American Bar Association President Mary Smith says her organization “has watched with deep concern as the violence in Israel and Palestine has continued to escalate over the past week, leading to the deaths of over 1,000 Israelis and over 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them reportedly civilians.”
“The ABA reiterates our condemnation of targeting of any civilians in any way,” Smith said. “We again call on all parties to uphold international law, which forbids killing civilians, hostage-taking, collective punishment, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and cutting off water, food and other necessities to captive populations.
Smith said members of the organization “are also deeply disturbed to learn that the violence overseas has led to violence here in America, including the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim child and the attempted murder of his mother in an alleged hate crime in a Chicago suburb last weekend.
The ABA president called the violence ‘unacceptable”
She continued: “So is the rhetoric that leads to such violence. We condemn the rise in antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia that we have seen in public discourse in recent days.
“We call on members of the legal community, including legal employers, law schools and other legal institutions to recognize the humanity of both Palestinians and Israelis when commenting on the crisis and to ensure that employees, students and others can respectfully express their diverse view without fear of unjust punishment or censure.
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