgent call for peace and we'll deliver it to President Biden and in media across the world. ADD YOUR NAME Dear President Biden and global leaders, How many more children must die before you support the global call for a ceasefire? How many are enough? As people from across the world, we call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the blockade in Gaza. Stop raining death on innocent people. Ceasefire NOW! ADD YOUR NAME Over 2 million people live in Gaza, and almost 50% are children under 18. The blockade has left them largely without drinking water, food or fuel. This is illegal under international law. Hospitals are operating on wounded civilians without anesthesia. Imagine - screaming, wounded children with no painkillers to help them. This isn't a targeted strike on Hamas -- it's the collective punishment of an entire people. The Israeli people are also in danger. After the horrors committed by Hamas, their far-right, Trump-like Prime Minister is drawing them into a war that could take years and thousands more lives. Standing with Israeli citizens does not mean standing with PM Netanyahu or supporting a cruel war that will make everyone less safe. With key governments, like the US, giving Netanyahu the greenlight to plunge into war, the hawks of war are far louder than the voices for peace. And that is one thing we can help change if we act together -- demanding the leadership we need to bring security and justice to both sides. Join the massive call to STOP this insanity before it's too late. Add your voice below and Avaaz will put our message in ads around the world and deliver it directly to key heads of state. Add your voice to the global call to stop this war now! There is no liberation for any of us when we let this kind of harm come to innocent people, and we all have a role to play in stopping it. We can be the people who choose justice over revenge. Who choose life over death. Who choose peace over war. Let's call the world to its senses together! With hope and determination, Nell, Abdelrahman, Alice, Fadi, Christoph, John, Kanika, Lily, Mo and the rest of the Avaaz team More information: Israel moves to "new phase" of war with Hamas in major incursion in Gaza (Axios) The space for peace and Jewish-Arab solidarity is shrinking in wartime Israel (NPR) UN General Assembly adopts Gaza resolution calling for immediate and sustained 'humanitarian truce' (UN News) Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel - reported impact | Day 23 (OCHA) What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? (AP)

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We need your voice

We just brought people power to the Americas' top human rights court!

We just brought people power to the Americas' top human rights court! The judges are about to tell governments exactly what they need to do to protect us in this climate crisis, and Avaaz teamed up with the best lawyers to make our voices heard. But to secure climate justice we need to be LOUD, so let's leave a message now explaining how climate change is impacting us – and we will deliver them to the court! SEND A MESSAGE Dear friends across the Americas, Deadly heat waves, raging wildfires, and destructive floods – in a year of terrifying records, the fight for climate justice is more urgent than ever. And we just did something epic to bring it to the Americas' most important human rights court! Avaaz partnered with some of the best international lawyers to file a powerful submission on climate change with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It explains how climate anxiety is violating children's rights, and how Indigenous communities must be front and centre in the biggest environmental challenge of our time. And now we need you. There is no better movement than Avaaz to tell the court how climate change is impacting all of our lives. Take a moment to share some of your worries and hopes – and we will deliver our voices straight to the court in Costa Rica! SEND A MESSAGE Just in 2023 so far, Canadian forest fires' smoke has suffocated cities as far away as Washington DC, heatwaves have scorched swathes of Latin America, and record rain has caused landslides killing dozens in Brazil. It's a catastrophe, and without urgent action it's only going to get worse. Governments and other polluters have had decades to take action against climate change – but they've failed us miserably over and over again. Here are a few messages already shared with Avaaz – let's make it thousands more: "Siento ansiedad climática a diario. Hago todo lo que creo poder hacer poniendo de mi parte pero estoy resignado. Siento depresión, pérdida del sentido de vida y poco interés en pensar a futuro. No planeo, no tengo sueños ya." – Ricardo León V.R., Colombia "I feel incredibly overwhelmed by the hopelessness at times. I'm a young adult (23) and worry about what my future will look like, how harmful this will be to our collective society, and whether we will come close to addressing it. Then I feel frustrated and angry at all of the leaders who have failed us. [...]" – Alexa F., USA "My memories of childhood are of abundance. In the old days it used to be easy enough to find monkeys, pacas and tinamou here to eat, but now our government has opened our lands to mine for gold and iron, and to produce timber for paper and soy and cattle. They call our peoples and our traditions primitive and show disdain for our ceremonies. Prioritizing development at any cost is not just poisoning Brazil — it is threatening our way of life." – Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's now-Minister of Indigenous Peoples Bringing people power inside the courtroom would not have been possible without funding from Avaaz members like you, and now we need to keep the momentum going. So please write about your experience now, and we'll make sure the judges read your powerful words: SEND A MESSAGE We are rallying behind climate litigation all across the globe – from the Americas to Europe and East Africa – to force governments and other polluters to stop setting our house on fire. We're running out of time, so we won't give up! With hope and determination, Ruth, Laura, Bieta, Nell, Nick, Antonia, Aloys, and the whole Avaaz team

Avaaz is a 70-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Community Petitions Site" on 2016-08-14 using the email address iphone108@gmail.com. To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add avaaz@avaaz.org to your address book. To change your email address, language settings, or other personal information, contact us, or simply go here to unsubscribe. To contact Avaaz, please do not reply to this email. Instead, write to us at www.avaaz.org/en/contact . 27 Union Square West Suite 500 New York, NY 10003

