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cdarwin@c.im ("Chuck Darwin") wrote:
The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the United States
is calling on U.S. lawmakers to follow in the footsteps of Sens. Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen,
who on Saturday shared a video about their unsuccessful attempts to visit — or even just fly over — the Gaza Strip during Israel’s ongoing assault.“Sens. Van Hollen and Merkley have taken a bold and necessary step
by confronting the Israeli-manufactured and U.S.-backed humanitarian calamity in Gaza head-on,”
the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a statement late Saturday.
“Their mission must not stand alone.”
“Israel’s barring them entry to Gaza underscores the urgency of taking decisive steps to end its rampage of death, violence, and destruction,”
CAIR continued.
“Members of Congress must utilize every tool — diplomatic, legal, and legislative — to ensure that our nation’s values and laws demand an end to civilian suffering.
The crisis in Gaza is not abstract — it is a matter of life and death.
We call on our representatives to act urgently and courageously.”
https://truthout.org/articles/cair-presses-congress-to-confront-gaza-catastrophe-after-senators-blocked-from-entry/