The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to condemn the bombing and shelling of the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.
Israeli forces reportedly killed 6 civilians in the Jabalia camp and wounded scores more. Residents said Israeli tanks and armored vehicles moved deep into the heart of Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps. Bulldozers are demolishing homes and shops in the path of the advance.
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In a statement, CAIR Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said:
“Once again, the Israeli government is openly engaging in a genocidal massacre in a refugee camp. How many more innocent Palestinian men, women and children have to die before President Biden stops enabling the Israeli government? We call on the Biden administration to suspend all military aid to the openly racist, homicidal Israeli government and demand an end to the genocide.”
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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