Michigan Arab Americans want Biden out
Thirty-seven members of Mohammad Enayah's extended family were killed in an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp. But the Michigan man's loss didn't stop there: 52 other members of his family in Gaza were killed by Israelis in other attacks. Aunts and uncles, gone. Cousins, gone. Nephews and grandnephews, gone. Three generations were wiped out.
The staggering Palestinian death toll – 28,000 people killed so far – and devastation Israel is inflicting on Gaza in its war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas are a source of deep personal pain and grief for Arab Americans.
Though President Joe Biden has described the Palestinian lives lost as a tragedy and last week condemned Israel’s response as “over the top,” his silence in response to calls for a cease-fire has infuriated Michigan Arab Americans like Enayah. Not only are they vowing to vote against Biden in the state’s Democratic primary this month and the general election in November – they are actively campaigning against him.