The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a reported decision by the Biden administration to send Israel the 500-pound bombs for its genocide in Gaza that had previously been held back.
The bombs are expected to arrive in Israel in coming weeks.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“As the world witnesses the mass slaughter and wholesale destruction the far-right Israeli government is carrying out in Gaza, it is unconscionable that the Biden administration would send more American taxpayer-funded bombs to kill and maim more women, children and men in Gaza. This madness must stop.”
Earlier today, CAIR questioned the Biden administration’s “silence” about daily Israeli war crimes, torture of prisoners, ethnic cleansing, forced starvation, and massacres.
Yesterday, CAIR condemned the latest Israeli massacre at a school in Gaza in which dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school in Gaza.
Also yesterday, CAIR called for action by the Biden administration after United Nations rights experts accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” in Gaza.
CAIR also condemned the reported Israeli killings of a father and grandfather by running them over with a tank during in Gaza, the killing of 17 members of a Palestinian family – including 14 women and children – and the horrific condition of a prisoner released from Israeli detention.
Earlier this week, CAIR said a letter published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet estimating that some 186,000 may have died since Israel’s invasion of Gaza once again proves that a genocide is occurring. CAIR also called on the Biden administration to address new reports that Israeli soldiers are being permitted to kill civilians and destroy homes at will, without rules of engagement.
On Sunday, CAIR called on the Biden administration to address new reports of Israeli rape and torture of Palestinian prisoners and the alleged summary execution of detainees.
On Saturday, CAIR condemned what it called the latest “Israeli war crimes of the day,” including a new massacre at a school in Gaza, the killing of journalists and former detainees, and the forced displacement of almost the entire population of Gaza.
Earlier this month, CAIR called on the Biden administration to take action following new allegations of Israeli torture of Palestinian detainees.
On Friday, CAIR expressed horror in response to viral footage of a young Palestinian girl in Rafah struggling to survive after an Israeli attack blew her jaw off.
CAIR also condemned South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham for racist remarks he made about Palestinians on the Fourth of July.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com