CAIR urged U.S. lawmakers to follow Senators Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen after the senators were barred from visiting or flying over the Gaza Strip. CAIR characterized the situation in Gaza as an Israeli-manufactured and U.S.-backed humanitarian calamity and insisted the senators' mission must not stand alone. CAIR said Israel's barring of the senators underscores the urgency of decisive diplomatic, legal, and legislative steps to end death, violence, and destruction and to stop civilian suffering. Merkley and Van Hollen documented visits to a World Food Program site, Kfar Aza, Kerem Shalom, the occupied West Bank, and a Jordanian air base.
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,
Their mission must not stand alone.
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.
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