{"id":110732,"date":"2024-10-05T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110732"},"modified":"2024-10-05T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:21:46","slug":"arab-american-leaders-urge-harris-to-show-distance-from-bidens-israel-policy-during-private-michigan-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110732","title":{"rendered":"Arab American leaders urge Harris to \u2018show distance\u2019 from Biden\u2019s Israel policy during private Michigan meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3douj000l66p3c24w68mi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a side room backstage at a Friday campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, Arab American advocates asked Vice President Kamala Harris to break from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/joe-biden\">President Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s Israel policy and push harder for an end to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-iran-attack-war-lebanon-10-04-24-intl-hnk\/index.html\">war in Gaza<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc00073b6mpwxvqson@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The conversation, scheduled to last 10 minutes, ended up going 20, according to Wa\u2019el Alzayat, the CEO of Emgage Action, a group aimed at boosting the Muslim American vote. Harris did not make any promises, he said, but told them \u201cthat she also wants the war to end and that she will do all she can to work in this regard.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc00083b6mgrtshe1c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cShe pledged to work with our community, include our community, and (said) that she completely understands what we\u2019re saying. She is hopeful that if she wins, she\u2019ll be able to deliver on all of this once she\u2019s president,\u201d Alzayat told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc00093b6m7gd3ha3t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Emgage Action leader said he and other Arab American leaders in the room had been contacted and invited within the previous 48 hours. Their message to Harris was simple, he said. She needed \u201cto show distance between how she would govern on this matter with the current administration policies, which we don\u2019t agree with.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000a3b6mq8sfi6yv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The meeting came amid increasing frustration over Harris\u2019 response to Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/01\/middleeast\/israel-ground-incursion-lebanon-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\">recent escalations in Lebanon<\/a> and concerns that her campaign was not willing to hear from critical voices. Harris is hamstrung, in part, because of her position: Vice presidents do not set US foreign policy. But as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has expanded to a multifront conflict involving Iran, which launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/02\/middleeast\/iran-missiles-israel-defenses-intl-hnk-ml\/index.html\">missiles at Israel this week<\/a>, and Iranian-backed groups in Lebanon and Yemen, prominent Arab American groups have been pushing for more.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000b3b6mzl6g4hqk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Michigan, which Biden narrowly won in 2020, will be a crucial battleground again this November and is home to a large Arab American population. Emgage Action endorsed Harris last month while acknowledging \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/emgageaction.org\/emgageendorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strong disappointment<\/a>\u201d with the Biden administration\u2019s stance on Gaza.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000c3b6mpgdwu43a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Harris campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez were among the prominent Democrats in the room for Friday\u2019s meeting, according to Alzayat, along with local elected officials and Edward Gabriel, the former US ambassador to Morocco who now runs the nonprofit American Task Force on\u00a0Lebanon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000d3b6m9krowlpg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe want her to push the president to end the war. We want her to commit to ending the war if she becomes president. We want her to speak directly to our communities about the pain and suffering,\u201d Alzayat said he and other outside advocates told the vice president. \u201cWe want her and we want the administration to do a better job in providing assistance to American citizens who are trapped in Lebanon.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000e3b6mv4qj3bwg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the Harris campaign for comment about the meeting.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000f3b6mahq4eixz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to pool reports of the Friday gathering, a campaign official said that Harris \u201cdiscussed her efforts to end the war in Gaza, such that: Israel is secure, hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, self-determination.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlrunc000g3b6m37c9t5as@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOn Lebanon, the vice president expressed concern about civilian casualties and displacement, and reiterated the administration\u2019s position that, ultimately, a diplomatic solution is the best path to achieve stability and protect civilians. The vice president also discussed efforts to prevent regional war,\u201d the official said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v4am69000w3b6muj7bh343@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Absent from Friday\u2019s guest list were leaders of the \u201cUncommitted\u201d movement, which sprung up during the Democratic primaries this year in opposition to the Biden administration\u2019s policy on the war in Gaza. Harris interacted with leaders of the group in early August during a photo line at the Detroit airport.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v536nr00173b6mmex6b03e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The group has called on the vice president to hold meetings with families affected by the war after her campaign and national Democrats denied the group\u2019s previous request for a Palestinian American to speak during the Democratic convention in Chicago this summer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v4on6b00113b6m84fpp6dl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Uncommitted leaders have since announced that their group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/19\/politics\/uncommitted-movement-kamala-harris-trump\/index.html\">will not endorse Harris<\/a>, though they also warned against a vote for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/president-donald-trump-45\">Donald Trump<\/a> or, in states where they might appear on the ballot, third-party candidates.