The Board of Directors of the National Education Association reaffirms NEA’s calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the release of hostages, as well as immediate and full humanitarian aid to Gaza. Further, we believe NEA must expand its efforts to influence U.S. officials and international leaders to join us in our call by convening and working with other U.S. international labor leaders, as well as civil rights, faith and progressive organizations, and Jewish and Arab leaders, to draw upon our greater collective power and help influence an end to this conflict and humanitarian crisis. NEA shall encourage members to take action at NEA’s Action Center to lobby elected officials in Congress and advocate our support for a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, provide increased U.S. and international aid that effectively meets the scale of the humanitarian crisis for those in Gaza and those displaced from Gaza as a result of this war, a release of Israeli, American, and other hostages, and diplomacy measures that support a two-state solution where both Israelis and Palestinians can each have safe places to call home. Finally, NEA shall also continue to work with and through Education International as we advocate for short and long-range solutions that could bring lasting peace, secure homelands, and quality education to the children of Palestine and Israel.
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