As a resident of Southwest Washington, I am writing to express my growing concern over U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s ongoing support for Israel’s military actions in Gaza, particularly given the escalating global outcry and the profound moral implications of this conflict.
This past week, over 10,000 Israelis took to the streets demanding an end to the war in Gaza and calling out their own government’s role in perpetuating violence. This remarkable act of dissent from within Israel itself highlights the deepening disillusionment with endless war and signals the urgent need for international voices to join the call for peace.
Yet, despite this powerful message from Israeli citizens themselves, Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez continues to accept campaign funds from AIPAC — an organization that aggressively promotes U.S. military aid to Israel, even as credible reports of ethnic cleansing and war crimes in Gaza mount.
Human rights groups and international experts warn of grave abuses — some argue genocide — being carried out with U.S.-supplied weapons.
Gluesenkamp Perez has long spoken out against corporate PAC money, pledging to stand for working families and independent leadership. But this dark alliance with AIPAC exposes a troubling inconsistency. Her votes and silence effectively back the very policies that have enabled the mass slaughter of civilians, half of them children.
Our representative’s credibility depends on whether she is willing to break from these entrenched special interests.
Meanwhile, there is hope — a viable, humane alternative that deserves her full support: the Land for All federated model. This grassroots initiative, created by descendants of the original architects of the two-state solution, envisions two states — Israel and Palestine — sharing a single homeland with equal rights and open borders. Unlike past proposals that have failed by insisting on rigid separation, Land for All acknowledges the deep ties each community has to this land and seeks to build shared governance, not endless division.
Importantly, this model has gained momentum beyond policy papers. Standing Together, the largest Jewish-Arab grassroots movement in Israel, is mobilizing for social justice and a future of coexistence. Even figures like Sir Richard Branson have joined the call for this more hopeful vision — emphasizing that peace cannot be achieved by force, but only by recognizing shared humanity.
For Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez, this is more than a foreign policy issue. It’s a moment to show that she is not beholden to PAC money from groups that profit from war, but that she stands with the growing chorus — inside Israel and beyond — demanding an end to bloodshed and the start of reconciliation.
As her constituents, we must call on her to publicly endorse the Land for All model, to reject the money and influence of war-driven lobbies like AIPAC, and to stand with the tens of thousands of Israelis, Palestinians and global citizens who believe another future is possible.
Our shared values of justice and peace demand nothing less.
Warren Neth
Thurston County
