Published:
June 16, 2026
CFJ Colorado
The Center for Freedom and Justice – Colorado (CFJ-Colorado) is calling out Diana DeGette, John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet for their failure to examine the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank town of Beit Ummar, a primary focus of repeated attacks by the Israeli military and settlers. All are candidates in the upcoming Colorado Democratic Party primary election.
Beit Ummar, with a population of 20,000 and located between Hebron and Bethlehem, has become a primary focus of attacks. It is being used as a model for Israel’s stated intention to ethnically cleanse all the West Bank. Access to the town is cut off, crops uprooted, land confiscated, housing demolished, mosques destroyed, residents shot and arrested without charge.
In January, CFJ-Colorado asked DeGette, Bennet and Hickenlooper for help to investigate the start of the full-scale ethnic cleansing by using US funds prohibited by the Foreign Assistance Act and Leahy laws. The candidates received a report of the start of these unlawful actions. Not only did these candidates not act, they voted to send arms to Israel which are now being used in the ethnic cleansing campaign.
CFJ-Colorado is issuing this statement to make voters aware of the implicit support of Diana DeGette, John Hickenlooper, and Michael Bennet for the ethnic cleansing now occurring in Beit Ummar and throughout the West Bank.
A full report of the ethnic-cleansing in Beit Ummar, based on first-person accounts, is available. Please call 720-320-8737 or 720-398-7719 for further information.
Related story: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes and mosque in Beit Ummar (ILKHA)
Originally posted on the CFJ Colorado Facebook page.
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