A phone call with the State Department turned into an airing of anxiety and concerns on Monday.
Community members attend the funeral of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was fatally stabbed in the Chicago area, which authorities have described as a hate crime. | Nam Y. Huh/APTop Arab American and Muslim leaders admonished the Biden administration for being insensitive and even reckless in their rhetoric following Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel in a private call with State Department officials on Monday.
Also on the call, Warren David, president of Arab America, told Andrew Miller, the deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli-Palestinian affairs, that his members were “outraged — outraged — to say the least at the rhetoric that’s been coming out the last few days” from the Biden administration.
Nevertheless, the discussion put in stark relief the degree to which Arab Americans and Muslims throughout the country are fearful of becoming victims of a 9/11-style backlash after Hamas’ rampage. It also underscored the growing frustrations they’ve felt with the administration’s posture, even as the president’s tone has evolved.
Roughly 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to Palestinian officials. The death toll in Israel has risen to 1,400, according to Israeli authorities. Oday Al-Fayoume hugs the mother of one of his slain son's friends during a vigil for Wadea. | Nam Y. Huh/APby White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who called progressive lawmakers’ advocacy for a ceasefire “disgraceful,” “wrong” and “repugnant.” They were particularly frustrated given that two of the top liberal politicians advocating for a ceasefire are Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar .
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