{"id":127273,"date":"2024-11-18T13:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T06:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127273"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T06:27:57","slug":"some-arab-americans-who-voted-for-trump-are-concerned-about-his-picks-for-key-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=127273","title":{"rendered":"Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions"},"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-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">LANSING, Mich. (AP) \u2014 Just a week after winning a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-harris-arab-americans-michigan-dearborn-aea96b9161a77de1fa47d668e23edb98\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:majority of the vote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">majority of the vote<\/a> in several of the nation\u2019s largest Arab-majority cities, President-elect Donald Trump has filled top administration posts with staunch Israel supporters, including an ambassador to Israel who has claimed \u201cthere is no such thing as Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Meanwhile, the two Trump advisers who <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-arab-americans-michigan-boulos-gaza-war-57abe06681457106a2e6ab107407edc6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:led his outreach;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">led his outreach<\/a> to Arab Americans have not secured positions in the administration yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The selections have prompted <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kamala-harris-gaza-arab-americans-2b698c34863aa1ec5956d9536479d115\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mixed reactions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">mixed reactions<\/a> among Arab Americans and Muslims in Michigan, which went for Trump along with all six other battleground states. Some noted Trump\u2019s longstanding support for Israel and said their <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-trump-mideast-gaza-hezbollah-hamas-623945957dac623c238041242e13340a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:vote against;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">vote against<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris was not necessarily an endorsement of him. Others who openly supported him say he will be the final decisionmaker on policy and hope he will keep his promise of achieving an end to the conflicts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Albert Abbas, a Lebanese American leader whose brother owns the Dearborn, Michigan, restaurant Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-dearborn-michigan-arab-americans-e5209f39724d17c500d5ae3d5e4fc830\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:visited in the campaign's;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">visited in the campaign&#8217;s<\/a> final days, stood beside the former president during that visit and spoke in support of him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Now, Abbas says it\u2019s \u201ctoo early\u201d to judge Trump and that \u201cwe all need to take a deep breath, take a step back and let him do the work that he needs to do to to achieve this peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI just want you to think about what the alternative was,\u201d said Abbas, referring to the current administration\u2019s handling of Israel&#8217;s war in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon. He added, \u201cWhat did you expect from myself or many members of the community to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Beyond promising peace in the Middle East, Trump has offered <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-mideast-netanyahu-israel-gaza-iran-wars-2e37305522d19bdc34e956586cce99bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:few concrete details;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">few concrete details<\/a> on how he plans to achieve it. His transition team did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Throughout the campaign, his surrogates often focused more on criticizing Harris than outlining his agenda. And visuals of the conflict \u2014 with tens of thousands of deaths collectively in Gaza and Lebanon \u2014 stirred anger among many in Arab and Muslim communities about President Joe Biden and Harris&#8217; backing of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Amin Hashmi, a Pakistani American in Michigan who voted for Trump, urged him to stay true to his campaign commitments to bring peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI am disappointed but not surprised,&#8221; said Hashmi, who urged Trump to \u201ckeep the promise you made to the people of Arab descent in Michigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Trump picks what pro-Israel conservatives call a \u2018dream team\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Those in the community with concerns have specifically pointed to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, nominated as Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-huckabee-ambassador-israel-ace1894ce731c36622d5f09982a0a9b2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ambassador to Israel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ambassador to Israel<\/a>. Huckabee has consistently rejected the idea of a Palestinian state in territories seized by Israel, strongly supported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposed a two-state solution, claiming \u201cthere really isn\u2019t such a thing\u201d as Palestinians in referring to the descendants of people who lived in Palestine before the establishment of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">While Huckabee has sparked the most concern among community members, other Trump Cabinet picks have strongly spoken in Israel&#8217;s favor as it targets Hamas following the militant group&#8217;s Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which it killed 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds more as hostage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, nominated for secretary of state, has opposed a ceasefire in the war, stating that he wants Israel to \u201cdestroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Trump&#8217;s pick to be his ambassador to the United Nations, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ivy-league-presidents-backlash-women-021ec60af6a5a5279c644376de065738\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:led the questioning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">led the questioning<\/a> of university presidents over antisemitism on campuses. She has also opposed funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which oversees aid to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The Republican Jewish Coalition, which organized for Trump in Michigan, has been outspoken in its support for many of Trump\u2019s Cabinet picks. Sam Markstein, the group\u2019s political director, described the proposed lineup as a \u201cpro-Israel dream team,\u201d adding that \u201cfolks are giddy about the picks.\u201d He praised Trump\u2019s pro-Israel record as \u201csecond to nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cThe days of this mealymouthed, trying to have support in both camps of this issue are over,&#8221; Markstein said. &#8220;The way to secure the region is peace through strength, and that means no daylight between Israel and the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">No roles yet for key figures in Trump&#8217;s Arab American outreach<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Among the reasons some Arab American voters supported Trump was that they believed his prominent supporters would be key in the next administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Massad Boulos, a Lebanese businessman and father-in-law of Trump\u2019s daughter Tiffany, led <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-arab-american-outreach-michigan-biden-dba58aacfd4ef92b2a959513681b638a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:efforts to engage;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">efforts to engage<\/a> the Arab American community, organizing dozens of meetings across Michigan and other areas with large Arab populations. Some sessions also featured Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence, who was well-regarded by those who met with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Neither Boulos nor Grenell has been tapped yet for the coming administration, though Grenell was once considered a potential secretary of state before Rubio was selected. Boulos declined to comment and Grenell did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cSome people expected Trump to be different and thought Massad would play a significant role,\u201d said Osama Siblani, publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News, which declined to endorse a candidate in the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Siblani himself turned down a suggested meeting with Trump after the non-endorsement announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cBut now people are coming to us and saying, \u2018Look what you\u2019ve done,\u2019\u201d Siblani said. \u201cWe had a choice between someone actively shooting and killing you and someone threatening to do so. We had to punish the person who was shooting and killing us at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Associated Press writers Mike Householder in Detroit and Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/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.yahoo.com\/news\/arab-americans-voted-trump-concerned-051356187.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANSING, Mich. 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