For more than 22 months, Israel has subjected Gaza to some of the most intensive bombing and siege ever inflicted on a civilian population. The group called on the U.S. government to halt funding for the Israeli military and for local elected officials to do their parts in ending U.S. material and political support for Israeli crimes, Ajluni said. They also called on media organizations to fulfill their public interest function by highlighting and challenging those directly and indirectly complicit in crimes against humanity in Palestine.