NJ Palestine Advocacy Responds to Gaza Slaughter Resumption in Large Star Ledger Ad
This FightBackBetter editor is proud to be in the list of 330 NJ Palestine advocates condemning the slaughter. The following is the full text of the ad:
New Jerseyans Say No to a Renewal of the Gaza War
On January 19, 2025, we all breathed a sigh of relief as a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, bringing a pause to a horrific war that had killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians. The ceasefire also offered the prospect of freedom for Israelis unjustly taken hostage and the thousands of Palestinians imprisoned without charge.
Alas, Israel, backed by the Trump administration, seems determined to scuttle the ceasefire and resume the Gaza carnage.
The ceasefire agreement had obligated Israel to immediately allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. But Israel has now cut off humanitarian supplies—food, shelter, and medicines—as well as electricity, violating the agreement and in any event a war crime since withholding necessities from a civilian population is never permissible.
The agreement also provided that talks would begin no later than day 16 to work toward the full withdrawal of Israeli troops and a permanent ceasefire. Israel, however, refused to engage in those talks until day 42, and then only to advance, along with the Trump administration, new terms rejecting the agreed goal of a permanent ceasefire.
The United States government, as one of the guarantors of the agreement, has done nothing to press Israel to meet its obligations. On the contrary, Trump has outrageously called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, shipped $12 billion in weaponry to the Israeli military, bypassing Congress, and threatened “the People of Gaza” that if the hostages are not released without a ceasefire, “you are DEAD!”
Tragically, on March 17, as this statement was being prepared for print, the Israeli military—with a green light from the Trump administration—launched major surprise air attacks on Gaza, killing hundreds. Unless mediators can restore calm, it seems that the ceasefire is over, with horrendous human consequences for the Palestinian people. And the families of the Israeli hostages have declared that their government “has chosen to give up on the hostages.”
We call on the Israeli government to immediately and completely comply with the terms of the ceasefire agreement, restore humanitarian shipments to Gaza, and engage in good-faith negotiations for a permanent ceasefire.
We call on the U.S. government to stop abetting Israeli intransigence and breaking of the ceasefire agreement and uphold its responsibility to promote a permanent ceasefire as a step on the way to a long term just peace.
New Jerseyans Say No to a Renewal of the Gaza War,
P.O. Box 43013, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-43013,
norenewalgazawar@gmail.com
Signers:
