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Some pro-Palestinian protesters and activists in France and the United States, as well as Palestinian sports clubs and the Washington-based Council on American–Islamic Relations had joined a call for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to limit Israel’s official participation in the 2024 Summer Games over the war in Gaza.
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Shapiro has also been criticised for refusing to call for a ceasefire in Gaza despite children being among the biggest victims of the assault.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a statement in April claiming that his words and actions have created much harm in Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestine communities.
“At a time when governors of California and New Jersey have underlined in public statements their support for a ceasefire in Gaza, Gov. Shapiro has failed to do that,” the statement read.
“His attacks on academic freedom, intentionally depicting protests in a negative light, failure to care for and listen to Palestinian Pennsylvanians whose families are being massacred day in and out by Israeli government, and his behind-the-scenes antagonization of community organizations cannot be ignored and easily forgiven,” it continued.