The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Trump administration’s complicity as the Israeli government reportedly starved to death five more people, including two children, and killed at least 42 aid seekers today as part of its campaign of mass destruction, slaughter, forced starvation, and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
CAIR’s condemnation comes as Jeremy Konyndyk, president of Refugees International and a former U.S. aid official, says indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu “is using starvation as a weapon of war.” He cited a New York Times report in which Israeli military officials say they have no proof UN aid was ever diverted, undercutting a claim Israel has used to justify forcibly starving Palestinians in Gaza.
SEE: The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born – Associated Press
In a statement, CAIR said:
“It is beyond the understanding of any moral individual how Trump administration officials can see the images of starving children and slaughtered aid seekers in Gaza without demanding an end to this man-made horror. Our nation will forever be stained by its complicity with the Israeli apartheid government’s genocide. The genocide must end and all those who carried it out or were complicit must be held accountable.”
Yesterday, CAIR welcomed the French government’s planned recognition of a Palestinian state and urged other nations across the world to take similar action as one way to respond to Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
CAIR also says that Israeli soldiers should continue to face arrest when they travel to nation that apply international law to those committing acts of genocide. Most recently, the Brussels-based Hind Rajab foundation called for the arrest of an Israeli soldier on vacation in Cyprus.
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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