The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the international community — including the United Nations, the Trump administration, and any nations committed to human rights — to take immediate and concrete action to halt Israel’s newly-announced ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza.
SEE: Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza, spokesperson says – Reuters
Israel has repeatedly forcibly-displaced almost the entire Gaza population and destroyed most of the civilian infrastructure.
It has reportedly slaughtered almost 62,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children. The true figure is likely to be much higher. Eleven people, including a child, have reportedly starved to death in Gaza in the past 24 hours.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli government’s announced plan to forcibly remove Palestinians from northern Gaza is not a military operation — it is a textbook act of ethnic cleansing. Forcible transfer of a civilian population under the threat of violence and starvation is a grave violation of international law and a moral outrage.
“The world community must not remain complicit through silence. We call on President Trump, Congress, the United Nations, and all world leaders who have a shred of conscience to condemn this planned crime against humanity and to take immediate and concrete action to prevent further war crimes. Sanctions, arms embargoes, and international legal proceedings must be urgently pursued to stop Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
“The Palestinian people must not be erased from their land. Justice demands action — now.”
Earlier today, CAIR said an announcement by the U.S. Department of State that it is halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza is the latest example of the Trump administration’s complicity with Israel’s genocide and seems to be “intentionally cruel.”
That move came after Laura Loomer posted videos of Palestinians arriving in the U.S. and demanded the State Department ban entry to “Islamic invaders.”
Reuters reports: “The State Department’s move to stop visitor visas for people from Gaza comes after Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and an ally of President Donald Trump, said on social media on Friday that the Palestinian ‘refugees’ had entered the U.S. this month.”
SEE: US stops visitor visas for people from Gaza – Reuters
NPR wrote: “Writing on X on Saturday, Loomer took credit for the State Department’s decision to halt the humanitarian visa program for people from Gaza, calling the news ‘fantastic’ and thanking Secretary of State Marco Rubio for this decision.”
Yesterday, CAIR called a new United Nations report that Israel slaughtered at least 1,760 forcibly-starved Palestinians while they desperately sought food in Gaza “a moral indictment of Western governments.”
Last week, CAIR condemned the “glaring omission” of the Gaza genocide from the U.S. State Department’s latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, calling the report’s treatment of Israel deeply inadequate and morally indefensible.
CAIR also condemned Israel’s U.S.-backed “unrelenting slaughter” of forcibly-starved civilians in Gaza after at least 31 people were murdered as they desperately sought food for their starving families.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
La misión de CAIR es proteger las libertades civiles, mejorar la comprensión del Islam, promover la justicia, y empoderar a los musulmanes en los Estados Unidos.
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