{"id":2188386,"date":"2024-02-29T00:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-biden-is-letting-dearborn-extremists-influence-american-foreign-policy\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T00:21:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T05:21:12","slug":"why-biden-is-letting-dearborn-extremists-influence-american-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-biden-is-letting-dearborn-extremists-influence-american-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Decision: Dearborn Extremists Shaping US Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-biden-is-letting-dearborn-extremists-influence-american-foreign-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2188386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s Controversial Policy Shift on Israel-Gaza Conflict<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The day of\u200c the Democratic Party\u2019s Michigan primary, White House National\u200d Security Advisor John Kirby <em>bragged<\/em> that \u2062the Biden administration was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2024\/02\/27\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-white-house-national-security-advisor-john-kirby\/\">changing<\/a> its\u200b Israel-Gaza war\u200d policy to reflect the concerns of pro-Hamas activists in Michigan. The White\u2063 House, Kirby explained, is \u201cwilling to adjust\u201d how they were \u201capproaching the \u2062conflict and the way we\u2019re talking about the conflict\u201d to \u201creflect\u201d the \u201cconcerns\u201d \u2064of Dearborn.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Challenging\u2063 the \u200dStatus Quo<\/h3>\n<p>Imagine the president sending high-ranking\u2062 White House officials to Borough Park in Brooklyn to hear out the perspective of Putin-boosters regarding the\u2063 Ukraine war,\u200d then\u2064 adjusting American policy and\u200c rhetoric to better embrace those outlooks. Granted, you\u2019d have to \u2064stretch the imagination to its \u2062limits to picture Russian immigrants\u200c defending terror groups.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1401677819\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-efcee4a787fdffcf5c9d140251449531 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-efcee4a787fdffcf5c9d140251449531\"><\/div>\n<p>Although Joe Biden \u2062handily won \u2064Michigan\u200c with 80 percent\u2062 of the primary\u200d vote, more than 100,000 Democrats voted \u2064\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/27\/1234279958\/biden-uncommitted-democrats-michigan-primary-election-2024-\">uncommitted<\/a>\u201d to protest the president\u2019s allegedly pro-\u201cgenocide\u201d\u200c position. This, despite Biden dispatching senior aides to Dearborn \u200cto bend the knee to \u201cpro-Palestinian\u201d leaders like Osama Siblani, who not only contends that the United States is \u2062\u201cbought\u201d by the \u201cZionist lobby\u201d\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vatican-decries-parallel-pandemic-caused-by-lockdowns\/\" title=\"Vatican Decries \u2018Parallel Pandemic\u2019 Caused by Lockdowns\">popular conspiracy theory<\/a> among antisemites\u2014but \u200cthat \u201cHamas is not a terrorist organization.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/american-victims-of-terrorist-attacks\">hundreds of families of Americans<\/a> the group has murdered over the \u2063years likely disagree.<\/p>\n<p>Siblani made his Hamas remarks to \u2064demonstrators packing the Ford\u2064 Performing Arts Center in Dearborn on Oct. 10, 2023, <em>before<\/em> Israel launched its \u2062offensive. The \u2062jihadi kidnappers of Gaza, \u200cby the way, have not only rejected a slew of ceasefires\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/27\/world\/middleeast\/biden-israel-hamas-cease-fire.html\">including<\/a> one just yesterday\u2014but attacked, raped, disfigured, and kidnapped civilians during a ceasefire on Oct. 7. \u201cCeasefire\u201d is\u200c a euphemism for \u201csaving Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u2063it is inevitable that someone will complain\u200b about the \u201cIslamophobic\u201d tenor of attacking the \u200dDearborn \u200dfaction of the Democrat Party. What better description \u200cis there for the imam\u2063 of Dearborn\u2019s Islamic Center of Detroit, Imran Salha, who only months before Oct. 7 had his\u200d flock giving \u201camens\u201d as he prayed that Allah would \u201ceradicate from existence\u201d the \u201csick, \u200cdisgusting Zionist \u200cregime\u201d? Or the pro-Hamas and Hezbollah marchers decked out in keffiyehs chanting \u201cintifada\u201d and \u201cfrom the river to the sea,\u201d and calling America \u201ca terrorist state\u201d? Are any of Dearborn\u2019s civic leaders offended by this rhetoric?<\/p>\n<p>What about Dearborn\u2019s Ahmad Musa Jibril, \u201cperhaps\u200c the most\u200d influential \u2063English-speaking jihadi sheikh,\u201d according to MEMRI, who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEMRIReports\/status\/1730245163702747335\">preaches<\/a> that \u201cmothers in America \u200cand the West \u200cshould nurse their infants with the love of jihad, \u2062ambition \u200cto become a mujahid and a martyr.