CAIR Condemns Israel’s Execution of Civilians, ‘Torture’ of Detainees, Desecration of Cemeteries
Ibrahim Hooper
- January 20, 2024
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/20/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the latest “Israeli war crimes of the day” in Gaza, including eyewitness reports of the execution of civilians by Israeli forces, reports of the “torture” of detainees and the ongoing desecration of cemeteries.
NOTE: Israel has now killed almost 25,000 Gazans, mostly women and children, with least 165 killed and 280 injured in the last 24 hours.
Eyewitness reports are shown on video in the aftermath of a summary execution of more than a dozen men in a Gaza apartment last month. Muhammad Shehada, of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor in Copenhagen, told Al Jazeera he believes there is a pattern of a “systematic” killing taking place on the ground.
The reports of summary executions of Gaza civilians come as the Head of UN Human Rights Office Occupied Palestinian Territory Ajith Sunghay called for an end to the mistreatment of Palestinian detainees by Israeli forces in Gaza. He wrote: “During my time here, I have managed to meet a number of released detainees. These are men who were detained by Israeli Security Forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. They described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill-treatment, and to what may amount to torture.”
CNN reported on the damage left to cemeteries in Gaza after Israeli forces bulldozed them, uprooting graves. The Israeli military has desecrated at least 16 cemeteries in Gaza.
In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said:
“These war crimes – the execution of civilians, the torture of detainees and the desecration of cemeteries – are symptoms of the decades-long dehumanization of the Palestinian people and the dismissal of their right to freedom and justice. Only when Palestinians are recognized as human beings that deserve freedom and dignity will the international community wake up to the injustices it has supported for so long.”
Hooper added that yesterday, CAIR condemned the killing of a Palestinian-American teen by the forces of the far-right Israeli government in the occupied West Bank.
He noted that CAIR previously called on the Biden administration to condemn the far-right Israeli government’s targeted murder of journalists in Gaza.
An investigation by the Committee to Protect Journalists reports at least 83 journalists and media workers were among the almost 25,000 people killed by Israel in Gaza since the war began.
CAIR also called on President Biden to condemn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and take action after he admitted to being opposed to the existence of a Palestinian state in any scenario.
Also yesterday, CAIR condemned what it called the latest “Israeli war crimes of the day,” including a new call for ethnic cleansing of Gaza by a top Israeli government official, the demolition of a Gaza university, attacks near a Gaza hospital, video of Israeli troops mocking Palestinian suffering, and Israeli actions forcing women to give birth in the streets.
SEE: CAIR Condemns ‘Israeli War Crimes of the Day,’ Including New Call for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
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