Democratic Party of New Mexico Statement from January 18, 2024:

Democratic Party of New Mexico passed a CEASEFIRE resolution on March 9, 2024:

THE NEW MEXICO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION MUST DEMAND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CALL FOR AND FACILITATE THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN IMMEDIATEDE-ESCALATION AND CEASE-FIRE IN ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED PALESTINE


WHEREAS all human life is precious and targeting civilians, no matter their faith or ethnicity is a violation of international humanitarian law; [2]

WHEREAS between October 7 and October 26, 2023, armed violence has claimed the lives of 6,747 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis and wounded thousands more; [1]

WHEREAS hundreds of thousands of lives are at imminent risk if a cease-fire is not achieved and if humanitarian aid is not delivered immediately; 

WHEREAS the federal government holds immense diplomatic power to save Israeli and Palestinian lives;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Democratic Party of New Mexico through its members and, specifically, through its Congressional delegation demands that the Biden administration:

  1. Call urgently for and facilitate negotiations for a de-escalation and cease-fire to immediately end the current violence; and

  2. Immediately send and facilitate the delivery of adequate humanitarian assistance to include fuel, water, food, medical supplies, and medical personnel into Gaza so as to effectively and quickly alleviate the massive suffering there; and 

  3. Pause all military aid to Israel and call upon all allies of combatants to halt the shipment of weapons into the war zone; and 

  4. Secure the release of civilians being held hostage, and political prisoners being detained, and allow foreign nationals freedom of movement

[1] Vivian Yee, Gazans Release Names of 6,747 People They Say Were Killed in Israeli Strikes, New York Times, October 26, 2023; retrieved on October 31, 2023 at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/world/middleeast/gaza-death-toll-israel.html

[2] Center for Constitutional Rights, Emergency Legal Briefing Report, Israel’s Unfolding Crime of Genocide of the Palestinian People & U.S. Failure to Prevent and Complicity in Genocide; https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/10/Israels-Unfolding-Crime_ww.pdf