Jewish group to deliver 180K letters to White House to mark 180 days since Oct. 7

The Orthodox Union is working with fellow Jewish advocacy organizations to collect 180,000 letters of support for Israel to be hand-delivered to the White House to mark 180 days since the Oct. 7 attacks.

The White House is pictured in Washington, D.C.  (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The Orthodox Union — one of the largest Jewish advocacy groups in the country — is drawing letters for the demonstration from its network of synagogues across the country.

Additionally, Orthodox Union is collaborating with the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), Chabad on Campus, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, Olami, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and more to fill the 180,000 quota.

"We urge the Biden administration to stay the course and support Israel until the Hamas threat is eliminated," said Orthodox Union Executive Director of Public Policy Nathan Diament. 

BIDEN'S SHIFTING SUPPORT OF ISRAEL IN HIS OWN WORDS: FROM 'UNWAVERING' TO 'OVER THE TOP' CRITICISM

Egyptian trucks carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip queue outside the Rafah border crossing on the Egyptian side amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.  (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has doubled down on his plans to invade the city of Rafah in Gaza despite vehement opposition from the Biden administration on humanitarian grounds.

"We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake," Vice President Kamala Harris told ABC when asked about consequences for invading Rafah. "Let me tell you something: I have studied the maps. There's nowhere for those folks to go."

Asked if she was ruling out consequences for initiating the invasion despite U.S. protest, Harris said she was "ruling out nothing."

Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com

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