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The American Arab and Muslim leaders, including some who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 elections, criticized the president’s proposal so that the United States took care of Gaza and resettle the Palestinians as unacceptable and antithetical to the impulse for lasting peace .
However, leaders greatly ruled out Trump’s comments as an unrealistic bravery and said it was unlikely to pay a great political price in the community.
“We believe that their ideas, as intentional as they could be, rubbed many people in the wrong way,” Bohbah told Reuters Bahbah, who founded Reuters to the US Arabs for Trump and helped meet in the support of Michigan and other states of battlefield.
“We oppose any transfer of Palestinians, either voluntarily or involuntarily, outside its homeland.”
Bahbah said he still supports Trump, seeing him as the best option to avoid conflicts in Gaza. He said his organization changed his name to the American Arabs for Peace two days ago, which reflects his change of focus after Trump’s elections.
Trump described the idea that the United States “takes over” from Gaza during a white house conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. Trump also floated a proposal to relocate the Palestinians to neighboring countries and rebuild the territory mistreated in a “Riviera del Middle East.”
The American and Muslim Arab support for Trump probably had in his victories in several swing states, according to the strategists, with the greatest impact on Michigan, home of the largest population of Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians in the country.
Many in the community voted against Vice President Kamala Harris to protest the support of the Biden Administration to Israel in their assault on Gaza in retaliation for the attacks of October 7, 2023. Some also accredit Trump to orchestrate a stop Fire, even though it happened before entering the White House.
Rabiul Chowdhury, co -founder of Muslims for Trump, said that although he was frustrated because no viable long -term solution for peace and reconstruction was discussed, he does not regret having supported Trump.
“Fulfill Trump’s rhetoric with the actions of Biden and Harris is not only false but totally dishonest,” he said, criticizing the supply of weapons of the Biden administration and another support for Israel while bombing Gaza. “If we match Trump’s actions with those of Biden and Harris, the contrast would be undeniable: Trump is the best option.”
The administration of former President Joe Biden was firm for Israel during his assault on Gaza despite repeatedly pushing Israel to do more to stop civil casualties and allow humanitarian aid in the enclave. Biden also praised a high fire agreement that entered into force last month by highly reflecting the framework of a proposal made last year.
Osama Siblani, editor of Arab American News based in Dearborn, Michigan, said he did not believe that many people in the community regretted their decision to support Trump or retain a vote for Harris due to his support for Israel.
But Siblani, a spokesman for the American Political Action Committee, who did not support any of the candidates in the 2024 elections, compared Trump’s rhetoric with that of a “crazy man” and said they would not advance the cause of peace .
“Instead of helping people recover, he is trying to take advantage of their misery,” he told Reuters. “I can’t believe that a president of the United States is making such a suggestion.”
Yahya Basha, a doctor and founder of Muslims for American progress, said he was not surprised by Trump’s comments, given previous statements of his son -in -law Jared Kushner about that Gaza was a good place for a future resort, but remained skeptic that we would execute those plans.
“I do not regret anything I did so that Trump is chosen and I hope we see positive signs in the future,” said Basha, a Trump’s first defender in Michigan.
On the other hand, he said that Trump’s comments were often provocative instead of the base of the policy, citing his comments on wanting to buy Greenland or making Canada the 51st state of the United States.
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