President Obama has endorsed cutting Social Security and veterans' benefits by using the "chained CPI" to lower the cost-of-living adjustment. The Congressional Budget Office says cutting Social Security and veterans' benefits in this way would save the government $163 billion over ten years. But there are much better ways for the government to save $163 billion. Email President Obama and Congress >
Urge US Not to Veto Israeli Settlements Resolution
Palestinian house being demolished to make way for Israeli settlement construction.
A key resolution on the Israel-Palestine conflict is before the UN Security Council. The resolution embraces negotiations, endorses the creation of a Palestinian state, and demands an immediate halt to Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, largely echoing stated US policy. Despite this fact, forces in Washington who want to protect the Israeli occupation are pressuring President Obama to veto the UN resolution.
Join Just Foreign Policy and Jewish Voice for Peace in urging President Obama to support the UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem by using the form below.
