The White House has cancelled its annual iftar dinner, a decision influenced by the frustration of numerous Muslim Americans with the administration's support for Israel amidst the Gaza conflict. This move comes after several invited guests declined their invitations, expressing outrage in Muslim communities and citing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a key concern. The administration had initially attempted to scale back the event in response to the backlash, highlighting the Gaza horrors, but ultimately decided to cancel it altogether. The controversy also included a dramatic moment during one of the scaled-back iftars, where a Muslim guest, recently returned from Gaza, walked out in protest, accusing Biden of complicity in the Gaza genocide and handing him a letter from a displaced Palestinian child who lost his entire family in Rafah.
The White House has cancelled the annual iftar dinner after many Muslim Americans declined the invitation in protest of Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, sources tell Al Jazeera https://t.co/czrCHPiLwX https://t.co/6ep9whMf2v
BREAKING: SEVERAL MUSLIM FIGURES WALK OUT OF WHITE HOUSE IFTAR IN PROTEST OF BIDEN’S COMPLICITY IN GAZA GENOCIDE One guest, a doctor, has recently come back from Gaza, gave the US president a letter written by a displaced Palestinian child in Rafah, who lost his entire family.… https://t.co/IWcYqIiQAe
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"Several people who were invited to the White House dinner have declined, sources said, citing frustration with the administration’s support of Israel amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza." https://t.co/mLvNbuDlhz