Hundreds of staff, some directors included, have been asking and pressuring him, the HR and rest of the executive team at BACR to make a public statement since the end of Oct 2023. The organization claims to support families in the bay area, and a great many of the programs do work directly with communities and children that include Arabs, Muslims, and Palestinians, and yet the organization will not condemn the genocide. He has continuously responded with zionist excuses and is using people in positions of power to threaten staff members who speak up.