A Palestinian American doctor walked out of a meeting with President Biden due to his support for Israel's military operations in Gaza. The doctor presented the president with a letter from an orphaned 8-year-old girl in Rafah, expressing concerns about the war.
Demonstrators rally in support of Palestinians, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington,. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)all over the country, but this week he confronted one inside the White House itself. The occasion was a private meeting on Tuesday where Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and national security leaders could hear from Muslim American s about their concerns involving the war between Israel and Hamas.
Shortly after the conversation began, a Palestinian American doctor from Chicago named Thaer Ahmad who has volunteered in Gaza announced that he was walking out. Before leaving, Ahmad presented the president with a letter from an orphaned 8-year-old girl in Rafah, a city that Israel plans to target next. He included a photo.“He said, ‘I understand,’" the doctor recalled. Biden's support for Israel's military operations in Gaza, including the sale of U.S. weapons, has angered Muslim Americans. The war began on Oc
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