(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/1/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations today condemned remarks by Florida Rep. Brian Mast comparing Palestinian civilians to Nazis and called it an attempted “call to commit genocide.”
CAIR called for Mast’s resignation.
During a speech on the House floor, Rep. Mast said” “I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians […] I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term ‘innocent Nazi civilians.’”
In a statement, CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw said:
“Representative Mast’s appalling remarks comparing innocent Palestinian men, women and children to Nazis is nothing short of a call to commit genocide. The Israeli government is openly pursuing a campaign of collective punishment to wipe out or displace the people of Gaza, and such statements from American politicians embolden their war crimes. We call on Representative Mast to resign.”
He noted that today, CAIR announced its opposition to efforts to give the Israeli government an additional $14 billion in American taxpayer dollars that would be used to commit additional war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and maintain the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian territory.
SEE: CAIR Opposes $14.3 Billion in Funding for Israeli ‘War Crimes’
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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, 202-999-8292, 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