CAIR Says U.N. Report Documenting Israel’s Deliberate Targeting of Children Should Lead to U.S. and Global Sanctions
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said that sanctions on Israel, not just an end to western military aid, should follow a United Nations commission of inquiry reporting that Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, actions the commission said amount to genocide, […]
CAIR-NC Calls Wake County Commissioner’s Israeli-Funded Trip ‘Deeply Unfortunate’
‘Israel is engaged in genocide, mass starvation, and the illegal annexation of Palestinian land.’ The North Carolina office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NC), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called Wake County Board of Commissioner Vickie Adamson’s trip to Israel – paid for by the Israeli government – “deeply unfortunate.” In […]
CAIR Calls on Congress to Condemn Israeli Murder of Teen Walking to Exam in Gaza, Call for Release of Pregnant Palestinian Prisoners
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress to condemn Israel’s murder of teenage girl as she walked to school to take an exam in Gaza City. CAIR said that the murder of Raghad Hassan Ashour, 16, is part just one small part of Israel’s genocide in […]
CAIR Condemns Illegal Israeli Settlers’ Hate Attacks, Arson Targeting West Bank Mosques
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned hate attacks by illegal Israeli settlers who torched two mosques in illegally-occupied West Bank villages. Illegal Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to mosques in the Palestinian villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah northeast of Ramallah. Witnesses and local officials said […]
CAIR Welcomes Calls from International Medical Groups to Suspend Israel from World Medical Association
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed calls from international medical groups for Israel to be suspended from the World Medical Association. A petition organized by The People’s Health Movement, the Dutch organization Doctors for Gaza, as well as the health wing of Jewish Voice for Peace […]
CAIR Action Alert: Tell Congress to Block the U.S.-Israel Military Merger Bills
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging all Americans to contact their members of Congress and demand opposition to two dangerous Israel First provisions moving through Congress that would mandatorily merge America’s military, intelligence, technological, and regional security infrastructure with the government of Israel. CLICK […]
CAIR Calls New Expansion of Illegal Israeli Settlements in Occupied West Bank ‘De Facto Annexation’
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the Israeli government’s latest expansion of illegal settlements in the illegally-occupied West Bank is “de facto annexation.” According to reports, the Israeli government is moving forward with major new investments and construction projects to expand settlements and related infrastructure throughout […]
CAIR Says Congress Must Act After Amnesty Report on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Illegally-Occupied West Bank
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said Congress must take immediate action to end U.S. complicity in Israel’s war crimes after Amnesty International released a report accusing the Israeli government of carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Palestinians in the illegally-occupied West Bank. According to […]
CAIR Urges Senate Armed Services Committee to Reject U.S.-Israel Military Integration Provision During FY2027 NDAA Markup
As the Senate Armed Services Committee begins its closed-door markup of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)today and continues deliberations tomorrow, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced that it has sent a letter to every member of the committee urging lawmakers to […]
CAIR Urges Tribeca Festival to Act After ‘Joke’ by Elon Gold, Lizzy Savetsky Mocking Rape of Palestinian Detainees
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/8/26) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Tribeca Festival to “take appropriate action” after a sick “joke” made by actor Elon Gold and influencer Lizzy Savetsky at the festival in which they appeared to mock reports of sexual abuse and […]