Private moral outrage over the Gaza genocide is not enough. Join the rally in D.C. on July 24 to fight back!

A new political perspective is urgently needed to stop the Gaza genocide.

Dear reader, Today, WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North issued a statement appealing to workers and youth to attend a demonstration and meeting in Washington D.C. on July 24. The event will be critical in the fight to elaborate a program and perspective to stop the genocide.  Watch the video: It is now two weeks before the demonstration, which coincides with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress. Netanyahu will receive the applause of Congress as the leader of a government that is engaged in mass murder and the systematic destruction of Gazan society.  The official number of Palestinian deaths during the last nine months, according to the Gazan Health Ministry, had reached 37,396 people as of June 19. However, a more intensive analysis of the scale of destruction, published on July 5 by The Lancet—among the most respected peer-reviewed medical journals in the world—states that the official figure is a vast underestimate. The Lancet writes: In recent conflicts, such indirect deaths range from three to 15 times the number of direct deaths. Applying a conservative estimate of four indirect deaths per one direct death to the 37,396 deaths reported, it is not implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza. Using the 2022 Gaza Strip population estimate of 2,375,259, this would translate to 7.9% of the total population in the Gaza Strip. 186,000 men, women and children! Such levels of death can only be compared to the worst crimes of the 20th century.  It is time to get off the sidelines and fight back! The World Socialist Web Site, the Socialist Equality Party, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality and the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees have called the demonstration in Washington D.C. to denounce both Netanyahu's visit and his political accomplices and enablers in the US government.  This demonstration will give voice to the mass opposition within this country and throughout the world to the criminal alliance between US imperialism and its agents in the Israeli state.  Following the demonstration, the Socialist Equality Party will hold a meeting to advance and discuss a socialist strategy to build a mass anti-war movement. Make plans to attend the rally and demonstration! Sign up to receive updates! Make a donation to help us promote the rally as widely as possible!   Sign up to attend the events or get updates: Sign up now World Socialist Web Site We're powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely on your financial support and your participation. © Copyright 2024, World Socialist Web Site, wsws.org. All rights reserved.