American Committee for Middle East Rights

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Alongside 22 other organizations, we urge Senators to vote in favor of @SenSanders's joint resolutions of disapproval to block the bombs and bulldozers to Israel. Congress needs to step up and send a strong message that it opposes the reckless and destructive wars in Iran and across the region as well as Israel's widespread violations of international law in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. This is a critical opportunity for Congress to assert its oversight authority, enforce US arms transfer law, protect civilians, and help ensure that the US-Israel ceasefire with Iran remains in place, rather than a regional war that costs civilian lives, destabilizing the global economy, and undermines US national security interests. Read our joint letter with @OxfamAmerica, @TimepDC, @WinWithoutWar, @anewpolicyorg, @MoveOn, @CIPolicy, @FCNL & others: acmer.us/joint-letter-u…

Join our online discussion, April 16, 10 AM ET: The Evolution of US-Gulf Cooperation Council Relations - How the War with Iran Could Be a Catalyst for Change Speakers: @aalodah, Mira Al Hussein, @HamidRezaAz, @AnnelleSheline, @OmarSShakir Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Yesterday, Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed 250+ people even as Pakistan said the ceasefire it brokered includes Lebanon. Netanyahu urged Trump to start this war, now Trump must demand he help end it. Who's calling the shots here? reuters.com/world/middle-e…

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Israel's massive assault on Lebanon today undermines US national security interests, not only by further destabilizing Lebanon, but by risking a derailment of the fragile ceasefire and critical negotiations with Iran. Congress should be urging the Israeli government to immediately halt all hostilities in Lebanon and allow diplomacy a chance. x.com/AmnestyMENA/st…

The ceasefire framework explicitly included Lebanon, despite what Israel claims. Yet today Israel launched its largest wave of attacks since March. This is a pattern. US lawmakers cannot continue to fund & arm a partner that openly defies every call for peace.

The highest number of journalist deaths recorded in history.

Apocalyptic scenes in Lebanon’s capital right now. Israel has launched 100 airstrikes on Lebanon in 10 minutes. Striking South Lebanon, Beirut and the Bekaa Valley simultaneously. This isn’t a ceasefire. It’s mass bombardment of civilian areas.

📢 Applications are now open for ACMER's Leadership Development Program summer 2026 internship! Apply for our paid internship & spend your summer in a congressional office or DC-based NGO working on U.S. foreign policy, human rights & national security. Learn more and apply here 👉 acmer.us/ldp

The U.S. must immediately make clear to Israel that the ceasefire agreement is not and cannot be functional without a ceasefire in Lebanon. The American people want this war to end and bombing downtown Beirut is not a path to peace.

Enough is enough. Egyptian authorities should immediately release prominent activist, poet and political writer Ahmed Douma from pretrial detention and to stop their systematic campaign of judicial harassment against him. Read our joint statement: acmer.us/joint-statemen…

We joined with more than 200 organizations and experts to demand accountability: acmer.us/joint-statemen…

Trump’s threat to destroy an entire civilization is an explicit threat of genocide. ACMER calls on cabinet officials, military commanders, and all of Congress to act immediately to prevent this illegal, unconscionable assault on the Iranian people.

The two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan is good news. Any Trump order for U.S. forces to strike Iranian civilians would be a horrific violation of American values.

This meets the threshold for intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group as set forth in 18 US Code § 1091 prohibiting the crime of genocide. If any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat, President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him.

Since his release from prison in 2023 following a presidential pardon, Douma has been summoned for interrogation by prosecutors 7 times on bogus charges of "spreading false news." eipr.org/en/press/2026/…

🚨We strongly condemn the ongoing harassment of prominent Egyptian human rights defender Ahmed Douma by authorities in #Egypt for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. Egyptian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release him. #FreeDouma x.com/Khaledali251/s…

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Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week. GOP leaders need to stop him. Never mind that blowing up bridges and power plants and killing innocent Iranians won't reopen the Strait. It's also a clear war crime. 1/ A 🧵on why: