The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned Israel’s plan to allow only nine aid trucks into Gaza as a “completely insufficient, psychotic PR stunt.”
An Israeli spokesperson reportedly said: “Nine trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, including baby food, will enter Gaza via Israel in the coming hours. Associated Press reports that no aid has entered Gaza so far.
Israel has slaughtered more than 53,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli government’s decision to let a trickle of aid into Gaza – reportedly only nine aid trucks in a day – will do nothing to relieve the threat of famine facing two million Palestinian men, women and children besieged in Gaza. This is a completely insufficient, psychotic PR stunt by Netanyahu’s genocidal government, which is determined to occupy and flatten Gaza, and then expel any Palestinians who survive. The genocide – and our nation’s support for that genocide – must end.”
Yesterday, CAIR condemned the inaction of world leaders as Israel steps up its genocidal campaign of mass slaughter and starvation in Gaza.
On Friday, CAIR called on President Trump to address and renounce an “insane” plan to ethnically-cleanse Gaza and force its population to Libya as reported in national media.
Washington, D.C., based CAIR also said it is “now or never” for elected officials to speak out against Israel’s clear genocidal plan to “flatten and occupy” Gaza and finish the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.
Last week, CAIR condemned the Israeli slaughter of more than 100 Palestinians on the day marking the 77th anniversary of the Nakba (May 15), during which Israeli forces carried out the ethnic cleansing of most of Palestine in 1948.
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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