 My name is Medea Benjamin. I'm honored to be here today to represent a peace group called Co-Pink, but I also come as a US citizen, as somebody of Jewish faith, as a mother, a grandmother, and as a human being who hears the cries of the people of Gaza. I must say in the United States, the media and most of the politicians give the view of this situation almost exclusively from the point of view of Israel. They continue to give $3.5 billion of our tax money every year to the Israeli military. And they are now asking for another $14 billion to send war bombs to kill the people of Gaza. And they also refuse to call for a ceasefire. We have to ask, where is their humanity? And yet, on the other hand, you have the American people who are waking up right now and understanding that this is a catastrophe that the US is supporting and that we have blood on our hands. And more and more American people are saying, no, we don't want to keep sending bombs to Israel to use against the people of Gaza. We want to be supporting this initiative to send humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. That's what we want. A phenomenon right now of enormous protests throughout the United States. Every day in cities throughout the United States, many of them organized by Jewish and Muslim groups working together. We are with you 100% as you call for not only a ceasefire and massive humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, but most importantly, as we call for freedom for the people of Palestine. Thank you.