ARAB AND WORLD
Mon 18 Dec 2023 11:26 am - Jerusalem Time
Supporting the Gaza War.. How does it affect Biden’s gaining support from American Muslims?
In her statement on NBC: News Democratic Representative Debbie Dingell (from Michigan) hinted that US President Joe Biden’s path to regaining the confidence of Arab and Muslim American voters is full of obstacles and that: “There is a lot that he (Biden) must do” in order to restore Biden to Muslim voters, in the upcoming presidential elections. .
Activist committees representing large segments of Arab and Muslim voters from the Democratic Party raised slogans to abandon Biden, and began organized campaigns across the United States, calling on voters to choose a third candidate from the independents, and not to elect either Biden, or his potential Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, due to Biden's dedicated support of the barbaric Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Asked on NBC News' "Meet the Press" if Biden could do anything to win back those voters, Dingell said: "So there's a lot to be done, and this is a very serious issue."
Dingell said she knows the Muslim voter community, having lived for 40 years in Dearborn, Michigan, the city with the largest Arab-American population in the United States.
Dingle added: “They (voters of Arab origin) are hurt. We all in this country need to understand what is happening in Gaza now. You can disagree about the number of thousands of people killed, but between 6,000 and 8,000 children were killed, and 85% of "The people of Gaza have to leave their homes and are living in shelters," this is difficult to understand.
Dingell reiterated her call for an immediate ceasefire and a strong push for a two-state solution after the end of the Israeli war on Gaza. Thus, Dingell joins a growing group of political figures calling for a ceasefire in Gaza amid the rising death toll and worsening humanitarian crisis.
The war on Gaza has been going on for more than 71 days, when the Hamas movement launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, which left about 1,200 people dead, including hundreds of civilians. Israel's retaliatory campaign against Gaza led to the deaths of more than 18,700 people, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
The Biden administration has remained committed to its dedicated military, political, financial, and diplomatic support for Israel, refusing to pressure the Netanyahu government to accept a ceasefire, although it has recently increased its calls for Israel to try to reduce the number of civilian deaths to a minimum.
According to "The Hill" newspaper, which specializes in American political affairs, and which conducted multiple interviews with American Arab and Muslim voters (in different parts of the United States last month), they said that they feel betrayed and disappointed about Biden's handling of the conflict and his continued support for Israel. Earlier this month, leaders from Michigan and other swing states pledged to abandon their support for Biden over his refusal to call a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Supporting the Gaza War.. How does it affect Biden’s gaining support from American Muslims?