'This racist violence and impunity is only possible because of the apartheid government of Israel, supported by the U.S., continues to systematically dehumanize Palestinians,' says RepRashida, joining calls for a probe of Omar Assad's death.
"When countries fail to support efforts to hold perpetrators of grave human rights abuses accountable, they contribute to perpetuating the systematic repression of millions of Palestinians and senseless loss of life," said a Human Rights Watch director.Progressive U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday joined calls for the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the death of an elderly Palestinian-American man in Israeli military custody earlier this month.
"Israeli soldiers' cruel treatment of U.S. citizen Omar Assad was inhumane—they abused him, then left him to die in the cold without medical attention,"Rep. Rashida Tlaib —the first Palestinian-American woman elected to Congress— According to the IDF, the soldiers who detained Assad believed he was sleeping when they cut the zip ties binding his hands and left him face-down in the abandoned building where he was being held.
Assad's relatives also want a U.S. investigation, which they say"is necessary to help us bring about justice and accountability, not just for the sake of our father, but for the sake of the countless Palestinians who are killed by the Israeli military with impunity," according to a family statement."No family should have to endure this kind of loss." the United States"expects a thorough criminal investigation and full accountability in this case.
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