US-Israeli Partnership in Genocide to Shape Int’l Image of America
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the United States’ largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, on Sunday condemned both newly-revealed Israeli use of Palestinian civilians as “human shields” and recorded remarks by a top Israeli official calling for the summary execution or starvation of Palestinian prisoners.
In video aired by Al Jazeera, Palestinian prisoners are shown being forced to search homes for bombs or tunnels, and while Israeli troops sought protection from being fired on, they forced handcuffed and nearly-naked prisoners to search buildings.
The Israeli regime’s minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir was recorded advocating for the execution of Palestinian prisoners instead of providing them with proper food in detention. Ben-Gvir recently ordered a reduction in food rations for Palestinian prisoners as a “deterrence” measure. Israeli forces have arrested almost 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children.
In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said:
“Israeli war crimes, and calls for more war crimes, are occurring daily in Gaza and the West Bank, while the Biden administration rushes more American bombs to Israel to complete the genocide. The US-Israeli partnership in genocide, ethnic cleansing and forced starvation will shape the international community’s image of America for generations to come. The Biden administration must change course to uphold universal human rights and recognize Palestinian humanity.”
On Saturday, CAIR’s New York chapter said a false claim by the far-right Israeli regime’s new consul general that New York is under threat of “Muslim occupation” will likely lead to more hate crimes targeting ordinary Muslims and Arab-Americans.
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Last week, CAIR condemned Israel’s blocking of Palestinian mothers from accompanying their children who left the Gaza Strip to Egypt for cancer treatment.
CAIR also condemned the Biden administration’s reported planned release of 500-lb. bombs that were part of a weapons shipment to Israel put on hold in April.
Earlier, CAIR condemned a genocidal threat by the Israeli government to return Lebanon to the “stone age” as reports from Gaza reveal that doctors have been forced to perform amputations without anesthesia on victims of Israel’s bombing campaign.
A new report has exposed an Israeli war crime last year in which 11 Palestinian men in Gaza were executed in front of women and children. Survivors said the Israeli soldiers left a “bloodbath” in their wake. At that time, CAIR called for a United Nations investigation of the “summary executions” of unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family members.
Another report by the Norwegian Refugee Council has confirmed that 83% of Palestinians displaced from Rafah by Israel have no access to food, 52% have no access to dignified shelter, and 57% have no access to safe water.
On Saturday, CAIR said a new report by Scripps News and Bellingcat shows that Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza is seeking to erase Palestinian culture.
Source: Cair.com
