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Pro-Palestine supporters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza attend a Listen to Michigan rally on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Feb. 20.’s support for the Israeli invasion of Gaza has cost him deeply among Arab Americans, a critical constituency in Michigan. Given Michigan’s importance as a key swing state, that attrition alone could cost Biden the election.
“We’d like for Joe Biden to take a look at these numbers and know that Gaza and the Palestinian people, and this genocide that he funded is going to be reason that he loses in November,” said Dabajeh, who clarified that he is supporting Listen to Michigan’s “uncommitted” strategy.More specifically, though, the campaign’s adherents are calling for Biden to get behind a permanent cease-fire ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and to cut off U.S. funding for Israel’s war operations going forward.
But the kerfuffle over a meeting earlier this month between White House officials and Arab American leaders, including Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud — now a prominent “uncommitted” backer — exemplified the challenges in thinking the problem can be resolved through outreach alone.
On the one hand, relative moderates see an “uncommitted” vote as a form of tough love intended as a course correction. For example, former Rep. Andy Levin, a Jewish Democrat whose July 2022 primary ouster was bankrolled by pro-Israel groups wary of his support for restricting U.S.
Allawieh, who was previously chief of staff to Rep. Cori Bush , is definitely one of the “uncommitted” voters looking for a path to still support Biden in November. “It’s important to keep Donald Trump as far away from the White House as humanly possible,” he said.
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