\u201d On the day\u200b hundreds of \u200cwomen and children were massacred, raped,\u2064 and kidnapped\u2014including American citizens\u2014Jibril <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/welcome-to-dearborn-americas-jihad-capital-pro-hamas-michigan-counterterrorism-a99dba38\">wrote<\/a> that \u201chearts haven\u2019t \u2063been\u2062 overjoyed\u200b like this in so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2ce2879205669d6b6b66f36f745341ad fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2ce2879205669d6b6b66f36f745341ad\"><\/div>\n<p>When the Wall Street Journal op-ed page ran an article by Steven Stalinsky\u200d detailing \u200bthe extremism in Dearborn with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/welcome-to-dearborn-americas-jihad-capital-pro-hamas-michigan-counterterrorism-a99dba38\">headline\u200d <\/a>\u201cWelcome to America\u2019s Jihad Capital,\u201d Biden didn\u2019t react by condemning antisemitic, \u200canti-American, pro-terrorist rhetoric, but \u201canti-Arab hate.\u201d Deflecting the seriousness of leftist\u2063 and Islamic \u200cJew hatred by scaremongering about \u201cIslamophobia\u201d is his modus operandi.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate media\u2064 constantly label Biden a staunch supporter of\u200d the Jewish state. Other \u200bthan give a nice speech right after the massacre, however, the president has spent most of his time pressuring, cajoling, undermining, and insulting Israel. It was Biden who immediately re-instituted\u200c funding to the UNRWA and Hamas.\u200d It\u200b was Biden who opened funding \u200cto, and re-emboldened,\u200c Iran. \u2064Most of the aid and pro-Israeli mechanisms\u2062 of the U.S. government are embedded into policy\u200c that\u200c Biden has merely adopted.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there are many progressive activists, intellectuals, Iran-loving podcasters, State Department creatures, and White House staffers and interns who see \u2064Israel as a nefarious colonial power. But consider a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/new-poll-of-us-voters-finds-overwhelming-support-for-israel-over-hamas-in-gaza-war\/\">finds<\/a> Americans still overwhelmingly support Israel. \u200bAlso, 67 percent back a \u201cceasefire\u201d only after Hamas has been removed and\u200b all the hostages are freed.<\/p>\n<p>So why is Dearborn so important to Biden? One, Americans rarely predicate their vote on foreign policy. Biden, a man without any principles, has surrounded himself with Obama-era officials who are enamored of\u200c Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3d5608acbf000c7301d8145602548c2d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3d5608acbf000c7301d8145602548c2d\"><\/div>\n<p>Second, Biden can afford to ignore the concerns of American Jews who care about this issue, because\u200d it won\u2019t \u200dmatter \u200cenough\u200b in states like New York, California, and Florida, where the outcomes are foretold. The chance that\u2062 nominally pro-Israel Democrats would criticize the president is slim.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan, which Donald Trump won in 2016, is\u2064 far\u200c more complicated. Around 101,000 Democrats\u2063 cast protest\u200c votes as uncommitted\u2063 in \u2062the state\u2019s\u200c primary. That\u2019s around 13 percent of \u200bthe \u2064vote. Projecting that total out to the general election probably means three percent of overall votes cast for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>It surely plays out differently in the general, but any depression in turnout could be bad news for the president. \u200dIn \u200d2020, Biden\u200d beat Trump by a 2.8 million to 2.6 million margin. Considering Biden\u2019s unpopularity, the town of \u200dDearborn staying \u200chome can make a difference. No appeasement will be enough to pacify\u2064 the terror cheerleader.<\/p>\n<p>The entire sordid \u2062effort is reminiscent of how small, extremist parties can \u200ddictate policy in parliamentary coalitions. In this case, Dearborn, abhorrently, is the extremist party helping dictate Biden\u2019s Middle East policy.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the Biden \u2063administration&#8217;s policy shift on the Israel-Gaza conflict impact \u200cthe \u2063balance and fairness of the issue?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062Who are thrilled with the Biden administration&#8217;s policy shift on the Israel-Gaza conflict. They see it as a step\u2063 towards a more balanced and fair approach to the issue. However, there are also many critics who believe that\u2064 this\u2064 policy \u200cshift\u2062 is deeply\u2064 problematic and raises serious\u2062 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the Biden administration \u200bis openly acknowledging\u200b that it is adjusting its\u200d policy to reflect the concerns \u2064of pro-Hamas activists in Michigan\u2062 is highly controversial.