The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a demand by unions representing millions of workers for a ceasefire in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.
Those demands were contained in a letter sent to the White House by the American Postal Workers Union, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the National Education Association, Service Employees International Union, United Auto Workers and United Electrical Workers. It stated in part that ending military aid to Israel “is necessary to bring about a peaceful resolution to this conflict.”
“We welcome this strong, principled statement of support by these major labor unions for an end to both the Israeli genocide in Gaza and our nation’s enabling of the slaughter and destruction,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. “The vast majority of Americans want to see an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people and a recognition of their rights and humanity.”
He noted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant within weeks.
Tens of thousands are expected to gather on Capitol Hill Wednesday to protest Netanyahu’s address to Congress and the far-right Israeli government’s slaughter of almost 40,000 people – mostly women and children – in Gaza, and its destruction of much of the civilian infrastructure in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, forced starvation and genocide.
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Last week, CAIR condemned a threat by House Speaker Mike Johnson to arrest lawmakers who protest far-right Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress next week.
CAIR issued and action alert for Americans to call on members of Congress to boycott or protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on July 24th due to his openly racist views, genocidal war crimes, disrespect for the United States, and opposition to a Palestinian state.
CAIR recently welcomed a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), or World Court, that Israel’s settlement policies and exploitation of natural resources in the occupied Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end.
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