Over 100 Democratic Party Leaders Demand the White House Recognize Dignity Rights in Palestine Instead of Another Hollow Eid Greeting

by Nadia Ahmed

Dear President Biden,

In lieu of flowers or condolences for martyred Palestinian children or even a White House Eid celebration, we request the United States recognize dignity rights worldwide. A first step in recognizing our humanity would be to not allow a policy of mass slaughter in the sacred Islamic month of Ramadan. Muslim communities have historically been viewed with suspicion and as sub-human. Our communities seek to live and worship like everyone else. 

We must not allow U.S. tax dollars to be the currency for ethnic cleansing for Israeli apartheid. We urge President Biden to slash the defense budget instead of strangling our human rights. President Biden seeks to allocate more money to military aid to Israel ($3.8 billion) than to the international climate response ($2.5 billion), according to Stephen Semler, co-founder of the Security Policy Reform Institute. We demand an end to foreign aid to Israel instead of an end to the lives of our brothers and sisters. 

We ask the United States demonstrate actual leadership on human rights instead of turning a blind eye to the suffering of our brothers and sisters. We urge the United States to recognize the international standards under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and the 1907 Hague Regulations. 

Hold the missiles, drones, bombs, cages, interrogations, detentions, incarceration, deportations, CIA covert missions, regime-change operations, economic sanctions, torture, humiliation, forced evictions, land theft, broken promises, lies, empty gestures, hostilities, and most recently the vaccine apartheid. 

Otherwise, any and all Eid greetings ring hollow.

