At a small White House event Tuesday between President Joe Biden and a group of Muslim American leaders, tensions were high and morale was low.
. The president said that he had seen the pictures before, but that was unlikely: The attendee, a doctor, said the photos were from her own phone.
“This speaks volumes to the dismissive nature of the administration when it comes to strong-willed action towards a permanent cease-fire or, at a bare minimum, a red line on the invasion of Rafah,” Dr. Nahreen H. Ahmed toldAnother doctor — Dr.
Hopes for the meeting had been diminished going into the evening, as many Arab American and Muslim American leaders declined invitations due to the ongoing siege in Gaza, theshe attended “to let the president know that Black Americans and Black Muslim Americans are deeply hurting about what is happening in Gaza.”by officials at the U.S.
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