[Affiliations for identification purposes only] Judith Arnold, New Jersey Peace Action (NJPA) · Ariel Gold, Fellowship of Reconciliation · Larry Hamm, People’s Organization for Progress (POP) · Lisa Jordan, Friends Committee on National Legislation, NJ (FCNL, NJ) · Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster ·Selaedin Maksut, Council on American-Islamic Relations, NJ (CAIR) · The Rev. Robert Moore, Coalition for Peace Action (CPA) · Rania Mustafa, Palestinian American Community Center (PACC) · Kathy O’Leary, Pax Christi NJ · Renée Steinhagen, Jewish Voice for Peace of Northern NJ (JVP-NNJ) · Charlene Walker, Faith in New Jersey · Amal Abdallah · Geralyn Abinader, Weehawken · Heather Abouelnaja · Abigail Abysalh-Metzger, Pax Christi Int. · Maha Adileh · Li Adorno,
Cosecha NJ · Mary Aktay, Voice of the Faithful NJ · Jamal Ali, Rutgers · Zaire S. Ali, Urban Pol. Pipeline & Advocacy Ntwk · Rev. Annie Allen · Imam Kevin Dawud Amin, Masjid al Wadud · Ruby An · Justina Anise · Rita Annan-Brady, Retired journalist · Archange Antoine, A Place to Connect with God · Joe Attamante,
Veterans for Peace (VFP) · Bella August, MSW, JVP-NNJ · Jennifer Ayala · Aly Azhar, CAIR Action · Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Prof., Rutgers Law · Stuart Ball, World Fellowship Center · Rachael Bane, Green Party of New Jersey (GPNJ) · Tyler Bane, Central NJ Democratic Socialists of America (CNJ DSA) · Lily Benavides, GPNJ · Barry Bendar, GPNJ · Alexis Berends, Pal. Studies & Int’l Law · Donald Bey, Center for Spiritual Living · Sheila Bey, St. Anastasia RC Church · Litsa Binder, NJPA · Jeffrey Bird, FCNL · Maarten Bosland, POP · Kathryn Brennan-Hughes · Afina Broekman · Dawn Broggi-Sumner, CNJ DSA · Joel Brooks, Northern NJ DSA (NNJ DSA) · Anna Brown · Robin Brownfield, GPNJ candidate for Assembly, LD5 · Elly Bulkin · Claire Cafaro, Educ. consultant · Angela Cali,
JVP · Jane Califf, 350NJ-Rockland · Nicholas Calisti, CNJ DSA · Tom Cannavo, GPNJ · Karen Cardell, Teacher · Craig Cayetano, GPNJ · Barbara Chasin, Prof. Emerita, Montclair State U. · Richie Chevat, JVP-NNJ · Craig Clark, Cliffside Park · L. Clark · John M. Codd · Charles Coes, Montclair · Marilyn Cohen, JVP-NNJ ·
Marianne Conway, Northern NJ Sanctuary Coalition (NNJSC) · Arthur Cook, Ceasefire Now NJ · David Copperman, NJ Indivisible · K.C. Cord, NJPA · Ruby A. Cribbin, NNJSC · Maryann Crilly, Helmetta · Pedro Cruz, JVP-NNJ · Katherine Cunningham, NJ Friends of Sabeel North Amer. · Leanne D’Andrea, Citizen, retired
· Dena Daas, Linden · Ken Dalton, VFP, NJ · Liza Darmstadt, HS teacher · Michael DeGregory, Hamilton · Georgette Delinois, Hoboken · Timothy DeLong, CNJ DSA · Anthony Diaz, Newark Water Coalition · Matt Dragon, West Orange · Jeff Dyer, Hoboken · Kevin Dykema, Piscataway · Andy Egan, Port Monmouth · Noha
Egan, Port Monmouth · Aida EL-Samna · Jake Ephros, NNJ DSA · Michelle Esposito · Daniel Estreicher · Reem Selim Fakhry, Educator · Vincent Feder, Bayonne · Roberta Feil, SC, Morristown, NJ · Gene Fellner · John Fenlon, NJPA · Samantha Feuss, NJPA · Emily K. Filardo, JVP-NNJ · Michelle Fine · Terry Fitzgibbons, VFP · Jerisa Fogel, Montclair State U. · Joseph A. Fortunato, Montclair for Palestine · Noushin Framke, Rumson · Richard W. Franke · Bess Frankel, JVP-NNJ · Alice Freund, Third Act · Sam Friedman · Carol Frierson Campbell, Wayne · Bette Frundt · Gayle Rembold Furbert, NJPA · Mary Gallagher, NJPA · Diane Gallo, NJPA · Mary Elizabeth Gannon, NJPA · Manuel Gastulo, Verona · Sally Jane Gellert, Woodcliff Lake · Ilene Gilbert, Teaneck · Caleb Gill · Kiran Gill
