American Arab American and Muslim leaders, some of whom supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election, criticized the President’s proposal for the US and to handle Gaza and push the Palestinians for unacceptable and permanent peace Started again as anthethetical.
The leaders dismissed Trump’s comments on a large scale as unrealistic bang, and said he was unlikely to pay a large political price in the community.
“We believe that their thoughts, as well as as they can be, rub a lot of people wrongly,” Bishra Bahbah, who established Arab Americans for Trump and in Michigan and other battlefields The rally helped in support, told the Reuters.
“We are opposing any transfer of Palestinians, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, out of their motherland.”
Bahba said that he still supports Trump, seeing him as the best option to avoid conflict in Gaza. He said that his organization changed his name for peace two days ago to Arab Americans, reflecting his change in meditation after Trump’s election.
Trump on Tuesday underlined the idea of ​​taking “Gaza” for the US during a press conference of the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump also proposed to transfer Palestinians to neighboring countries and redevelop the battered area to “Riviera of Middle East”.
Arab American and Muslim support for Trump, according to strategists, felt the greatest impact in Michigan, with its victory in many swing states, which is home to the country’s largest population of Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians.
Several people voted to oppose the support of Israel’s Biden administration in an attack on Gaza in vengeance for the October 7, 2023 attacks against the then Vice President Kamla Harris. Some people credit Trump with a ceasefire, even though it happened before entering the White House.
Rabiul Chaudhary, co-founder of Muslims for Trump, said that when he was disappointed that no viable long-term solution for peace and reconstruction was being discussed for Gaza, he did not regret supporting Trump.
He said, “Trump’s rhetoric with Biden and Harris’ rhetoric is not only disgruntled but dishonest,” he said, criticizing the weapons supply of Biden administration and other support for Israel, while he bombed Gaza. “If we match Trump’s functions with Biden and Harris, the contrary will be undisputed – Trump is a better option.”
Former President Joe Biden’s administration stood firmly by Israel during the attack on Gaza, repeatedly, despite pushing Israel to curb Israel to curb civil casualties and allow humanitarian assistance in enclave. Biden also started a ceasefire deal, which effectively implemented last month, reflects the structure of the proposal made last year.
Arab American news publisher in Dearborn, Michigan, Osama Sblani, said he did not feel that many people in the community would regret their decision to return a vote for Harris due to returning of Trump or Israel’s support.
But a spokesman of the Arabian political action committee, Solani, who neither supported the candidate in the 2024 election, compared Trump’s rhetoric to “crazy man” and said that he would not carry forward the cause of peace.
“Instead of helping people recover, he is trying to take advantage of his grief,” he told Reuters. “I can’t believe that a President of the United States is making such suggestions.”
Yahya Basha, a doctor and founder of Muslims for American progress, said that he was not surprised by Trump’s comments, seeing the earlier statements by his son -in -law, Jered Kushner, is a good site for future resorts about Gaza, but It is suspected that we will execute those plans.
Basha, the initial lawyer of Trump in Michigan, said, “I don’t regret anything for Trump to be elected and I hope we will see positive signs in the future.”
Instead, he said that he believes that Trump’s comments were often provocative rather than the policy, citing his comments to buy Greenland or to make Canada the 51st state of the US.
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