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The Yemeni Population Facing Starvation and Disease
The population is suffering from hunger, malnutrition, cholera, coronavirus pandemic.
The Yemeni conflict began in late 2014 and escalated in 2015 when a coalition led by Saudi Arabia began a bombing campaign there. The fighting had been mostly between Houthi rebels based in northern Yemen, along the Saudi border, and a government to the south backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Call Your Representatives
Call the 1-833-STOPWAR number (1 833 786-7927) to demand that Congress restore aid to Yemen and end US involvement in the Saudi-led coalition's war. See below additional World Says No to War on Yemen Demands.
On January 25, Do an Action in Your Town
Be six feet apart, wear a mask, and support the demands:
- Restart US aid to Yemen
- Stop foreign aggression on Yemen.
- Stop weapons and war support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- Lift the blockade on Yemen and open all land and sea ports.
- Restore and expand humanitarian aid for the people of Yemen.
Use Media, Including Social Media
- Write letters to the editor.
- Email your lists.
- Don't forget to tag your representatives on social media!
- Amplify the actions that you have taken, and urge your followers to do the same.
- Hashtags: #YEMENCAN'TWAIT #Yemen #globalceasefire #STOPARMINGSAUDI
US Corporations Supply the War, Profiting from It
1-Boeing: $21 billion
- 82 Apaches Helicopters
- 84 Fighter Jets
- 6,000 missile kits
- $1.3 billion in maintenance and support contracts with Saudi Arabia during the Yemen war
2-Lockheed Martin: $7.2 billion
- 4 warships
- 165 Targeting systems for warplanes
- 16,575 guided bombs
3-Raytheon: $1.8 billion
- 11,357 missiles
- 16,575 guided bombs
4-General Electric: $1.2 billion
- 515 engines for fighter jets
5-General Dynamics: $124 million
CURRENT JANUARY 25 SPONSORS: Yemeni Alliance Committee, Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL), Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation, Action Corps NYC, Freedom Forward, Students for Yemen, Just Foreign Policy, CODEPINK: Women For Peace, Demand Progress, Win Without War, Students for Justice in Palestine Chicago, United States Palestinian Community Network, Arab American Action Network, World Beyond World, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US, and many others…(over 230 organizations)
If you do an action, take pictures. Please let us know what you've done!
Co-chairs of the Middle East Peace and Justice Action Committee
Odile Hugonot Haber (odilehhATgmailDOTcom)
Barbara Taft (beejayssiteATyahooDOTcom)
