Top Israeli Official’s Call to Murder ‘30 to 40’ Each Night in Gaza Again Exposes Israeli Genocide

 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir advocating the killing of “30 to 40” people in Gaza every night provide further evidence of genocidal intent and underscore the urgent need for the United States to end its support for Israel’s military campaign.

Ben-Gvir said in a podcast conversation that he believes Israel should conduct targeted assassinations in Gaza and “tak[e] down 30 to 40 every night.” He further said that some people in Gaza are “not worthy of life” and “not even people.” Similar statements by Ben-Gvir and other Israeli officials have been presented to the International Court of Justice as evidence of genocidal intent.

In a statement, Washington, D.C.-based CAIR said:

“Once again, a senior Israeli official is openly advocating an increase in the ongoing mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza. Itamar Ben-Gvir’s hate-filled calls for more genocidal violence are no different than what one would hear from the Nazi Party or Hutu Power Radio or the KKK, and are a chilling expression of a racist ideology that treats Palestinian lives as disposable.

“When an Israeli cabinet minister publicly calls for the killing of 30 to 40 people every night and declares that some Palestinians are ‘not even people,’ the White House and Congress must take note, and stop enabling the Israeli government’s crimes.”

CAIR recently called on Congress to take immediate action following the circulation of new videos that appear to show Palestinian civilians in Gaza being bombed and killed in Israeli military attacks.

CAIR also called on Congress to immediately suspend U.S. military aid to Israel in response to a newly-leaked image of elderly Palestinians who were reportedly used as human shields by Israeli forces in Gaza and then executed.

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