The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Israel’s daily slaughter of Palestinian children must stop after 12 children were reported murdered by Israeli terror forces in Gaza, among at least 41 people killed since dawn.
Seven people, including children, reportedly died from Israel’s forced starvation over the past 24 hours, raising the total starved to 420, including 145 children. Israel has slaughtered almost 65,000 people, mostly women and children, in Gaza. A secret Israeli intelligence database shows that least 83 percent of Palestinians slaughtered in Gaza were civilians – not combatants. Even former Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi acknowledged that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured since the start of Israel’s Gaza genocide.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli government’s daily slaughter of Palestinian children is a moral abomination. The slaughter of children must stop. Every new day of silence from the international community is a green light for more children to be bombed, starved and buried under rubble.
“The continued targeting of civilians — the use of starvation as a weapon of war — is part of a genocidal campaign that must be stopped immediately.
“We call on the Trump administration and Congress to immediately end all military funding to Israel and to take concrete steps to hold Israeli officials accountable for their crimes against humanity. Words of concern are no longer enough — only meaningful action can save lives.”
Yesterday, CAIR commended U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) for their courage and moral clarity in issuing a groundbreaking report accusing indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against the Palestinian people – and implicating the U.S. government in complicity through its continued military and political support. WATCH.
CAIR also called Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) an “accomplice in genocide” after he was caught on video denying the existence of the Israeli-manufactured famine in Gaza and falsely claiming that “Palestine is a made up fiction.”
Last week, CAIR called for the removal of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) from Gaza after an investigation by the BBC revealed that a biker gang with a history of violent anti-Muslim rhetoric is in charge of the foundation’s security.
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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