Did the Biden White House Meet With a Legit Terrorist? Matt Vespa

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Did the Biden White House Meet With a Legit Terrorist?
Matt Vespa
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Did the Biden White House vet anyone at this event with top aides in Michigan this week? I ask because a person who is known for his pro-Hezbollah ties claims to have been invited by the White House, who is trying to mend fences with the Arab American communities in the wake of the Gaza War (via Fox News):

    President Biden sent top aides to Michigan on Thursday to meet with Arab American and Muslim community leaders, and one person reportedly invited to the discussion has publicly expressed support for the terror groups Hezbollah and Hamas.

    Biden made the move with the leaders as he's faced criticism from the Muslim community over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The Associated Press, which first reported the forum, noted the event positions the administration to "mend ties" with a community that will play a critical role in a battleground state for the 2024 elections.

    While the list of attendees was not released, one individual the White House reportedly invited to the event was Osama Siblani, the publisher of Arab American News headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

    "I'm for the dialogue, and I believe we owe it to our country and to our community and the people in Gaza, to listen and be heard," Siblani said of the gathering. He told the outlet the White House invited him, and he planned to attend.

    Siblani, meanwhile, appears to be a questionable choice as a participant, as he's openly discussed his support for Hezbollah with mainstream publications in the past.

    The Muslim activist came out in support of the organization in 2006 as they fought Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. At the time, the FBI had issued a national alert for law enforcement to investigate and profile Hezbollah sympathizers.

    "If the FBI wants to come after those who support the resistance done by Hezbollah, then they better bring a fleet of buses," Siblani told the Chicago Tribune. "I, for one, would be willing to go to jail."

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    The activist also signaled support for Hamas after Israel launched its counter-offensive at the start of the war in October.

    "We are not going to be intimidated," Siblani said at an Oct. 10 protest in Michigan, according to a local outlet. "Hamas is not a terrorist organization, and we have to say to them the terrorist is Benjamin Netanyahu and his government."

So, Biden aides might have reached out to a proto-terrorist? I don’t think reaching out to radical Muslim extremists is the way to go, Joe, but if it means fostering your defeat in November, keep meeting with these people.

Joe Biden is facing a Muslim voter rebellion in the Rust Belt. If they stay home, some crucial states in the famed blue wall could crash again as they did in 2016.

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/02/10/biden-white-house-is-meeting-with-a-legit-terrorist-n2635001

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 Biden official tells Arab Americans in Michigan that administration made ‘missteps’ in support for Israel-Hamas war: report
By Social Links for Victor Nava
Published Feb. 9, 2024, 7:31 p.m. ET

One of President Biden’s top advisers told fuming Arab and Muslim American community leaders in Michigan this week that the administration has made “missteps” in its support for Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

“We are very well aware that we have missteps in the course of responding to this crisis since Oct. 7,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said during a Thursday meeting in Dearborn, Mich., with Muslim and Arab Americans, including state and local Democratic elected officials, according to the New York Times.

“We have left a very damaging impression based on what has been a wholly inadequate public accounting for how much the president, the administration and the country values the lives of Palestinians,” Finer added.

“And that began, frankly, pretty early in the conflict.”

Finer was part of a White House delegation dispatched to Michigan ahead of the state’s Feb. 27 Democratic presidential primary, in response to growing hostility toward Biden from Muslim and Arab Americans – a sizable voting bloc in the Great Lake State – over his support of Israel’s war effort in the aftermath of last October’s massacre of 1,200 people in the Jewish state.

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https://nypost.com/2024/02/09/news/biden-official-tells-arab-americans-that-administration-made-missteps-in-support-for-israel-hamas-war-report/