The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on members of Congress to condemn Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Lebanon that has displaced around one in five people in the country.
Nearly one in five people in Lebanon have been displaced as a result of Israel’s relentless bombing, and more people have died in the capital after another attack. Israel continued to bomb Lebanon today while the New Arab reported that 12 people have been killed in Beirut. The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said he fears Lebanon could become the “next Gaza.”
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In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Netanyahu regime’s savagery and crimes against humanity know no end. One in five people have been forced out of their homes by the Israeli government’s cowardly terror bombing in Lebanon. This is ethnic cleansing, pure and simple. Members of Congress must condemn this unfolding atrocity before Israel uses American taxpayer dollars to turn Lebanon into Gaza.”
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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