The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to back sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements and to address the ongoing Israeli ethnic cleansing of the West Bank.
In a statement, Washington, D.C.-based CAIR said:
“We urge all members of Congress to publicly recognize the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and call on the Trump administration to join European nations in holding illegal Israeli settlers backed by the Israeli government responsible for their crimes, including the murder of American citizens. Members of Congress should make clear that condemning the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank and imposing sanctions on those responsible is the bare minimum that the American people expect from this administration and the next President of the United States, whoever that turns out to be.”
Last week, CAIR called on the U.S. Senate to block consideration and passage of H.R. 4795, the misleadingly titled “Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026.” CAIR said every House member who supported this anti-free-speech bill voted to censor students and faculty advocating for the fundamental American right to engage in peaceful political boycotts by threatening their institutions with the loss of federal education funding if that advocacy succeeds.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, [email protected]; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, [email protected]; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, [email protected]