In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful “He created the heavens and the earth to manifest the truth. He shaped you and shaped you well, and to Him you shall all return. He knows all that is in the heavens and the earth. He knows what you conceal and what you reveal. For God knows best what is (hidden) in the heart.” The Holy Quran, 64:3-4 |
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CAIR, Law Office Sue State Dept. for Abandoning Palestinian-Americans | CAIR Calls on US Talk Shows to Invite Palestinian Guests | CAIR Says Reports Showing Israel Denying Water, Ethnically-Cleansing Gaza are ‘Clear Evidence’ Biden is Violating Leahy Law |
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest civil rights and advocacy organization, and the Law Office of Maria Kari today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State for failing to evacuate American citizens, American legal residents, and the family members of Americans trapped under Israeli bombardment in Gaza. [NOTE: Today, CAIR announced the lawsuit at news conferences in California, Illinois and New Jersey.] SEE LAWSUIT HERE. The lawsuit comes after the plaintiffs, all Palestinian-Americans, have tried, for months, to exhaust non-legal means to escape Gaza. Each plaintiff in the lawsuit is eligible to be evacuated but has been summarily ignored by the State Department and other Biden administration officials. Meanwhile, when similarly situated Americans of different backgrounds have been trapped in conflict zones, the State Department has acted with appropriate urgency. The State Department has cited the closure of Rafah as the ostensible reason for its failure to help Palestinian-Americans in Gaza, but the lawsuit specifically calls for evacuations through Kerem Shalom, where evacuations have been done in the past. The lawsuit alleges that the State Department’s disparate treatment of Palestinian-Americans violates the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees equal protection for citizens and legal residents abroad under federal law. This is not the first time Americans in Gaza have had to turn to the courts for assistance. |
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| In a statement, CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper said: “As this important and stunning report indicates, Palestinian perspectives have been almost completely absent from America's Sunday morning news shows, while the perspectives of the Israeli government and its supporters have been commonly represented. It is time for media professionals – and particularly news talk show guest bookers - to ensure neutral, accurate and balanced coverage by offering Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans an equal opportunity to share their perspectives with the American public.” |
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| In a statement, CAIR Deputy Executive Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said: “These reports by respected organizations highlight what has been obvious to everyone who has taken an honest look at the actions of the far-right Israeli government in Gaza: they are waging a campaign of extermination and expulsion. Subjecting a people to relentless and indiscriminate bombing, starving them and denying them water, and expelling them from their homes is genocide. The Biden administration, which has been facilitating this genocide, must recognize this clear evidence that the Leahy Law is being violated, change course and halt all weapons shipments and economic support for the Israeli government.” |
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| Today, after statewide efforts to protect Free Speech in Ohio, CAIR-OH, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), OPAWL, the ACLU and other coalitional partners celebrate the defeat of the attempt to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism in Ohio Law. |
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