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To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs
Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.”
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Civil defense teams carry out operations to recover the bodies of five members of the Abu Nida family who were trapped under the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the Gaza Strip on February 9, 2026.
(Khames Alrefi / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Last week, The Nation took the unusual step of turning its entire home page over to coverage of the ongoing calamity in Gaza. While the world’s attention has turned away, Israel’s bombs are still falling, paid for by US taxpayers. Hunger persists, as aid only trickles in.
Last month, Israel recovered the remains of Ran Gvili, the final hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, a step I welcomed with an aching heart, providing at long last some small measure of closure to the grieving families of October 7. But the remains of thousands of Palestinians still lie in the smoldering wreckage of Gaza, while their grieving families face winter in makeshift tents. Where is any measure of closure, or safety, or even just a roof, for them?
Over the past two years, I have struggled to mourn both Israelis and Palestinians killed since October 7—to recognize their equal humanity, but also the very unequal magnitude and duration of the devastation. In that effort, I have frequently joined weekly vigils in Union Square with Israelis for Peace, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of every hostage. We’ve heard from both Palestinians and Israelis whose lives have been ripped apart. People like Maoz Inon, whose parents were murdered by Hamas on October 7, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother was killed by settlers in the West Bank. “Our futures are intertwined”—we chant—“Israel and Palestine.”
Our futures are intertwined here in the US as well—where Congress continues to be complicit in Israel’s destruction of Gaza, providing unconditional support for Netanyahu’s unchecked aggression. American working families struggle to understand why their tax dollars are paying for the 2,000-pound bombs that have leveled the hospitals and schools of Gaza, when there isn’t sufficient funding for affordable healthcare, better schools, or affordable housing here at home.
That is why, as a candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, I am announcing my support for HR 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, sponsored by Representative Delia Ramirez. This bill bans the Defense Department from selling …
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Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.”
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Civil defense teams carry out operations to recover the bodies of five members of the Abu Nida family who were trapped under the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the Gaza Strip on February 9, 2026.
(Khames Alrefi / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Last week, The Nation took the unusual step of turning its entire home page over to coverage of the ongoing calamity in Gaza. While the world’s attention has turned away, Israel’s bombs are still falling, paid for by US taxpayers. Hunger persists, as aid only trickles in.
Last month, Israel recovered the remains of Ran Gvili, the final hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, a step I welcomed with an aching heart, providing at long last some small measure of closure to the grieving families of October 7. But the remains of thousands of Palestinians still lie in the smoldering wreckage of Gaza, while their grieving families face winter in makeshift tents. Where is any measure of closure, or safety, or even just a roof, for them?
Over the past two years, I have struggled to mourn both Israelis and Palestinians killed since October 7—to recognize their equal humanity, but also the very unequal magnitude and duration of the devastation. In that effort, I have frequently joined weekly vigils in Union Square with Israelis for Peace, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of every hostage. We’ve heard from both Palestinians and Israelis whose lives have been ripped apart. People like Maoz Inon, whose parents were murdered by Hamas on October 7, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother was killed by settlers in the West Bank. “Our futures are intertwined”—we chant—“Israel and Palestine.”
Our futures are intertwined here in the US as well—where Congress continues to be complicit in Israel’s destruction of Gaza, providing unconditional support for Netanyahu’s unchecked aggression. American working families struggle to understand why their tax dollars are paying for the 2,000-pound bombs that have leveled the hospitals and schools of Gaza, when there isn’t sufficient funding for affordable healthcare, better schools, or affordable housing here at home.
That is why, as a candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, I am announcing my support for HR 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, sponsored by Representative Delia Ramirez. This bill bans the Defense Department from selling …
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Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.”
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Civil defense teams carry out operations to recover the bodies of five members of the Abu Nida family who were trapped under the rubble of a building destroyed in Israeli attacks on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the Gaza Strip on February 9, 2026.
(Khames Alrefi / Anadolu via Getty Images)
Last week, The Nation took the unusual step of turning its entire home page over to coverage of the ongoing calamity in Gaza. While the world’s attention has turned away, Israel’s bombs are still falling, paid for by US taxpayers. Hunger persists, as aid only trickles in.
Last month, Israel recovered the remains of Ran Gvili, the final hostage held by Hamas in Gaza, a step I welcomed with an aching heart, providing at long last some small measure of closure to the grieving families of October 7. But the remains of thousands of Palestinians still lie in the smoldering wreckage of Gaza, while their grieving families face winter in makeshift tents. Where is any measure of closure, or safety, or even just a roof, for them?
Over the past two years, I have struggled to mourn both Israelis and Palestinians killed since October 7—to recognize their equal humanity, but also the very unequal magnitude and duration of the devastation. In that effort, I have frequently joined weekly vigils in Union Square with Israelis for Peace, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of every hostage. We’ve heard from both Palestinians and Israelis whose lives have been ripped apart. People like Maoz Inon, whose parents were murdered by Hamas on October 7, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother was killed by settlers in the West Bank. “Our futures are intertwined”—we chant—“Israel and Palestine.”
Our futures are intertwined here in the US as well—where Congress continues to be complicit in Israel’s destruction of Gaza, providing unconditional support for Netanyahu’s unchecked aggression. American working families struggle to understand why their tax dollars are paying for the 2,000-pound bombs that have leveled the hospitals and schools of Gaza, when there isn’t sufficient funding for affordable healthcare, better schools, or affordable housing here at home.
That is why, as a candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, I am announcing my support for HR 3565, the Block the Bombs Act, sponsored by Representative Delia Ramirez. This bill bans the Defense Department from selling …
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