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The NAACP in a new letter has called on President Joe Biden to stop sending weapons to Israel and use the United States’ influence to end the war in Gaza. The letter from the civil rights organization comes days after Biden said on May 31 that Israel had proposed a new cease-fire plan and urged Hamas to accept it, saying, “It’s time for this war to end and for the day after to begin.
Biden’s shrinking support among Black voters has increasingly come up as one factor in the national conversation about his support for Israel. Black communities played a key role in securing Biden’s 2020 win, with 92% of Black people supporting Biden over Donald Trump then. Now, nearly four years later, 77% of Black voters say they would vote for Biden.
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