The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that the “revolting” torture of a one-year-old Palestinian child in Gaza by Israeli forces must lead to congressional action to block U.S. tax dollars from enabling crimes against humanity.
Israeli soldiers reportedly subjected the child to torture – including burning one of his legs with cigarettes and inserting a nail into his leg – to pressure his father into making confessions during an interrogation. Palestine TV aired video showing injuries to the child after he was detained by Israeli forces near the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
SEE: Israeli soldiers reportedly torture one-year-old child in Gaza to force confessions from his father
In a statement, CAIR said:
“Israel’s use of a nail and cigarette burns to torture a one-year-old child and force a confession from his father is a revolting moral outrage that demands immediate action from Congress. No child, anywhere in the world, should be subjected to such cruelty, especially with American taxpayer dollars. These actions constitute grave violations of international law and basic human decency.
“Our nation must end its complicity in these crimes. Congress has a responsibility to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are not used to support the torture or slaughter of more children. Every lawmaker with a conscience must vote to end military aid for the out-of-control Israeli regime.”
Last week, CAIR said Israeli troops’ looting homes of people they ethnically-cleansed in Lebanon is just the “latest blatant violations” of U.S. foreign funding laws.
CAIR also welcomed a decision by the German government to not testify on Israel’s behalf in the genocide case against them at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
He noted that CAIR recently called on members of Congress to condemn Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Lebanon that has displaced around one in five people in the country.
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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