The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned what it called the world’s “normalization” of daily Israeli massacres after Israel again slaughtered at least 36 starving people seeking food at a U.S.-backed aid concentration site in Gaza.
Hundreds of starving people have been slaughtered and thousands more have been wounded while desperately trying to access food during Israel’s campaign of forced starvation in Gaza. Israel has slaughtered more than 58,000 people in Gaza – and possibly many more – mostly women and children. At least 116 Gazans have been slaughtered just today.
SEE: UN warns mass starvation is becoming ‘normal’ in Gaza
In a statement, Washington, D.C., based CAIR said:
“How many more forcibly-starved men, women and children have to be murdered before the world acts? The international community, with the complicity of our own government, has not only tolerated but effectively normalized the daily massacre of Palestinian civilians by the far-right government of indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.
“These are not accidents. These are not isolated incidents. These are the predictable consequences of a system of brutality and impunity backed by billions in U.S. taxpayer-supplied weapons and aid.
“We demand immediate action to end all U.S. support for Israel’s genocidal assault. Silence is complicity with genocide, and normalization of slaughter is a betrayal of humanity.”
Yesterday, CAIR called for a United Nations and International Criminal Courtwar crimes investigation of Israel’s alleged use of drones bombs packed with nails to target civilians in Gaza.
CAIR also called for the immediate release of Palestinian Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was seized by Israeli forces in Gaza and now faces torture and abuse. Abu Safya is held in solitary confinement at the notorious Ofer military prison, which – like other Israeli detention centers – has a well-documented history of torture and abuse of detainees.
SEE: Gaza doctor Abu Safiya given ‘two spoonfuls of rice a day’ in Israeli jail
Last week, CAIR said a deadly Israeli attack on the only Catholic church in Gaza shows “Israel’s brutal disregard for religious sites and the indiscriminate nature of its genocide.”
CAIR also called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch a full U.S. investigation into the killing of Florida resident and U.S. citizen Sayfollah (“Saif”) Musallet, who was reportedly beaten to death on July 11 by a mob of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Also this week, CAIR condemned the massacre of some 20 starving Palestinians after guards of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) reportedly threw stun grenades and used pepper spray at an aid concentration site.
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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