CD5 For Palestine and Allies Welcome Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s Acknowledgement of Gaza Genocide

 CD5 For Palestine and Allies Welcome Congresswoman Katherine Clark’s Acknowledgement of Gaza Genocide

Cambridge, MA, August 14th, 2025 – Yesterday, House Minority Whip and Congresswoman for Massachusetts’s 5th District, Katherine Clark, spoke at the Friends Meeting House in Cambridge. Activists from CD5 For Palestine held up photos of children killed in Israel’s Gaza campaign and confronted Clark on her previous denial of the Gaza genocide, her support for arm sales to Israel, and her close relationship with AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. During the event, she remarked, “And we each have to continue to have an open heart about how we do this, how we do it effectively and how we take action in time to make a difference. Whether that is the starvation and genocide and destruction of Gaza or whether than means we are working together to stop the redistricting that is going on.” (Video clip)

 

Minority Whip Clark’s admission that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza is significant. She is now the highest-ranking member of Congress to acknowledge the genocide. However, Rep. Clark made it clear that she is unwilling to commit to voting against sending more US weapons to Israel. The majority of the American people do not support Israel’s genocidal destruction of Gaza. Our hope, as CD5 for Palestine, is that Clark’s remarks will push other politicians to speak out and that Clark will change her policy on Gaza. 

 

While constituents of Minority Whip Clark welcome her rhetorical shift, action is needed to stop Israel’s policy. That policy is one of deliberate, forced starvation of the Palestinian people.

 

Sam Levine, a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist and constituent of Clark’s, had the following to say in response to Clark’s remarks: “I appreciate Katherine Clark has finally acknowledged that Israel is committing a genocide. After 22 months of watching this horror, things are finally changing in how our politicians talk about this but a change in policy is needed now. Acknowledging Israel’s genocide is not enough. Representative Clark must now act accordingly. That means a promise to end all military support for this genocidal government.”