This is going to be an election year issue in Michigan. There's no sugarcoating it.

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(Detroit Free Press) A crowd of Arab Americans protested Wednesday night inside a Dearborn high school against President Joe Biden's scheduled Thursday visit to Michigan, urging people not to vote for him because of his support for Israel's attacks in Gaza.

"We are not interested in conversations with this campaign and this administration," said Dearborn attorney Amer Zahr, a Palestinian American activist who helped organize the rally at Fordson High. "They have to call for a ceasefire. He could make a phone call tomorrow and put an end to all this. He has chosen not to. ... President Biden, we say quite clearly: you are not welcome in our community."

Zahr told the crowd to remember Biden's actions during elections: "Are we going to forget?" he asked them. "No!" they roared back in response. Zahr's comments were applauded by the crowd, many of whom were holding up signs that read "Abandon Biden" and "Ceasefire Now."

Biden is to hold an event with the UAW union in Michigan on Thursday. Last week, his campaign manager visited Dearborn and spoke at the offices of The Arab American News with its publisher, Osama Siblani, but some Arab American and elected officials such as Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud refused to meet with her. ............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/02/01/arab-americans-dearborn-protest-joe-biden-michigan-visit-israel-palestine-gaza/72427041007/