Muslim civil rights and advocacy group also again calls on U.S. to stop funding Netanyahu’s genocide
(WASHINGTON, DC – 5/20/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to respect and not interfere with the “clear and credible” arrest warrant applications that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor is seeking against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant.
Today, the ICC’s prosecutor announced that he is requesting arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant, as well as several leaders of Hamas, on charges of crimes against humanity. The Palestinian Authority has accepted ICC jurisdiction over the occupied territories, while the United States and Israel refuse to do so.
SEE: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu – AP
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“Just as President Biden recognized that the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin due to war crimes in Ukraine was ‘justified,’ the president should do the same now regarding the arrest warrant applications sought by the ICC prosecutor against Benjamin Netanyahu due to war crimes in Gaza. War crimes are war crimes, regardless of whether they are committed by so-called American allies.
“President Biden should not interfere with the clear and credible arrest warrant applications that the ICC prosecutor is seeking against Israeli leaders responsible for genocidal war crimes in Gaza, nor should our nation continue to fund those war crimes. Benjamin Netanyahu is a racist mass murderer who has no intention of stopping his campaign of starvation and slaughter in Rafah and the rest of Gaza unless President Biden forces him to stop.
“That time has come.”
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