The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the massacre of a family of six in Gaza by Israeli forces and the murder of two Palestinians by Israeli forces during a settler raid in the West Bank.
An entire Palestinian family of six was killed at dawn on Tuesday after Israeli forces bombed their house in Gaza despite the ongoing ceasefire.
SEE: Israeli strike kills family of six in Gaza amid consistent ceasefire violations – TRT World
Israeli soldiers fatally shot two Palestinians after Israeli troops and settlers raided a town near Ramallah in the central West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said early Monday morning.
SEE: IDF Kills Two Palestinians in Raid on West Bank Town as Settlers Steal Livestock – West Bank News
Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in attack on Deir Jarir in occupied West Bank: Sources
Since the so-called ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,168 Palestinians and injured 3,798.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“We strongly condemn the Israeli military’s latest daily slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, this time a family sleeping in their home, using American taxpayer dollars. The Israel government’s signing of the so-called ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration was apparently nothing more than a ploy to slaughter more Palestinians at a slower pace. Israeli forces have been killing people in Gaza and the West Bank and their massacres are now escalating because of silence from Congress and support from the Trump administration. Members of Congress must raise their voices and demand that Israel stop killing innocent men, women and children.”
CAIR also welcomed a decision by the Netherlands to no longer allow goods from illegal settlements in Israeli-occupied territories to be imported into the country.
SEE: Netherlands to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements from September 22 | NL Times
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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]