In a statement released August 25, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) –the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization– said:
“Killing civilians – including journalists and first responders – to achieve a political or religious goal is the very definition of terrorism, and the Israeli government is engaged in state terrorism on a massive scale. It is clear the so-called ‘Israel Defense Forces’ do not regard Palestinians as human beings.
We will no longer refer to the IDF as a military or its members as soldiers; they are cowards, war criminals and terrorists no different than the so-called army of Bashar Al-Assad that decimated Syria in similarly horrific ways.
We call on the Trump administration and the international community to immediately halt all military aid to Israel, impose sanctions on its government and military leaders, support a full investigation into the ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza, and end the genocide.”
CU Muslim Action Committee agrees with this designation and will also refer to the IDF as a terrorist organization.
You can read CAIR’s full statement here: https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-calls-idf-a-terrorist-organization-after-double-tap-hospital-attack-kills-20-including-5-journalists/