Former US Officials to Discuss Role of Islamophobia in Biden Administration’s Gaza Policy
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 12:30 p.m. ET, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host a live virtual event featuring interviews with American Muslim former government officials who resigned from the Biden administration over its policies on Gaza.
“We look forward to an illuminating conversation with American Muslim government officials who resigned from the Biden administration in protest of its support for the Gaza genocide,” said CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell.
“It is critical for the public to learn about the extent to which anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia play a role behind-the-scenes in influencing the Biden administration’s policies toward the Middle East, including Gaza,” he added
The event, titled “Muslim Resignees Speak: How Islamophobia & Anti-Palestinian Racism Fuel Biden Administration’s Gaza Policy,” will feature Maryam Hassanein, a former Biden administration political appointee, and Hala Rharrit, a former career American diplomat.
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Both officials resigned from their positions in protest of the Biden administration’s support for the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza.
The Israeli regime launched the onslaught on Gaza since October last year with the full military and political support from the United States. The Israeli aggression has claimed lives of more than 40,000 people, mostly women and children, wounding more than 92,000 others, and displacing almost all of the 2.3 million population of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Source: Agencies