Gaza: We have to ask again

Gaza is essentially a walled kindergarten -- and it's being bombed to dust.Half of Gaza's population are children.Israel's military has already dropped over 6,000 bombs, hitting schools, homes, and evacuation routes. It's kids running from the missiles and being crushed under the rubble. If bombs don't kill them… food and water are running out, and hospitals will soon have no electricity.Now the UN is warning of potential genocide.The horror perpetrated by Hamas is unthinkable. But Gaza's children are innocent. We have the same responsibility to all children -- no matter which side of the barbed-wire fence they're standing on. Gaza's children need help. OUR help.Avaaz is in contact with Palestinian doctors and nurses still working as the bombs fall.Injuries are catastrophic, and they need urgent funding for medical supplies when and if humanitarian corridors open. We'll also fund emergency shelters, refugee camps, and medical care as violence spreads in other parts of Palestine. Together we'll empower emergency teams to keep saving lives in the ever-shifting chaos.Read more below -- but if you're ready to help, donate what you can now. You'll be powering a massive humanitarian response and fuelling Avaaz campaigns for justice and peace, from Palestine to Ukraine, Sudan to Myanmar. Avaaz can have funds on the ground asap.

Dear friends, Gaza is essentially a walled kindergarten -- and it's being bombed to dust. Half of Gaza's population are children. Israel's military has already dropped over 6,000 bombs, hitting schools, homes, and evacuation routes. It's kids running from the missiles and being crushed under the rubble. If bombs don't kill them… food and water are running out, and hospitals will soon have no electricity. Now the UN is warning of potential genocide. The horror perpetrated by Hamas is unthinkable. But Gaza's children are innocent. We have the same responsibility to all children -- no matter which side of the barbed-wire fence they're standing on. Gaza's children need help. OUR help. Avaaz is in contact with Palestinian doctors and nurses still working as the bombs fall. Injuries are catastrophic, and they need urgent funding for medical supplies when and if humanitarian corridors open. We'll also fund emergency shelters, refugee camps, and medical care as violence spreads in other parts of Palestine. Together we'll empower emergency teams to keep saving lives in the ever-shifting chaos. Read more below -- but if you're ready to help, donate what you can now. You'll be powering a massive humanitarian response and fuelling Avaaz campaigns for justice and peace, from Palestine to Ukraine, Sudan to Myanmar. Avaaz can have funds on the ground asap. I'LL DONATE R$15 I'LL DONATE R$25 I'LL DONATE R$35 I'LL DONATE R$55 I'LL DONATE R$90 OTHER AMOUNT Gaza is a narrow strip of land, often called an "open-air prison" and home to roughly 2 million people. Half of them are children, their basic necessities restricted by an Israeli blockade for the last 16 years. The children of Gaza are trapped in a vicious, unequal war they were simply born into. They have nowhere to run and bombing is set to intensify. The situation is incredibly volatile, but together we can give emergency teams the power to adapt and scale their response in the most horrifying circumstances. Gaza needs aid, right now. And those fighting against an all out war in Israel and Palestine need a global community standing for peace and justice alongside them. Avaaz has been doing it for years -- along with campaigns on the war in Ukraine and Sudan's silent genocide. If we raise enough, we could: Provide funding for emergency, life-saving supplies for civilians, including medicines, trauma kits, fuel, and ambulances; Support Palestinian doctors, nurses, and volunteers, helping to ensure they have food and shelter as horrors unfold;     As violence and instability spreads into other areas of Palestine, we'll also support emergency teams in those areas as needed;  Accelerate a rapid response campaign to save Palestinian and Israeli children from all out war -- starting with freeing the children held hostage by Israel and Hamas; and, Supercharge our Human Rights Action Team to fight for justice for the victims of war, genocide, and apartheid across the world, and power Avaaz's work to make it all possible. Wherever you are right now, this is a chance to help the children of Gaza directly. The more we raise, the more medical care, shelters, and aid we can provide. Donate what you can now: I'LL DONATE R$15 I'LL DONATE R$25 I'LL DONATE R$35 I'LL DONATE R$55 I'LL DONATE R$90 OTHER AMOUNT From Yemen to Syria, and again in Afghanistan, the Avaaz community has been a powerful voice for innocent children caught in the ravages of war. Even in the darkest moments, our community can shine a light -- and this moment demands nothing less. So with all the love and generosity of our shared humanity, let's show up for Gaza's children, now.   With fierce hope and endless determination, always, Kaitlin, Mike, Camille, Adela, Fadi, Noor, Nell and the whole team at Avaaz More information: Gaza: UN experts decry bombing of hospitals and schools as crimes against humanity, call for prevention of genocide (United Nations) Gazan families face agonizing choices as they search for safety (The Washington Post) Hospitals are overwhelmed in 'catastrophic situation' in Gaza (MSF) White Phosphorus Used in Gaza (Human Rights Watch)

Avaaz is a 70-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns here, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Community Petitions Site" on 2016-08-14 using the email address iphone108@gmail.com. To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add avaaz@avaaz.org to your address book. To change your email address, language settings, or other personal information, contact us, or simply go here to unsubscribe. To contact Avaaz, please do not reply to this email. Instead, write to us at www.avaaz.org/en/contact . 27 Union Square West Suite 500 New York, NY 10003