The Baltimore City Green Party has signed two statements in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. On November 20, the BGP agreed to sign on to a public letter to members of Baltimore's Congressional delegation. The letter was addressed to Senators Cardin and Van Hollen and Representatives Sarbanes and Ruppersberger. The letter stated: 

"We are Baltimore-area organizations and residents. We urge you to call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Palestine.

We grieve for the 1,200 killed during Hamas’ October 7th attack and the more than 12,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military – almost half of whom have been children – since then. These deaths include the relatives and loved ones of Maryland residents.

Israel has cut off water, electricity, fuel, and supplies to Gaza. Residents are on the brink of starvation. Over a million Gazans have been displaced. But even as UN experts warn of a 'grave risk of genocide' in Gaza, the Biden Administration says it has drawn 'no red lines' for the Israeli military, while the majority of Americans – including up to 80% of registered Democrats – support a ceasefire.

We are deeply concerned that billions of tax dollars have been so easily provided to support Israel’s military assault on Gaza, while we struggle for public resources to meet the basic needs of our communities.

We applaud Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) for calling for a ceasefire.

As our representatives, we urge you to publicly and unequivocally call for an immediate ceasefire, to sign onto or introduce a Ceasefire resolution, and to do everything in your power to pressure the Biden administration to do the same."

Previously, the BGP had signed a letter to members of the Montgomery County delegation to the Maryland Senate, who had called to "re-evaluate" public funding of the immigrant services organization CASA after the organization had shown support for Palestinian citizens in social media posts. The letter stated, in part: 

"We are deeply concerned and demand a retraction of your November 8th public letter which explicitly threatens the immigration rights non-profit, CASA, by stating that you intend to 're-evaluate' their legislative funding. The reason is because they expressed their support of Palestinian human rights and grief over Israel’s bombing and cutting off of food, water and electricity in Gaza.

While your threat targets CASA directly, it also threatens thousands of immigrants and low-income communities that rely on CASA’s safety net and advocacy services. And your statement further sends a 'chilling effect' to the growing (and now even majority) number of Americans who want the genocidal attacks on Gaza to stop and have been expressing sentiments similar to those in CASA’s tweet.

It is sadly ironic that your letter boasts that you 'support freedom of speech' when in fact, the letter itself has the specific intent of leveraging your governmental power to punish an organization that expresses an opinion that differs from yours. The very action that the First Amendment was written to outlaw. Following through on this threat would be an unconstitutional condition on a public benefit."

The BGP believes that these letters reflect the Green Party's platform on Palestine, which calls for the "right of self-determination for both Palestinians and Israelis", "the right and feasibility of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes in Israel", the right of international groups to participate in boycott, sanctions, and divestment (BDS) campaigns, and the end of U.S. military and foreign aid to Israel until it ends its seize of Gaza. The Green Party platform calls for the prohibition of all overseas arms sales and military grants.