US President Joe Biden on Gaza Israel In the White House, given the tension caused by the support for the invasion of Iftar The traditional dinner ceremony was shortened.
According to Reuters, those invited to the iftar dinner declined the invitation due to frustrations in the Muslim community about Israel and the Gaza offensive.
President Joe Biden met with Muslim leaders before hosting a dinner with senior Muslim officials in his administration, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamila Harris and her husband.
According to French news agency AFP, White House press secretary Karen Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday that Muslim leaders will meet with President Biden to discuss important issues for the community, but there will be no iftar dinner. .’
Jean-Pierre said during a routine briefing that instead, President Biden and Vice President Kamilla Harris will hold a short prayer and iftar after meeting with several senior Muslim administration officials.
White House press secretary Jean Pierre said: ‘Community leaders preferred to have a working group meeting, so we listened and adjusted the format to meet their needs.’
Attendee Dr. Tahir Ahmed, who spent at least three weeks in Gaza, told CNN he left before the meeting ended on Tuesday. He said: ‘I did it out of respect for my community and all the people who suffered (in Gaza) and who were killed in the process, I needed to walk out of the meeting.’
Tahir Ahmed, the only Palestinian-American at the meeting, said there was ‘not much of a response’ from President Biden. They just said they understood and I left.’
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Amage Action, an American Muslim advocacy group, said it declined an invitation to attend Tuesday’s dinner and said President Biden’s continued unconditional military aid to Israel was causing a “human catastrophe.”
On the other hand, Muslim groups opposed to Israeli aggression organized a protest iftar in Lafayette Park near the White House and distributed dates and bottles of water to break the fast at sunset.
Attacks on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and after Israel’s ongoing operations in Gaza During the America Joe Biden has faced intense protests and growing public anger at home over his military aid to Israel.
With Palestinian deaths rising and less aid reaching Gaza, Democrats fear the issue could hurt Biden’s re-election chances in November.
President Biden has recently increased pressure on Israel to try to avoid civilian casualties during its operations. Last week, the US angered its ally by not voting on a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Every year since the Bill Clinton administration, the White House has hosted either an Eid al-Fitr celebration or an iftar, and Joe Biden has followed the tradition.
The only US president not to do so was Donald Trump, who has a history of anti-Muslim rhetoric and has banned immigration from several Muslim-majority countries.
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