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v4on6b00123b6mlin09b1g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Uncommitted movement co-founder Abbas Alawieh, a former Capitol Hill staffer, confirmed Friday that his group was not invited to the meeting with Harris.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v4on6b00133b6mi8s88q6c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AZAlawieh\/status\/1842254593973248108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media post<\/a>, Alawieh said he was \u201cglad our pressure is helping yield more engagement. What we need right now is for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@VP<\/a>\u00a0to specifically say that as president she will respect international humanitarian and U.S. law and stop sending the Israeli military weapons for war crimes.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000c3b6mi42rd4e3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            James Zogby, a co-founder of the Arab American Institute and a Democratic National Committee member for more than 30 years who addressed the Uncommitted movement during the Chicago convention, told CNN he turned down an invitation to Friday\u2019s meeting with Harris. He cited growing frustration with what he described as a campaign more concerned with optics than addressing the anger and anxiety among Arab American voters.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000d3b6mzkjp9gfn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zogby was part of a Wednesday call with Harris national security adviser Phil Gordon that the White House described as a virtual gathering with \u201cMuslim, Arab, and Palestinian American community leaders\u201d to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000e3b6mrs0kz5lb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere was no ground broken. I wasn\u2019t quite sure what the intent was other than to just say \u2026 that they met with leaders. There were no leaders,\u201d Zogby said of the Wednesday conversation.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000f3b6mv800ss4r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That call and other communications with the Harris campaign, and Biden\u2019s before that, have irked the longtime Democratic pollster. And Israel\u2019s escalation in Lebanon has also turned up the heat in states like Michigan, where Lebanese Americans have made up a major part of the Democratic coalition.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000i3b6muvaqlc2j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWith Lebanon in flames, they\u2019ve got a bigger job. And I don\u2019t think they\u2019re ready to handle it,\u201d Zogby said of the Harris campaign. \u201cIt\u2019s sort of like trying to sell a car to somebody with terminal cancer. \u2018What\u2019re you talking for? I have bigger things on my mind right now.\u2019\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v4omio000z3b6m3cv6skww@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Abed Ayoub, the national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said there have been \u201cmany meetings with both the campaign and administration. They know our concerns and demands.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v5aeo9001c3b6mmjkla8dh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cOur position and work is focused on bringing an immediate ceasefire, and an end to the genocide in Palestine and the war on Lebanon,\u201d said Ayoub, who noted that his group has nearly 130,000 active voters as members, including 7,500 in Michigan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000k3b6my203vbwa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This week, Harris\u2019 running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, took the campaign\u2019s pitch to Emgage Action\u2019s \u201cMillion Muslim Votes: A Way Forward\u201d summit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000l3b6mswfei0nu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI know the pain of this community is deep. Our hearts are broken. The concern of the vice president and Harris and I &#8211; it\u2019s on our minds every day. The scale of death and destruction in Gaza is staggering and devastating. Tens of thousands of innocent civilians killed, families fleeing for safety, over and over again,\u201d Walz said at the virtual event.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000m3b6mdvnrrh4e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/07\/politics\/video\/kamala-harris-hecklers-interrupts-speech-digvid\">occasionally been disrupted<\/a> at campaign rallies by pro-Palestinian protesters. In those moments, the vice president, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/08\/23\/politics\/gaza-israel-harris-convention-speech\/index.html\">spoken about the devastation in Gaza<\/a>, has stressed that the administration is working toward a ceasefire deal.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000o3b6mqmu66bmm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Zogby said Friday he \u201cdesperately\u201d wants Harris to win but is concerned about the campaign\u2019s efforts to stage-manage the issue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1v3eobo000p3b6ma6dnnyvh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThey have to say something about the issue that\u2019s on people\u2019s minds,\u201d Zogby said, \u201cand they just don\u2019t seem able to bring themselves to talk about it.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vlpvev00003b6mhjif3wc5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This story has been updated with additional information.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm1vm0sk000103b6mr655mhx8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Brian Rokus contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/04\/politics\/arab-muslim-americans-michigan-harris\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 In a side room backstage at a Friday campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, Arab American advocates asked Vice President Kamala Harris to break from President Joe Biden\u2019s Israel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110732\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}