{"id":17605,"date":"2025-05-19T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17605"},"modified":"2025-05-19T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T10:51:41","slug":"cair-urges-u-s-lawmakers-to-denounce-netanyahus-gaza-plan-and-halt-arms-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/cair-urges-u-s-lawmakers-to-denounce-netanyahus-gaza-plan-and-halt-arms-to-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"CAIR Urges U.S. Lawmakers to Denounce Netanyahu\u2019s Gaza Plan and Halt Arms to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Human rights organizations have called on U.S. lawmakers to take a firm stance against the far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu, which has continued its war and blockade on the Gaza Strip for 588 consecutive days. On Friday alone, at least 115 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes amid a worsening famine.<\/p>\n

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S., sent an open letter signed by its Director of Government Affairs, Robert S. McCaw, urging all members of Congress to \u201cpublicly oppose the Israeli government\u2019s plan to occupy and flatten Gaza, and to push the remaining Palestinians into camps as a prelude to expelling them from their land.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cChariots of Gideon\u201d: Israel\u2019s Push for Full Gaza Reoccupation Sparks Genocide Warnings<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Recent days have seen a bloody escalation in an Israeli military operation called \u201cChariots of Gideon\u201d, aimed at full and permanent control of Gaza, with Israeli officials calling for the re-colonization of the Strip.<\/p>\n

According to local and international reports, Israeli airstrikes since early Friday have killed at least 115 Palestinians, including children, with the attacks focusing on Beit Lahia and Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n

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McCaw wrote: \u201cNetanyahu has explicitly declared that Israel will not stop the war even if all hostages are released. He has vowed to fully reoccupy Gaza and expel Palestinians from it.\u201d He pointed out that Netanyahu\u2019s government has officially approved a full-scale ground invasion and permanent occupation of the Strip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to act\u2014now or never,\u201d the letter stated. \u201cWe urge you to denounce Netanyahu\u2019s plan, demand an immediate end to this genocidal war, and pledge to halt arms sales to Israel unless its human rights violations stop. As long as Israel continues to receive unconditional U.S. military, financial, and diplomatic support, Netanyahu has no incentive to back down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Human rights groups accuse Netanyahu of endangering the lives of 23 hostages still held by Hamas in order to prolong the war and avoid facing corruption charges.<\/p>\n

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This scene in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza right now is unbearable. Horrifying reports of dozens buried under the rubble\u2014children, women, entire families.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a graveyard in real time. Lost for words.
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\u2014 Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n