The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that President Biden’s State of the Union address is his “best and perhaps last chance” to announce concrete steps showing he is listening to the American people demanding that his administration end its immoral support for the genocide in Gaza and secure a permanent ceasefire.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
“The State of the Union is President Biden’s best and perhaps last chance to listen to the American people and announce concrete steps to force the Israeli government to end its genocide in Gaza. If President Biden instead plays word games about a temporary ceasefire, justifies the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people, or insists on continuing to enable Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign of indiscriminate bombing, ethnic cleansing and forced starvation, his State of the Union address could permanently damage his relationship with millions of Americans watching at home, including two million American Muslim registered voters.”
He noted that The Guardian reported: “A protest vote against Joe Biden gained more traction around the country on Super Tuesday as voters in several states sought to send a message to the Democratic president to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”
The Washington Post reports that the Biden administration has “quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate foreign military sales to Israel since the Gaza war began on October 7, US officials told members of Congress in a recent classified briefing.”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com