· Ted Glick, 350NJ-Rockland · Kathleen Goger · Robert Goger, Montclair · Alice Golin, JVP-NNJ · Steve Golin, JVP-NNJ · Jeff Goodwin, DSA · Jess Gordon · Susan Gordon, No. Plainfield · Rosemary M. Grace, LSW · Mindy Greenspan, JVP-NNJ · Karen Griswold · Gia Guzman · Kirsten Hamann, Hoboken · Dana Hanna, Ceasefire Now NJ · Lisa Hassan, Daughter of Nakba survivor · Linda Hayes, SJ for Gaza · Brad Helias, CNJ DSA · Lorna H. Henkel, NJPA · Pastor William Henkel, Reformed Church in Amer., Rtd. · Lamia Hermas, Lake Hopatcong · Dolly Hernandez, Casa Freehold · Pastora Karen Hernandez-Granzen · Margaret R. Herold, NJPA · Noorjhan Herrera, Veteran, nurse, pre-med · Jose Hiciano, Comm. Assoc. of Prog. Dominicans (ACDP) · Soledad Hiciano, ACDP ·
Madelyn Hoffman, GPNJ · Gail Homesack · Jeff Hoey · Yeou-Shiuh Hsu, JVP Central NJ · Zohair Hyder, Startup cofounder · Baha Ibrahim, Ceasefire Now NJ · Tricia Idrobo, Concerned citizen · Naomi Imbrogno, JVP-NNJ · Geoffrey Ithen, VFP, chap. 021 · Sadaf Jaffer, Former NJ Assemblywoman · Meera Jaffrey, Ceasefire Now NJ · Sahar N. Jahal · Isaac Jiménez, NNJ DSA · JJ Johnson · Matthew B. Johnson, POP · Rowan Johnson, YDS Princeton · Renee Johnston, GPNJ · Aziza Kadribeg · Debra Kagan · Jane Karp · Mary Jane Karp · Stan Karp, Rethinking Schools · Eliot Katz, Poet · Ira Jay Katz · Laura Kenny · Hamayoun Khan · Rahma Khan · Irfan Khawaja, Princeton · Randalyn Kiltz, So. Hackensack · Louis Kimmel, New Labor · Jerry Kloby, Berkeley Twp. · Charlotte Knoppe,
Princeton U. · Kathy Koch, JVP-NNJ · Michael Kramer, VFP, chap. 021 · Steve Krinsky, Jersey City · Rev Erich Kussman, St. Bartholomew Lutheran Ch. · Mary G. Larsen, Mtc. Monthly Quaker Mtg. · Imam Faheem Lea, Quba Sch. & Islamic Ctr. · Anthony Lee · Bryan Lees · Rebecca Levin, NJ Anti-Zionist Minyan · Andrea
Levine, Monmouth Cty. for Palestine · Donald Liguori · Doris Lin, Jersey Shore Food Not Bombs · Judy Livingston, NJPA · Michaelene Loughlin · Mariandre Louis-Ferdinand · Marsha Love, JVP-NNJ · Sandra D. Lovell · Annette Machac, NNJSC · Zayan Mahmooth, Bloomfield · Patricia Maiola · Martina Manicastri, CNJ
DSA · Greg Mantsios, Montclair · Joe Marchica, CNJ DSA · Kit Marlowe, Cape May · Stephen Marlowe, NJPA · Rose Baseil Massa, Resource Generation · Hollie Mattson · Kenneth Mattson · Laura Mattson · Margie McFadden, Sophia Inclusive Community · Adam McGovern, Wind of the Spirit Immig. Resource Ctr. · Brooke
McClarren, CNJ DSA · Mark McNulty · Ismael Glendi Mema · Randi Metsch-Ampel, Public school educator · Raza Mir, Wayne · Peter Moody, CNJ DSA · Richard Moody, CPA · Helga Moore, NJPA · Paul Moore, Saddle River · Terry Moore, So. Poverty Law Ctr. · Katie Moran, Princeton U. · Maureen Morello · Andrés Morera, Rutgers FJP · Muta Morton · Jon Moscow, NNJSC · Carol Mosher · Diane Moxley, GPNJ · Susan Mullins, NJPA · Martha Munoz-Gastulo · Bassima Mustafa, Retired educator · Maimoon N. Mustafa · Anna Nelson, NJPA · Ruth Bauer