{"id":2212282,"date":"2024-04-03T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mum-on-palestinian-doctor-who-walked-out-of-bidens-meeting-with-muslim-leaders\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T14:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:06:33","slug":"white-house-mum-on-palestinian-doctor-who-walked-out-of-bidens-meeting-with-muslim-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-mum-on-palestinian-doctor-who-walked-out-of-bidens-meeting-with-muslim-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"White House silent on Palestinian doctor&#8217;s exit from Biden&#8217;s meeting with Muslim leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fwhite-house-mum-on-palestinian-doctor-who-walked-out-of-bidens-meeting-with-muslim-leaders%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=2212282&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--><p>The \u200dWhite House did not provide feedback on President\u2064 Joe Biden&#8217;s Iftar meeting and\u2063 a Palestinian American\u200d doctor\u2064 who left early. This meeting was significant as\u2062 it was Biden&#8217;s \u200cinitial\u200b direct\u200c engagement with Muslim leaders since the recent \u200dterrorist attacks in Israel. Your summary effectively captures the key information about the White \u200dHouse&#8217;s\u200d response to President Joe Biden&#8217;s Iftar meeting and the Palestinian American doctor who \u2063departed early. \u2062It highlights \u200cthe meeting&#8217;s importance as Biden&#8217;s first direct interaction with Muslim leaders following \u200dthe recent terrorist attacks in Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> declined to say Wednesday if President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s Iftar meeting on Tuesday was a success or offer any comment on the Palestinian American doctor who walked out of the discussion before it concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting marked Biden\u2019s first direct sit-down with Muslim leaders since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, and White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> reminded reporters during Wednesday\u2019s briefing that the meeting was \u201csupposed to be private.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president respects Americans \u2014\u00a0any American\u2019s right to peacefully protest, and we\u2019re going to continue to have these conversations, obviously, with that community,\u201d she stated. \u201cParticipants had an opportunity to be honest and to be able to share their thoughts and feelings about how, you know how, where they are, how they feel about the situation happening, obviously, in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president also expressed his commitment to continue working to secure an immediate ceasefire as part of a deal to free the hostages and significantly increase humanitarian aid into Gaza,\u201d Jean-Pierre continued. \u201cThe president made clear that he mourns the loss of every innocent life in this conflict, Palestinian and Israeli.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man who walked out of the meeting with Biden, Dr. Thaer Ahmad, told CNN he was displeased with being the only Palestinian participant in the discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahmad, who traveled to Gaza as part of a humanitarian delegation, said he told Biden that \u201cout of respect for [his] community, [he was] going to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Wednesday\u2019s briefing in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DQY5oiqB_E8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House did not comment on the success of President Joe Biden&#8217;s Iftar meeting on Tuesday or the Palestinian American doctor who left before it ended. 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