CAIR Calls for Trump Administration to End Support for Israel's "Live-Streamed Genocide" in Gaza

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has issued a statement calling on the Trump administration to change course amidst a new Amnesty International (AI) report that describes Israel's actions in Gaza as a "live-streamed genocide." The report, titled "The State of the World's Human Rights," finds that Israel has committed acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. This has resulted in the destruction of homes, livelihoods, hospitals, and schools, with thousands of Palestinians killed.

Key Takeaways:

  • CAIR has called on the Trump administration to end its support for Israel's actions in Gaza, which Amnesty International has described as a "live-streamed genocide."
  • The Amnesty International report states that Israel has committed acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.
  • The report also finds that Israel's system of apartheid and unlawful occupation has become increasingly violent in the occupied West Bank, marked by a sharp increase in arbitrary detentions, unlawful killings, and state-backed attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians.
  • In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said that the Trump administration's complicity is the main reason the genocide is still taking place and that President Trump must listen to the majority of Americans who do not support the genocide.
  • CAIR has also called for the expulsion from the U.S. of Itamar Ben-Gvir, a convicted terrorist supporter and far-right Israeli government official, after he allegedly directed a member of his security detail to harass a woman wearing a keffiyeh while visiting Capitol Hill.

Statistics:

  • According to the Amnesty International report, Israel's actions in Gaza have resulted in the destruction of homes, livelihoods, hospitals, and schools, with thousands of Palestinians killed.
  • In 2024, Israel and its powerful allies, first among them the USA, claimed that international law did not apply to them, wilfully ignoring orders of the International Court of Justice and indictments of the International Criminal Court.

Sources:

  • Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
  • Amnesty International (AI)
  • Report: "The State of the World's Human Rights"
  • Statement by CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad