The president made the remarks alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He claimed earlier in the day that Gazans had "no alternative" but to leave their homes.
A small majority of Arab-Americans are Christians, mainly descended from Lebanese Maronites and members of Syrian Christian minorities like the Nestorians. There are also a few Copts. Some are descendants of immigrants from as far back as the 1920s. Many of those groups barely identify as Arabs, many have some very real grievances against Muslims, and generally aren’t interested in the Palestinians (not even the Orthodox Christian Palestinians). And even among Muslim Arab-Americans, there is very little solidarity. The religious conservatives despise the Democrats for supporting women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.
It’s also worth noting that the majority of Palestinian-American groups endorsed the Democrats as the less-bad alternative.
Man all those Arab Americans who voted for their orange god. Their god is cruel. Leopards ate their faces.
A small majority of Arab-Americans are Christians, mainly descended from Lebanese Maronites and members of Syrian Christian minorities like the Nestorians. There are also a few Copts. Some are descendants of immigrants from as far back as the 1920s. Many of those groups barely identify as Arabs, many have some very real grievances against Muslims, and generally aren’t interested in the Palestinians (not even the Orthodox Christian Palestinians). And even among Muslim Arab-Americans, there is very little solidarity. The religious conservatives despise the Democrats for supporting women’s and LGBTQ+ rights.
It’s also worth noting that the majority of Palestinian-American groups endorsed the Democrats as the less-bad alternative.