CAIR Calls on Biden to Condemn Israeli Govt for Killing Children, Maiming Civilians in Lebanon Pager Attack
- Ismail Allison
- September 18, 2024
- 1:55 pm
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to condemn the Israeli government for killing children and maiming numerous civilians in Lebanon by detonating bombs reportedly placed in pagers without any regard for innocent life.
The Israeli government reportedly detonated explosives contained in pagers in Lebanon. Two children and a medical worker are reportedly among the victims of the attack. The attack could lead to a spread and escalation of the conflict, analysts say.
SEE: Israel’s Pager Attack Has No Clear Strategic Goal, Analysts Say
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli government’s plot to blow up these devices across Lebanon without any regard for civilian life was a brazen and wanton act of state terrorism that has killed at least two children and maimed countless people who had nothing to do with the cross-border war.
“President Biden’s refusal to hold the Israeli government accountable for the Gaza genocide or any of its other crimes, including murdering American citizens, has emboldened Netanyahu to commit more crimes that threaten to drag America into an all-out war.
“How many more innocent people have to die before President Biden, Brett McGurk and the other would-be Lawrences of Arabia among his foreign policy advisers realize that their grand Middle East policy is a failure and that they must radically change course by forcing an end to the Gaza genocide?”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com
