The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said an Israeli general’s call for the mass killing and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is further evidence of that state’s genocidal intent.
Israel’s Channel 12 TV station published remarks by the former head of Israeli Military Intelligence Aharon Haliva who said 50 Palestinians must die for every Israeli who died on October 7, 2023, and “it does not matter now if they are children.” He added: “They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price.” [NOTE: “Nakba” refers to the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land in 1948.]
SEE: Israeli general says 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim – The Guardian
Since this morning, Israel has murdered at least 21 starving people desperately seeking food in southern Gaza. Israel has slaughtered almost 62,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. The true figure is likely to be much higher.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“These horrific statements — explicitly calling for the mass killing of Palestinians, including children, and invoking the Nakba as a strategy — is not just evidence of genocidal rhetoric, it is a blueprint for genocidal action. These comments are not isolated; they reflect the violent dehumanization that has fueled one of the deadliest and most indiscriminate genocidal campaigns in modern history.
“The Trump administration and the international community can no longer turn a blind eye. President Trump and Congress cannot continue to claim they do not know or deny what the entire world is seeing every hour of every day. The United States must immediately halt all military aid and support to Israel and demand accountability for war crimes committed in Gaza. Silence is complicity.
Yesterday, CAIR called on the international community — including the United Nations, the Trump administration, and any nations committed to human rights — to take immediate and concrete action to halt Israel’s newly-announced ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza.
CAIR also said an announcement by the U.S. Department of State that it is halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza is the latest example of the Trump administration’s complicity with Israel’s genocide and seems to be “intentionally cruel.”
That move came after Laura Loomer posted videos of Palestinians arriving in the U.S. and demanded the State Department ban entry to “Islamic invaders.”
On Friday,CAIR called a new United Nations report that Israel slaughtered at least 1,760 forcibly-starved Palestinians while they desperately sought food in Gaza “a moral indictment of Western governments.”
Last week, CAIR condemned the “glaring omission” of the Gaza genocide from the U.S. State Department’s latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, calling the report’s treatment of Israel deeply inadequate and morally indefensible.
CAIR also condemned Israel’s U.S.-backed “unrelenting slaughter” of forcibly-starved civilians in Gaza after at least 31 people were murdered as they desperately sought food for their starving families.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@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