The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a joint statement by 25 nations, including Britain, France and other European nations, saying Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza “must end now” and that Israel must comply with international law.
That joint statement said, “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths” and condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.”
SEE: UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’ – Associated Press
Washington, D.C., based CAIR also welcomed the question by Belgian federal police of two Israeli soldiers over allegations of war crimes committed during the Gaza genocide. The detentions and questioning came followed the filing of a legal complaint by the Hind Rajab Foundation and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN).
SEE: Belgium questions 2 Israelis at music festival over Gaza crime allegations – Associated Press
Earlier today, CAIR condemned Israel’s kidnapping of a top doctor in Gaza, the deadly bombing of a water plant and the latest massacre of intentionally-starved people desperately seeking for their families.
Israel has slaughtered more than 59,000 people in Gaza – and probably many more – mostly women and children. Many of the dead starved to death under Israel’s campaign of forced starvation.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“We commend the governments that have publicly demanded an end to the genocide in Gaza and those that are taking concrete steps to uphold international law, including the recent questioning of alleged Israeli war criminals in Belgium.
“These developments affirm what Palestinians and human rights organizations have been saying since Israel’s genocide began: that the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
“The international community can no longer remain silent in the face of Israel’s forced starvation, slaughter, ethnic cleansing, and the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure. Accountability and justice are not optional — they are obligations under international law. We urge our government and all world governments to take immediate steps to end the genocide and hold those responsible for the suffering fully accountable.”
Last week, CAIR called for the immediate release of Palestinian Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was seized by Israeli forces in Gaza and now faces torture and abuse. Abu Safya is held in solitary confinement at the notorious Ofer military prison, which – like other Israeli detention centers – has a well-documented history of torture and abuse of detainees.
Yesterday, CAIR said that “history will long remember the Western world’s indifference to the forced starvation, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza.”
Over the weekend, CAIR condemned what it called the world’s “normalization” of daily Israeli massacres after Israel again slaughtered at least 36 starving people seeking food at a U.S.-backed aid concentration site in Gaza.
Hundreds of starving people have been slaughtered and thousands more have been wounded while desperately trying to access food during Israel’s campaign of forced starvation in Gaza. Israel has slaughtered more than 58,000 people in Gaza – and possibly many more – mostly women and children.
SEE: UN warns mass starvation is becoming ‘normal’ in Gaza
Last week, CAIR called for a United Nations and International Criminal Courtwar crimes investigation of Israel’s alleged use of drones bombs packed with nails to target civilians in Gaza.
Also last week, CAIR said a deadly Israeli attack on the only Catholic church in Gaza shows “Israel’s brutal disregard for religious sites and the indiscriminate nature of its genocide.”
CAIR called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch a full U.S. investigation into the killing of Florida resident and U.S. citizen Sayfollah (“Saif”) Musallet, who was reportedly beaten to death on July 11 by a mob of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank
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