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The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), a global coalition of 850 organizations fighting antisemitism, is calling for legal action against Hamas and those nations which sponsor it and hosts its senior members, like Iran, Qatar and Turkey, after the appalling images of the recent release of Israeli hostages.
“What Hamas is doing is reminiscent of the Nazis, who also used murder, rape, torture and starvation against innocent Jewish victims during the Holocaust,” said CEO of CAM Sacha Roytman. “International law as we know it was formulated in the post-Holocaust era to ensure that these types of crimes against humanity would never happen again. However, they are happening before our very eyes, and the international community and so-called humanitarian NGOs appear to be reacting with a collective sigh of disinterest.”
“On the basis of international humanitarian law, crimes against humanity and international jurisdiction, we are calling for immediate legal action, not only against Hamas and its leaders, but against all those countries which have assisted it and provide sanctuary to its leaders,” Roytman added. “We should remain focused on the crimes of October 7th, whereas we have to also draw attention and attach culpability to all those involved in the countless crimes of the murder, rape, maiming, torture and starvation of Israelis and other nationals being held in Gaza over the last 16 months since then.”
CAM is a global coalition engaging more than 850 partner organizations and five million people from a diverse array of religious, political, and cultural backgrounds in the common mission of fighting the world’s oldest hatred. CAM acts collaboratively to build a better future, free of bigotry, for Jews and all humanity.
