Vermont Progressive Party passed a CEASEFIRE resolution on November 12, 2023

WHEREAS, the Vermont Progressive Party is an anti-war, anti-racist, pro-justice movement;

WHEREAS, the driving mission of the Vermont Progressive Party is to create a world that is economically, socially, and environmentally just for all people, and where all people are free and can live with dignity;

WHEREAS, the Israeli assault on Gaza is antithetical to what we stand for;

WHEREAS, the Vermont Progressive Party unequivocally opposes war crimes, including ethnic cleansing and collective punishment, and especially the use of US taxpayer funds to support such crimes;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Vermont Progressive Party condemns:

  1. the apartheid maintained by the Israeli State, and the attacks being carried out by the Israeli military and West Bank settlers on the people and infrastructure of Gaza and the West Bank, with over 11,000 Palestinian civilians killed since October 7th, and

  2. the slaughter of 1,200 Israeli men, women, young adults, children, and babies by Hamas on October 7th, and the taking of hostages.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Vermont Progressive Party calls on our Vermont Congressional delegation to demand: 

  1. A ceasefire in the Israeli Gaza conflict,

  2. Unrestricted humanitarian aid to those impacted,

  3. An immediate end to all U.S. government funding for the Israeli Military,

  4. that all parties reaffirm their commitment to a two-state solution, and

  5. that Israeli settlers in the West Bank cease and desist in their attacks on Palestinian civilians.

ADOPTED 2023-11-12 RESOLUTION OF THE STATE CONVENTION

Updated version passed on November 17, 2024:

WHEREAS, the Vermont Progressive Party is an anti-war, anti-racist, pro-justice movement;

WHEREAS, the driving mission of the Vermont Progressive Party is to create a world that is economically, socially, and environmentally just for all people, and where all people are free and can live with dignity;

WHEREAS, the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza is antithetical to what we stand for;

WHEREAS, the Vermont Progressive Party unequivocally opposes war crimes, including ethnic cleansing, starvation and collective punishment, and especially the use of U.S., and Vermont, taxpayer funds to support such crimes;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Vermont Progressive Party condemns: the genocide in Gaza being carried out by the Israeli State with full support of the U.S. Government; and the attacks on Palestinians being perpetrated by the Israeli military and illegal settlers in the West Bank.  To date 43,391 Palestinians, 331 this week alone, over ⅔ of them women and children, have been killed in Gaza since October 7th, 2023. 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE VERMONT PROGRESSIVE PARTY CALLS ON OUR VERMONT CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AND THE VERMONT LEGISLATURE TO DEMAND: 

  1. AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO THE FLOW OF U.S. WEAPONS TO ISRAEL IN ADHERENCE TO U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, AS PROPOSED BY SENATORS SANDERS AND WELCH;

  2. AN IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO ALL OF GAZA, AND OF U.S. FUNDING TO UNRWA;

  3. AN IMMEDIATE, PERMANENT CEASEFIRE;

  4. AN END TO THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION; FULL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY FOR ALL PALESTINIANS; AND THE INALIENABLE RIGHT OF RETURN OF REFUGEES AS STIPULATED IN UN RESOLUTION 194.