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July 7, 2025
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Washington, D.C. | Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington to meet President Trump and discuss a potential “ceasefire” in Gaza. For nearly two years, Palestinians have endured a campaign of annihilation and siege that has reduced Gaza to ashes and continues to choke the West Bank. More than a hundred Palestinians are killed on an average day, and even the most basic acts of survival—queuing for bread or gathering flour—have become lethal. More than 600 people have been targeted and executed by the IDF at aid “death traps” in the past weeks alone.
Against this grim backdrop, President Donald Trump now touts a “final” sixty‑day ceasefire proposal, a deal neither Israel nor Hamas has yet to accept.
“Palestinian lives are not bargaining chips. A pause in killing that leaves the U.S. weapons pipeline wide open is not a ceasefire– it’s a license to reload,” said ADC National Executive Director, Abed Ayoub. “President Trump’s unconditional support for Netanyahu has already cost him politically and nearly dragged America into a catastrophic war with Iran. He cannot credibly speak of peace while shipping two‑thousand‑pound bombs to Israel.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to this ceasefire proposal, not with concessions, but by reaffirming Israel’s intention to eradicate Palestinian life rather than negotiate a durable peace.
Enough is enough. The genocide will end only when the U.S. chooses to use its power, just as President Trump did to halt the Israel-Iran war.
The hollowness of this sham ceasefire is underscored by Washington’s actions. Last week, the U.S. Government approved an additional $510 million sale of 7,125 Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits—including bunker‑buster variants designed to penetrate deep into concrete and rock. With one hand, the United States waves a banner of “peace,” while the other arms Israel with the very weapons that pulverize Palestinian homes, hospitals, and schools.
ADC reiterates its demand for an immediate, permanent, and unconditional ceasefire; a total suspension of U.S. arms transfers to Israel; unfettered humanitarian access and protection for medical personnel; and full legal accountability for the war crimes that have been committed. Anything short of these measures is smoke and mirrors.
Until the United States halts the flow of weapons and insists on an end to occupation, President Trump’s proclamations of an “aspiration for peace in the Middle East” will ring as hollow as every broken promise from every American president who has come before him.