The Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) adopted a CEASEFIRE resolution at that State Convention on June 2, 2024

WHEREAS, 66 Congress members called for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, with Representative Pocan “warning that without one, this war leads to further loss of civilian life and risks dragging the U.S. into unwise conflict”;

WHEREAS, 28,000+ Palestinians have been killed, majority being women and minors;

WHEREAS, collective punishment of Palestinians is an egregious violation of humanitarian law and is, according to South Africa’s ICJ case, genocide; and,

WHEREAS, the U.N. Secretary General, General Assembly, WHO, Jewish Voice for Peace, and 80% of Democrats, according to polls, support an immediate ceasefire;

THEREFORE, RESOLVED, DPW calls for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire.