CAIR Calls on White House and Congress to Block Israel's Annexation of West Bank

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has issued a scathing press release condemning Israel's annexation of the occupied West Bank, warning that empty pledges from President Trump will not halt Israel's "maximum land, minimum population" drive to seize Palestinian land and erase its Arab Muslim and Christian population. CAIR is calling on the White House and Congress to take immediate action to block annexation and hold Israel accountable for its actions.

Key Takeaways:

  • CAIR is urging the White House and Congress to take immediate steps to block Israel's annexation of the West Bank, warning that empty pledges from President Trump will not halt Israel's "maximum land, minimum population" drive.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shown open disregard for President Trump's recent pledge to block annexation, and Israel is proceeding with plans to annex more than 80 percent of the West Bank.
  • CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert S. McCaw said that "annexation is not a threat on the horizon; it is already happening in open defiance of Trump's pledge to the American people and to Arab allies."
  • Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has unveiled a plan to annex more than 80 percent of the West Bank, reducing Palestinian life to a handful of disconnected urban ghettos.
  • On the ground in the West Bank, Israeli settlers and soldiers have already accelerated daily raids, killing over 1,000 Palestinians in the past two years, and land seizures.
  • CAIR is urging members of Congress to reject Trump's proposed $6 billion arms package until Israel halts all annexation activity and settlement expansion.
  • CAIR is also calling on Congress to introduce binding legislation to recognize the state of Palestine, block U.S. complicity in annexation, and condition all military aid to Israel on respect for human rights.

Statistics:

  • Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past two years as a result of Israeli raids and land seizures.
  • Israel plans to annex more than 80 percent of the West Bank.
  • $6 billion is the proposed amount of arms funding that CAIR is urging Congress to reject.
  • 19-year-old Ahmed Jihad Barahmeh was shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid near Jenin, the second Palestinian killed in the West Bank in two days.

Sources:

  • Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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