Quote:On Tuesday, protestors kneeled outside of the White House in prayer as President Joe Biden held an abridged version of the iftar meal traditionally hosted by the White House for Ramadan. In past years, the dinner was attended by Muslim community leaders, but as the Biden Admin began to arrange this year's meal, would-be guests responded by systematically declining invitations, in protest to the war in Gaza.

The White House pivoted, holding a meal just for staff just for staff members and hosting a meeting for the Muslim community leaders, instead of the customary celebratory dinner.

As RedState previously reported:

Sentiments from the Muslim American community are that it is unacceptable for Muslim leaders to share a meal with the White House, given their perception that the Biden administration is supporting the Israeli government's actions in Gaza while the Palestinian people face a starvation crisis.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris would instead meet with Muslim community leaders on Tuesday. When asked why they would not attend the iftar, Jean-Pierre explained that they requested a meeting instead of a meal.

The meeting lasted over an hour and was attended by Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and other senior officials. Among the speakers were three physicians who had recently cared for patients in Gaza, addressing the president.

At the start of the discussion, Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian-American doctor from Chicago who had volunteered in Gaza, declared he was walking out of the meeting in protest. Ahmad reported that he told Biden that Israel’s looming ground invasion of Rafah would be a “blood bath and a massacre.”

Prior to leaving, Ahmad handed the president a letter from an 8-year-old orphaned girl in Rafah, a city marked for Israel's future military actions, along with a photo. The New York Times obtained and translated the letter, which read:

We in Rafah are suffering a lot because we live in a very small tent and the tank can enter the tent and run me over. We don’t want massacres and suffering. We want safety, to live like the rest of the world’s children. Please, Biden, stop this war, it’s enough, stop this war please.

Ahmad spoke for about six minutes before announcing his departure and noted that Biden's reaction to his protest was subdued, reporting that Biden only said, "I understand.'"

On Wednesday, when White House press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about Biden's response to Ahmad's decision to leave, she stated that the president "respects their freedom to peacefully protest."

Before the meeting began, Ahmad had made up his mind, planning to calmly walk out at the start of the session.

Ahmad said,

I’m not going to yell at anybody. I’m not going to throw anything. I’m just going to walk out calmly. And that’s what I did.

His reasoning for this form of protest included his concerns about recent news reports regarding U.S. weapons sales to Israel. Ahmad plans to visit Gaza again at the end of the month.

Later in the meeting, when attendees who stayed the duration asked Biden about calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, Biden responded that Israel would push back because of concerns about the hostages that continue to be held by Hamas.

The taking of hostages is a war crime under international law.

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NEW: Joe Biden Says Too Much, Reveals Jill Biden Is Seething Behind the Scenes About Israel

Quote:Joe Biden's old man mouth got the best of him again. According to a new report, while being confronted at a Ramadan event by a pro-Hamas supporter, the president revealed that his wife has been seething behind the scenes and demanding that her husband "Stop it, stop it now" concerning Israel's war against Hamas.

Mr. Biden replied that he understood. The first lady, he said, had been urging him to “Stop it, stop it now,” according to an attendee who heard his remarks.

Salima Suswell, the founder of the Black Muslim Leadership Council, recounted the scene in an interview, adding that she had scribbled down the president’s statements because it was so striking to hear that the first lady felt strongly about the conflict.

“He said she said, ‘Stop it, stop it now, Joe,’” Ms. Suswell said.

The White House immediately tried to clean up Biden's statement, claiming that Jill Biden's position was not a departure from the administration's stated policy and did not represent a call for Israel to end hostilities against Hamas. Instead, they claim she was only calling for an end to civilian casualties, citing a recent attack that killed several aid workers.

How do you end all civilian casualties without ending the war and allowing Hamas to survive? The answer is that you can't, as demonstrated by over 20 years of America's war on terror. No matter how careful a military is, civilian casualties will occur. So despite the White House comms department's spin, when Jill Biden says "Stop it, stop it now," she is pretty clearly stumping for an outcome that would benefit the Palestinian terrorists and maintain the status quo that led to the October 7th attacks.

Her intrusion into the issue isn't surprising given her outsized influence within the administration nor is the arrogance with which she carries herself. How exactly can Joe Biden "Stop it, stop it now?" Israelis get to decide how to propagate the war against the enemy that attacked their country. Joe Biden has no say in it, and to be frank, Jill Biden's opinion on the matter is worth absolutely nothing. She was not elected to any office, and her emotional outbursts are irrelevant.

One can only imagine how much more chaotic and contradictory the White House response to the Israel-Hamas conflict is going to become now that Jill Biden is involved. There was already desperation among Biden's handlers to shore up support among the radical pro-Hamas elements, and he now has his wife breathing down his neck.

That begs the question, does Jill Biden really care about the situation in Gaza or is she just concerned she might lose her all-expenses-paid pass to the upper echelons of society this November? The president's wife is nothing if she isn't nakedly ambitious and fame-hungry. It wouldn't surprise me at all if her turn against Israel was dictated not by empathy but by politics. She doesn't want to lose her golden ticket, and if that means tossing an ally under the bus and helping terrorists, then so be it.

Regardless, none of this should matter. Israel has to do what it has to do, and that means destroying Hamas once and for all. Jill Biden should be left to shout at the sky about it.

" Ahmad reported that he told Biden that Israel’s looming ground invasion of Rafah would be a “blood bath and a massacre.”

It's just another day at the office, business as usual, when the crazed Islamic jihadist's do it though, right?

I sympathize with the terror the children of Palestine face but their own parents put them in harms way. Most of them have been conditioned by the time they're old enough to talk, to hate the Israeli's, and infidels of any race, but that isn't their fault. Meanwhile, Palestinians, by all accounts, support Hamas almost completely.

Why didn't ol' Joe declare some sort of trans weirdo praise at the ramadan even like he did for easter???

(04-05-2024 07:17 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Why didn't ol' Joe declare some sort of trans weirdo praise at the ramadan even like he did for easter???

Can't have him going around offending his boss's religion cult. C'mon man.

Christian's got transvestites and an Easter Bunny.

I almost expected the old dottering fool would want to give Muslims wife beaters and a draw the prophet coloring book.