{"id":2222591,"date":"2024-04-16T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-adviser-defends-irans-right-to-defend-itself-blasts-genocide-joe-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:06:31","slug":"white-house-adviser-defends-irans-right-to-defend-itself-blasts-genocide-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-adviser-defends-irans-right-to-defend-itself-blasts-genocide-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"White House official supports Iran&#8217;s self-defense right and criticizes President Biden"},"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\">22<\/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-adviser-defends-irans-right-to-defend-itself-blasts-genocide-joe-biden%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=2222591&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>Osama Siblani, an\u200b Arab-American activist and publisher of\u2062 the <em>Arab-American News,<\/em> acted as a consultant for Team Biden. The White House \u2064sought his advice on the Israel-Hamas \u200bconflict, despite objections from some\u200b Jewish groups about his\u2062 past anti-Israel statements and support \u2062for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-u-s-airstrike-iranian-target-in-syria\/\" title=\"Reports: U.S. airstrike Iranian target in Syria\">militant groups<\/a>. Siblani emphasized the need for\u200b President\u200c Biden to intervene to halt Israel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-peace-prize-the-most-controversial-winners\/\" title=\"Nobel Peace Prize: The Most Controversial Winners\">military actions<\/a> in Gaza.  <\/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>\n<h2>Osama Siblani serves as a &#8216;sounding board&#8217; for Team Biden, according to AP<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tOsama Siblani at the White House (Osama Siblani\/Facebook).\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The White House this month sought advice from Arab-American activist Osama Siblani regarding President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, ignoring Jewish groups\u2019 concerns about Siblani\u2019s history of anti-Israel rhetoric and his praise for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-border-threat-so-taboo-that-few-dare-speak-of-it\/\" title=\"A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It\">terrorist groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden advisers contacted Siblani, the publisher of the Michigan-based <em>Arab-American News,<\/em> to gauge his reaction to Biden\u2019s phone call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month, the Associated Press reported. Siblani, whom the AP referred to as an &#8220;occasional sounding board&#8221; for Team Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/white-house-biden-muslims-gaza-israel-war-32cbf8d76872863a6c672bdce087be23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he relayed that the president needs to take &#8220;giant steps&#8221; to stop Israel\u2019s military actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Days after his latest White House chat, Siblani <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/osama.siblani\/posts\/10229407528545830?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZVYnS-wnuD14hraOrPJT17tzNMtvPNEIziNvDGprmm-Z9Auc_qLi_Mggw1VwaZ7zBg30PwXDXFz87HI9TOu5BlLZeoqt7ZeghPm29XWCoJW9rK_x1BDQOHTZVyybBlnSClqOkEfARocznFa9Yt-Z3A1&#038;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last week that Iran had a &#8220;right to defend itself&#8221; after Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus, killing Iranian general Mohammad Reza Zahedi. Siblani called the United States an &#8220;accomplice&#8221; in what he said was an illegal bombing of the embassy, and referred to President Biden as &#8220;Genocide Joe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Siblani has a well-documented history of anti-Israel and pro-terrorist rhetoric. He has accused pro-Israel lawmakers of being &#8220;bought&#8221; by the &#8220;Zionist lobby,&#8221; and in 2022, he urged Arabs to fight against Israel with &#8220;stones&#8221; and &#8220;guns,&#8221; and praised <em>fedayeen<\/em>, or Islamic militants.<\/p>\n<p>Citing those remarks, Jewish groups <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/jewish-groups-blast-white-house-for-courting-pro-hamas-activist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> the White House in February for meeting with Siblani as part of Team Biden\u2019s bid to shore up support from Michigan\u2019s Arab- and Muslim-American communities. Biden campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez met Siblani in Dearborn, Michigan, in January, and White House national security officials visited him there in February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Siblani is simply the wrong choice to serve as an interlocutor with the administration as they hear from the local Muslim community,&#8221; Anti-Defamation League president Jonathan Greenblatt said in February.<\/p>\n<p>Siblani has thus far been spared the fate of other Biden allies who made anti-Israel remarks. In December, White House officials criticized the head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for saying he was &#8220;happy to see&#8221; Hamas attack Israel on Oct. 7.\t<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not respond to requests for comment about its latest interactions with Siblani.<\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s silence on Siblani could perhaps be a testament to his influence within Michigan\u2019s Arab-American community, a historically Democratic voting bloc in a crucial presidential swing state. Siblani backed the campaign to vote &#8220;uncommitted&#8221; in last month\u2019s Michigan primary to protest Biden\u2019s handling of the war. More than 100,000 people voted uncommitted, enough to win two of Michigan\u2019s delegates.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AP reports Osama Siblani advising Team Biden, consulted for insights on Israel-Hamas conflict. Despite concerns over anti-Israel remarks, the White House engaged with Arab-American activist Siblani for guidance, overlooking objections from Jewish organizations. Siblani serves as a key advisor in current affairs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2222592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222591","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\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}