Muslim anguish over Gaza holds electoral risks for Biden

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Hairdresser Linda Shawish cuts to the chase when asked about President Joe Biden’s decision to unequivocally back Israel’s bombing and ground invasion of Gaza.

“They’re standing for genocide,” the 45-year-old Palesti­nian American who previously voted for Democrats said outside the popular Halalco grocery in Falls Church, Virginia.

“I definitely won’t be voting Democratic, and if Trump is the Republican candidate, I probably won’t vote at all.”

With a year left until the 2024 presidential election, Arab and Muslim American support for Biden threatens to plummet over his Middle East policy — a factor that could even swing certain states.

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 A woman departs a Middle Eastern market as a man loads groceries onto his scooter in Falls Church, Virginia, on November 1, 2023. — AFP
A woman departs a Middle Eastern market as a man loads groceries onto his scooter in Falls Church, Virginia, on November 1, 2023. — AFP

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