\u2063 It \u2062raises questions about the\u200d influence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-gov-hopefuls-side-with-union-in-fight-over-virginia-school-closures\/\" title=\"Dem Gov Hopefuls Side With Union in Fight Over Virginia School Closures\">special interest groups<\/a>\u2063 and the prioritization of political considerations over the security and well-being of allies such as Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if the president\u200b sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-education-department-has-closer-ties-to-crt-group-than-they-admit\/\" title=\"REPORT: Biden\u2019s Education Department Has Closer Ties To CRT Group Than They Admit\">high-ranking officials<\/a> \u200cto\u2064 listen to and embrace \u2062the perspective of\u2064 Putin-boosters regarding the Ukraine war. It would be seen as absurd and\u2064 outrageous. Similarly, it is concerning that the Biden \u2064administration is willing \u200dto adapt its policy and\u200b rhetoric based on the demands of pro-Palestinian leaders \u2064who \u200dhold deeply anti-Israel and often anti-Semitic views.<\/p>\n<p>One of the key \u200cfigures in this controversy \u200dis\u200b Osama \u200bSiblani, a\u2062 pro-Palestinian leader in Dearborn who has\u200d made outrageous claims \u2063about the United States being &#8220;bought&#8221; by the &#8220;Zionist lobby&#8221; and has denied that Hamas is a terrorist organization. It is important to note that Hamas is responsible\u2063 for \u2064the deaths of hundreds \u2063of Americans\u2063 over the years through its acts of terrorism. To \u200bembrace and legitimize such individuals \u200cand their views is deeply\u200c troubling.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the presence of extremist figures \u2064in Dearborn, such as\u2063 Imran Salha and Ahmad Musa Jibril, who\u200c espouse anti-Israel and pro-jihad rhetoric, should \u200bnot be ignored.\u2064 The \u200bfact that their views are tolerated and, in some \u200dcases, even \u2064embraced by some civic leaders in Dearborn is deeply concerning and raises questions about the values and priorities of the community.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2064 the Wall Street Journal published an article highlighting the extremism \u200bin Dearborn, Biden&#8217;s reaction was not to condemn the anti-Semitic \u200band anti-American rhetoric but \u200cto \u2064deflect and \u200dfocus on &#8220;anti-Arab hate.&#8221; This deflecting tactic is a recurring \u2063pattern\u2062 in Biden&#8217;s response to criticisms of \u200dleftist and Islamic Jew hatred, which undermines the seriousness\u200b of these \u200dissues and perpetuates a dangerous narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the image portrayed by the corporate media, Biden&#8217;s actions have not aligned with being a staunch supporter of the Jewish state. \u2063His administration has exerted pressure on Israel, restored funding to organizations like UNRWA and \u200dHamas, and reopened talks with\u2063 Iran. While giving \u2062a nice speech after\u2062 a tragic \u200bevent is commendable, it does not make up for the conflicting actions and policies that have been implemented.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Biden administration&#8217;s policy shift on the \u2064Israel-Gaza conflict is highly controversial and raises serious concerns about\u200b the influence of special interest groups,\u2063 the prioritization of \u200dpolitics over \u2064security, and \u200bthe embrace of pro-Palestinian leaders with extremist views. It is important \u200bfor the public to critically examine and challenge such policy \u2062decisions to ensure \u2063the long-term security and well-being of our allies and \u2062the promotion of \u2062true peace in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the day of Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Party primary, White House National Security Advisor John Kirby proudly announced that the Biden administration was modifying its Israel-Gaza war strategy to address the worries of pro-Hamas supporters in Michigan. Kirby stated that the White House was open to adapting their approach and communication regarding the conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2188387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-28-at-10.17.25%E2%80%AFAM-e1709134245705-1024x575.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2188386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Screenshot-2024-02-28-at-10.17.25%E2%80%AFAM-e1709134245705-1024x575.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2188386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2188386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2188386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2188386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2188386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}