National Muslim Democratic Council calls on US President Joe Biden to use his influence with Israel to broker a ceasefire by 2100 GMT on Tuesday.
Around 70 percent of American Muslims backed Biden in 2020, says Jaylani Hussein, executive director of CAIR in Minnesota. / Photo: Reuters
In an open letter entitled"2023 Ceasefire Ultimatum," the Muslim leaders pledged to mobilise Muslim voters to"withhold endorsement, support, or votes for any candidate who endorses the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people." The letter is the latest sign of growing anger and frustration in Arab and Muslim American communities about Biden's failure to condemn Israel's attacks on Gaza after an October 7 attack by Hamas that Israeli officials say killed 1,400 people and took 239 hostages.Medical authorities in Gaza on Tuesday said over 8,500 people, including 3,542 children, had been killed in Israel's three-week-old air and ground onslaught.
Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian American lawmaker from Minnesota, on Monday released a 90-second video on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, decrying Biden's support of what she called"Israel's genocidal campaign in Palestine," adding,"Don't count on our vote in 2024." Biden hosted a meeting last Thursday with a handful of Muslim leaders, a White House official said, adding that administration officials continue to meet with Arab and Muslim community members concerned by Biden's handling of the crisis.
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