(JTA) — Jewish groups applauded the introduction of a bipartisan bill in the Senate to sanction Burmese officials responsible for the persecution of the Rohingya people. The legislation calls for the United States to take a number of measures in response to the violence against the Rohingya perpetrated by the Burmese government. Sens. Ben Cardin,…
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has stripped Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of its prestigious human rights award named for Elie Wiesel over Aun San Suu Kyi’s silence in the face of Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the New York Times reported. Aung San Suu Kyi, the political leader of Myanmar, was…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Twenty-four Jewish groups encompassing all major religious streams urged a Senate panel to advance a bill that would penalize Burma for its treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority. “Passing this legislation through your committee and the full Senate would send a powerful message to the Burmese military and the global community that…
On September 26, I published a piece in the Forward detailing a petition before the Israeli High Court to end the sale of Israeli arms and training to the military of Myanmar, who are widely regarded as guilty of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya which some would call genocide. The Israeli government…
The U.S. Holocaust Museum says there is “mounting evidence” of genocide in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims, the Guardian reported. The Museum’s report follows a year-long investigation done in concert with Fortify Rights, a Southeast Asia rights group. Culled from over 200 interviews with refugees and aid workers, the report details “unprecedented, widespread and systematic” killing…
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A woman watches as soldiers burn her baby alive. The government disparages an established ethnic and religious minority as a dangerous foreign influence. Families run for their lives with no place to go. While there are clear differences between the current experience of the Rohingya people and that of the Jews during the Holocaust, the…
Dear Editor, Peter Beinart claims that Israel, as a Jewish state, has a special obligation to abstain from selling arms to Myanmar. However, his article fails to provide critical background information on which countries actually sell arms to Myanmar and how Israel’s sales compare to the total. The result was surprising. According to public data…
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