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CAIR Calls on Biden to Stand Up to Openly Racist and Genocidal Far-Right Israeli Leaders

(WASHINGTON D.C., 12/29/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to stand up to a new Israeli government composed of openly racist and genocidal far-right politicians. 

SEE: Everything You Need to Know About Israel’s Radical Regime Change 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-radical-racist-regime-change-everything-you-need-know

Netanyahu Backs Repeal of Ban on Racist Knesset Candidates 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-backs-repeal-of-law-banning-racists-from-knesset-plans-replacement-bill/

Benjamin Netanyahu’s New Israeli Government Will Make West Bank Expansion a Priority 

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/1145952664/benjamin-netanyahus-new-israeli-government-will-make-west-bank-expansion-a-prior

“Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has dropped all pretenses by openly embracing racism, Islamophobia, apartheid and ethnic cleansing,” said CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell. “The Biden administration must stand up to these far-right extremists by condemning them, refusing to cooperate with them, and stopping the blank check that funds the Israeli apartheid government’s human rights abuses. Business as usual is not acceptable.”

Mitchell noted that CAIR welcomed an investigation by a UN commission of inquiry into the Israeli government’s system of apartheid against Palestinians.   

He also cited an open letter by five former European ministers that labeled Israel’s policies against Palestinians as “the crime of apartheid.”  

Mitchell added that Amnesty InternationalHuman Rights Watch, and the Presbyterian Church USA have recently labeled Israel an apartheid state.   

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing also recognized that Israel is committing apartheid against Palestinians.  

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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 Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com 

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