The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the slaughter of 11 Palestinians, including 3 journalists, by Israeli forces in Gaza and the appointment of Israeli war criminal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the so-called “Board of Peace” set to govern Gaza.
At least 11 Palestinians killed in a surge of Israeli attacks across Gaza today. Among the dead are Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem, three Palestinian journalists targeted in a strike on their car, while filming for an Egyptian government humanitarian initiative in the central town of Zahraa. The car was clearly marked with the Egyptian Committee’s logo.
Israeli fire kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two children | AP News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a position on President Trump’s “Board of Peace” which he says will oversee Gaza. Netanyahu has overseen Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for his arrest over war crimes in Gaza.
In a statement, Washington, D.C., based CAIR said:
“The murders of Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem by Israeli forces is a war crime and those responsible must be prosecuted under international law. Israel, which despite the ceasefire is still slaughtering civilians and targeting journalists in Gaza, should have absolutely no role in governing the territory. Benjamin Netanyahu belongs in a cell at the Hague, not on the so-called ‘Board of Peace.’ Allowing the genocidal Israeli government any role whatsoever in determining Gaza’s future will prove disastrous.”
He noted that Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Israeli forces carrying out the genocidal war in Gaza were responsible for the deaths of 29 Palestinian reporters, RSF said in its annual report published on Tuesday. It was the third year running that Israel was named the top killer of journalists by the NGO.
SEE: Israel remained leading killer of journalists in 2025: RSF | News | Al Jazeera
Nasser Abu Bakr, Chairman of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate, reported that more than 255 journalists were killed in Gaza, representing 18 per cent of the overall number in the Strip.
SEE: In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, journalism is ‘both a battleground and a lifeline’ | UN News
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