CAIR: U.S. House “Complicit in Genocide” After Giving Israel’s Netanyahu Govt $17 Billion In Unconditional Aid For Weapons

By CAIR The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Sunday said that the GOP-led House of Representatives has made itself ‘complicit in genocide’ after voting to approve more than $17 billion in unconditional military aid for the Israeli government despite its ongoing campaign of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. CAIR also called on the Senate to amend the legislation. In a statement, CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert S. McCaw said:“The House’s decision to ignore the American people by sending $17 billion in unconditional military aid to fund Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government is a reprehensible decision that will stain the legacy of this Congress. This blank check, backed by President Biden and both Republican and Democratic leaders, enables more genocidal violence against Palestinians and imposes further restrictions on aid to those very same Palestinians.“We applaud the lawmakers in the House who voted ‘no’ in opposition to funding the Israeli government’s war crimes in Gaza. The 366 other House lawmakers who approved the package have, put simply, made the House complicit in genocide. It is now up to the Senate to amend this legislation or risk making our nation fully responsible for the genocidal crimes that Benjamin Netanyahu plans to commit with new...