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“All they are trying to do is convince us that there is some kind of movement toward where we want,” Siblani said. “But it’s too slow and it’s dragging. It’s more death and casualties that are happening.”

The highest-profile example of the stonewalling came last week when a Palestinian American doctor walked out of a meeting with Biden. But interviews with Muslim and Arab American leaders reveal how that face-to-face protest was only the most conspicuous case of a fracture that has damaged crucial relationships and closed avenues needed to repair them.

But the situation presents a challenge for a president who believes in the political power of personal relationships and has prized his history of sitting down with opponents and critics. It could also jeopardize his reelection this year, with some Muslims warning they are unwilling to support Biden even it that risks returning Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, to the White House.

Salam Al-Marayati, who lives in Los Angeles and leads the Muslim Public Affairs Council, described the attitude as, “Forget them. They have to learn a lesson. And if they lose, that’s the lesson they should learn.”

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We need to stop paying attention to what the Biden government says, and pay absolute attention to what they do! They're speaking out of both sides of their mouth, FFS!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you're an American it seems like your choices really are between Biden and his slow genocide or Trump with his quick one.

It doesn't seem like you can really rely on your political leaders to help resolve this conflict in a way that doesn't lead to more suffering and death, only the pace at which it happens. If those are the only two options, I don't blame Muslim and Arab Americans for giving up on Biden.

I think it would just be more honest to acknowledge there's no real support amongst any American political leadership to minimise the suffering of either the Palestinian or Israeli people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What suffering of the Israelis? They're partying and listening to shitty techno music and getting showered in free American money and weapons.

Palestinians are living in tents and starving. They'd love to be subjected to America's treatment of Israel.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Both Palestinians and Israelis see each other as existential threats. Ignoring this basic reality means there will always be conflict in the region.

Palestinians are suffering en masse right now, I don't think anyone reasonable is denying that.

But what do you think happens if the underlying, justifiable, fear that they each have of the isn't addressed? There will be more massacres and more war, and like in every war, innocent people will pay the price.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Israelis massive victim complex juxtaposed with then acting like Nazi's doesn't somehow make both sides equal.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t matter whether Trump or Biden is President to stop the war in Gaza, what matters is that Netanyahu isn’t Prime Minister

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (7 children)

some Muslims warning they are unwilling to support Biden even it that risks returning Donald Trump

Yep, these people are fucking morons.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, they're morons for refusing to vote for a guy killing their friends and families. Maybe you should work harder to move the Dems away from supporting genocide.

They're not voting for Trump either. They're exercising their democratic rights. Biden should earn their votes, not be entitled to it because one guy is less overt about doing genocide.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I get your point of view because the alternative is surely worse, but from their point of view, their people and for some their own families are the ones who are dying.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

it's not a kind of cut off one's nose to spite one's face fucking morons. If they don't do that, they'll be played around over and over again. If they'll do that, it will be a lesson not to trivialise their importance. When Trump is back it can be worse but now the sentiment around the world is changing, which can help to control Trump which which will deem him to be at the same level with Bibi which will leave him isolated, which is good. So, it's not moronic but a rather calculated risk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah sure, Trump will surely be controlled

Just like Franz von Papen ensured Hitler could be easily controlled once Hitler was in a position of power:

"In two months, we will have pushed Hitler so far into a corner, he squeaks!"

  • January, 1933
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We don't get good support from this one guy, so we want to make it so the guy who promises to fuck you over gets elected.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

More like if we burn you burn with us

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

" some Muslims warning they are unwilling to support Biden even it that risks returning Donald Trump" ...who will be eager to urge Israel to "finish" the job".

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