CAIR: US-Made Bombs Were Used in Israel’s Tent Massacre in Rafah – Common Dreams
An expert at the Council on American-Islamic Relations called it a “U.S.-backed massacre.”
CAIR: US says Israel’s Rafah strike beyond tragic as human rights groups criticize Washington – Reuters
“Sadly, because of President Biden’s insistence on sending more bombs to enable Netanyahu’s war crimes in Rafah, this is now as much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide,” said Nihad Awad, executive director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
CAIR: ‘As much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide’ – Al Jazeera
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has condemned the US government for continuing to stand by Israel after the attack on displaced Palestinians in Rafah killed at least 45 people.
“Day after day, massacre after massacre, and the Biden administration continues to ship the bombs to the far-right, openly genocidal Israeli government that it uses to slaughter Palestinian children, women, medical personnel, journalists, international aid workers, and the sick and elderly, and continues to shield Israel from international accountability,” said Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director.
CAIR: Amid Outrage Over Rafah Massacre, Second IDF Attack on Camp Kills 21 – Common Dreams
“This genocidal brutality, which is being exposed daily by piles of charred and dismembered Palestinian civilians, must stop,” CAIR’s Awad added.
CAIR: White House awaits results of Israel’s investigation into deadly Rafah strike, says ‘no policy change’ – CNS
Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, said the Biden administration “continues to shield Israel from international accountability.”
“This genocidal brutality, which is being exposed daily by piles of charred and dismembered Palestinian civilians, must stop,” Awad said in a statement. “Sadly, because of President Biden’s insistence on sending more bombs to enable Netanyahu’s war crimes in Rafah, this is now as much an American genocide as it is an Israeli genocide.”
CAIR: Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum closed after staff say exhibit ‘frames Palestinian liberation’ as antisemitism – KUOW
CAIR-NJ: Feds investigate anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bias complaint against Rutgers – NorthJersey.com
An attorney for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee confirmed the investigation was spurred by a 57-page complaint they along with New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed with the Education Department citing allegations of doxxing and harassment at the Newark law school and New Brunswick undergraduate campus since October 2023. The complaint alleges that the Rutgers administration did not do enough to protect students’ safety or well-being.
CAIR-SFBA: Bay Area doctor left stranded in Gaza returns home – Mountain View Voice
Dr. Haleh Sheikholeslami, who is a specialist in family medicine at Sutter Health – Palo Alto Medical Foundation in San Carlos, departed four weeks ago to help civilians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war in what she anticipated to be a two-week trip, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations – California San Francisco (CAIR-SF).
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