The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the inaction of world leaders as Israel steps up its genocidal campaign of mass slaughter and starvation in Gaza.
According to the Associated Press: “A series of Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight into Sunday morning killed at least 103 Palestinians, including many women and children.” “[A]irstrikes killed more than 48 people — including 18 children and 13 women — in and around the southern city of Khan Younis…In northern Gaza, a strike on a home in Jabaliya killed nine members of a family…Another strike on a residence there killed 10, including seven children and a woman.” Israel has murdered more than 460 Palestinians in the past week and stepped up its attacks on hospitals in Gaza.
Al Jazeera reports that five journalists have been killed in recent Israeli attacks.
Israel has slaughtered more than 53,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“Israel’s genocide, and the world community’s failure to stop its crimes against humanity, have exposed international law as a myth that is only invoked when those the West regards as human beings are impacted. It is clear that after a decades-long and systematic dehumanization campaign, Palestinians are not seen as part of humanity, otherwise the genocide would have ended long ago.”
He noted that 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.
CAIR’s mission is to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
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