Neustadter, Artist · Tracey Noelle, Jersey City · Stephanie North · Olivia North-Crotty · Dan O’Flaherty · Donn OBrien · Michele Ochsner · Jules Orkin, VFP, NJ · Julie Otto, CODEPINK · Kaylin Padovano · Naz Pakizegi · Stephanie Pancione, Mother & activist · Sea Parsons · Mirian Paschetto, ACLU NJ · Suraj Patel, CNJ DSA · Heather Paulson, JVP · Janet Pilewski, Sophia Inc. Cmty. · Joe Pilewski, Sophia Inc. Cmty. · Ken Pokrowski · Sharon Pontier, FCNL · Sydelle Postman, Teaneck · Joan Pransky · Leon Pulsinelle, JVP Central NJ · Ellen Quinn,
Jersey City · Anam Raja, GPNJ · Peggy Randall, Ceasefire Now NJ · Sharon B. Ransavage, Fmr. Hunterdon Cty. prosecutor · Mannan Razzak, MD, Pres. Woodland Park Pediatrics · Barbara Reisman · Chaplain William Reyes, Presbyter, PCUSA · Donna Ristorucci, Harsimus Cove Assoc. · Stéphane Robolin · Rev. John Rogers, First Cong. Church, Mtc. · Paula Rogovin, Teaneck Peace & Justice Vigil · Eric Romann, JVP · Gillian Rosheuvel, Newark · Paola Ruiz · Edie Sadowski · Zahra Sahmoud, Sisters for Palestine · Mohammed F. Salyani · Gary W. Sanderson · Rochelle W. Santos · Kathy Scarbrough, Cntrl Jersey Coalition Against Endless War · Michael Scheinberg, So. Jersey for Gaza · Peter Schutze · Jon Serrano, Co-Chair, GPNJ · Joseph Serritello, R.N., Teaneck · Tom Sevener, NJPA · Kim Shafer · Evelyn R. Shalom · Stephen R. Shalom, JVP-NNJ · Georgina Shanely, Monmouth Cty. Human Rights Matter · Josh Shapiro, NJ Anti-Zionist Minyan · Carole Sheffield, Prof. Emerita · Adebisi Shofu · Avital Shtapura, Mtc. Friends Mtg. House · Sylvaine Sidorowicz, JVP · Rich Siegel, Teaneck · Jo Sippie-Gora · Sherman Skinner, PCUSA · Ant Skopp, Teaneck for Palestine · Mike Slott, Montclair · Lori M. Smith, Retired · Rebecca Smith, JVP-NNJ · Rev. M. Joy Smith · Susan H. Smith, Muslim Peace Fellowship · Rev. Dr. Shannon Smythe, Palestine Justice Ntwk., PCUSA · Rev. Eugene Squeo, NJ Forum for Human Rights · Elizabeth Stankevich, Whitehouse Station · Susan M. Steiner, Peaceworks · Nancy Stern, Fort Lee · Patricia Sterner · Kevin Stock, Weehawken · Lynn Stockhamer, NJPA · Whitney Strub, DSA NNJ · Fadwa Sumrein, DO · Judith Surkis, JVP · Paul Surovell, South Mtn. Peace Action · David S. Surrey, JVP NNJ · Howie Swerdloff, Rutgers Adjunct Union · Karen Szczepanski, NJ Poor People’s Campaign · Ben Taylor, GPNJ · Aaron Tesfaye, Retired, Wm. Paterson U. · Joan Thomas, FCNL, NJ · Laurie Thomas, Morristown Peace Vigil · Karen Thompson, Rutgers AAUP-AFT · Kenneth Thompson · Michael J. Thompson · Suzanne Travers, Summit · Haliema Twam, PACC · Stephanie Urdang, JVP-NNJ · Arthur Velwest, Jersey City · Deborah Hawwa Vreeland · Colleen Walsh · Barbara Webster · Caroll Wenzel, MSW, Ph.D. · Rev. Dr. Mary E. Westfall, Coastlands Presbytery, PCUSA · Lawrence S. White, IATSE Local No. One ·Margaret White, NJPA · Emily Wirt, Ceasefire Now NJ · Bob Witanek, Editor, FightBackBetter · Jessica Witte-Dyer, Hoboken · Robert Wolfe, Prof. Emeritus, Rutgers · Qiqi Yang, Princeton U. · James Yee, Fmr. U.S. Army Chaplain, Guantanamo · Michelle Youell, Verona · Toby Youell, Verona · Stacey Zeichner Lawrence, Poet & teacher · Bennet D. Zurofsky, Attorney