• Zahra Abbas, DNC Member, Michigan
• Nadia Ahmad, DNC Member, Florida
• Hanieh Jodat Barnes, ADEM Delegate California Democratic Party
• Abdul Rashid Abdullah, Member, Virginia Democratic Party
• Ismahan Abdullahi, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Aneesa Ahmad MD, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Qumrul Ahson, Precinct Captain, Arizona Democratic Party
• Aisha al-Adawiya, State of New York 
• Nazda Alam, State Committee Member, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• James Albert, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Terry Altherr, State Committee Member, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• Carolina Ampudia, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Samia Assed, Affirmative Action & Platform Committees, State Central Committee, New Mexico Democratic Party
• Osman Athar, Member, Texas Democratic Party
• Hussam Ayloush, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Clint Barras, 2020 Florida House District Nominee, Florida Democratic Party 
• Hasina Begum, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Syed Bukhari, Member, New York Democratic Party
• Sonya Bykofsky, Town Committee Chair, Massachusetts Democratic Party 
• Matthew Cappiello, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Katie Chan, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Lily Cheng-Schulting, Alternate to State Central Committee, Nominee State House, Michigan Democratic Party
• Salauddin Choudhury, State Executive Board Member, Arizona Democratic Party
• Sumaiya Chowdhury, Member, Texas Democratic Party
• Jochua Cora Santiago, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Yassar Dahbour, Arab American Caucus, State Executive Board, California Democratic Party
• Corrine Daly, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Dr. Sara H. Deen, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Zach Denny, Membership Officer, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party
• Kat DeNomme, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Adam Duplin, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Natalia Duke, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• JohnPaul Easton, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Cheryl Renee Elliott, Past Chair County Central Committee, California Democratic Party
• Wasim Entabi, DNC Delegate, Virginia Democratic Party
• Ivan Enriquez, 2016 & 2020 DNC Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Susan Fabrick, Progressive Caucus Delegate, State Central Committee Delegate, Precinct Delegate, Michigan Democratic Party
• Terri Falbo, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Sudi Farokhnia, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Lisa Fitzgerald, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Gamal Gasser, Precinct Captain and Former Delegate, Florida Democratic Party
• Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Tahra Goraya, Town Committee Member and Former Delegate, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• Sayan Grover, 2020 DNC Delegate, Kansas Democratic Party
• Brandon Harami, Vice Chair, Progessive Caucus, California Democratic Party
• Anwer Hasan, 2020 DNC Delegate, Maryland Democratic Party
• Ben Hauck, Southern California Vice Chair, Progressive Caucus, California Democratic Party
• Sam Hindi, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Sarwat Husain, Past Precinct Chair and Deputy County Chair, Texas Democratic Party 
• Muhammad Irshad, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Tasneem Islam, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Maya Jamaleddine, Member, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• Michaelantonio Jones, 2020 DNC Delegate, Tennessee
• Shreyas Amol Jethwani, Past Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Japheth Kariuki, County Executive Committee Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Jimmy Karam, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Thomas Kennedy, DNC Member, Florida
• Ayman Khafagi, Past Vice Chair, Progressive Caucus, Michigan Democratic Party
• Alexandra Khalel, President, Democratic Progessive Caucus of Tampa Bay, Florida Democratic Party
• Aliyah Khan, Member, Virginia Democratic Party
• Maryam Khan, Member, Connecticut Democratic Party
• Talat Khan, ADEM Delegate, Affirmative Action Committee, Progressive Caucus, Arab American Caucus, California Democratic Party
• Kari Khory, San Joaquin County DCC member, Former ADEM Delegate (2019-21), California Democratic Party
• Leslie Klein, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Jim Langford, 2020 DNC Delegate, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Vanessa Lester, State Committeewoman, Florida Democratic Pary
• Ricky Ly, State Committeeman, Florida Democratic Party
• Tamika Lyles, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Pesach Lubinsky, Member, California Democratic Party
• Lucia Mayer, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Paula Mcclease, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Brian McLain, State Progressive Caucus Chair, Iowa Democratic Party
• Sabina Mohammed, 2020 DNC National Delegate and Member, Texas Democratic Party
• Nichole Mossaam, City Committee Ward Chair, State Committeewoman, Massachusetts Democratic Party
• Khalid Muneer, 2020 Candidate, Florida Democratic Party
• Silvia Nagi, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Hatem Natsheh, 2020 DNC Delegate and Rules Committee Member, Texas Democratic Party
• Al-Sharif Nassef, Delegate, Ohio Democratic Party
• Marium Navid, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Aleena Jun Nawabi, ADEM Delegate, California
• Atif Nazir, Progressive Caucus, New Jersey Democratic Party
• Mustafa Nizam, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Edward Noguera, County Executive Committee, Florida Democratic Party
• Andrew Nowicki, Environmental Caucus, Michigan Democratic Party
• Sama Nuzma, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Margaret Okuzumi, ADEM Delegate & County Central Committee, California Democratic Party
• Aizat Oladapo, Member, Maryland Democratic Party
• Kevin Parker, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Sanjay Patel, DNC Member, Florida
• Stacey Patel, State Committeewoman, Florida Democratic Party
• Cynthia Peters, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Raffay Piracha, 2020 DNC Delegate, Texas Democratic Party
• Amina Pruitt, Community Activist, Florida
• Regina Queline Banks, County Campaign Services Chair, California Democratic Party
• Socorro Ramos-Aviles, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Tanya Reza, Past Chair of the Progressive Caucus, Michigan Democratic Party
• Fauzia Rizvi, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Ghazala Salam, American Muslim Democratic Caucus, President of Muslim Caucus of America, Florida Democratic Party
• M. Emad A Salem, State Democratic Executive Committeeman, Texas Democratic Party
• Murad Sarama, 2020 DNC Delegate, Democrats for Justice in Palestine, California Democratic Party
• Mariam Shah-Rais, Member, California Democratic Party
• Syed Shareef, Member, New Jersey Democratic Party
• Liano Sharon, DNC Delegate, Michigan
• Tanya Sharon, State Central Committee Delegate, Precinct Delegate, Michigan Democratic Party
• Hassan Sheikh, Member, Michigan Democratic Party
• Ehab Shehata MD, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Amar Shergill, Progressive Caucus Chair, California Democratic Party
• Aftab Siddiqui, Chair, Candidate Recruitment Committee and County Executive Committee, Texas Democratic Party
• Kimberly Sloan, Member, Washington Democratic Party
• Rafi Sohail, Member, Minnesota Democratic Party
• Norman Solomon, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Nicole Soza, State Committee Woman, Florida Democratic Party
• Cameron Stempel, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Christina Stewart, 2020 DNC Delegate, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Waqas Syed, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Nina Tatlock, Board Member Democratic Progressive Caucus of Tampa Bay, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Ryan Trabuco, ADEM Delegate, California Democratic Party
• Dakin Weekley, State Committeeman, Florida Democratic Party
• Emily Weekley, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Tom Wells, Congressional candidate and Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Susan Willea, Precinct Delegate, State Central Delegate, Michigan Democratic Party
• Laurie Woodward Garcia, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Ross Youmans, Precinct Captain, Florida Democratic Party
• Mohammed Yousufuddin, Member, Florida Democratic Party
• Mahmoud Zahriya, Arab American Caucus Vice Chair, California Democratic Party
• Amna Zuberi, ADEM Delegate, County Race & Gender Quality Committee, Environmental Caucus, California Democratic Party