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This snapshot is from May 8, 2024.

You don’t have to read Arabic, if you go to https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/ar/article/warsaw-ghetto-uprising now it is clear that انتفاضة “intifada” has been replaced with مقاومة “muqawama”

Thank goodness for the Wayback Machine! https://web.archive.org/web/20240508124950/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/ar/article/warsaw-ghetto-uprising

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh I am definitely not one of the good ones, and most Arab Americans are Christian anyways.

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[-] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You are right. Biden had 59% support among Arab Americans at least in 2020-2021. But the genocide is very unpopular and people have family and friends there. For example former Congressman Justin Amash had several of his relatives killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip.

The data here has been collected by the ADC https://adc.org/community-pulse/ you can learn about this https://adc.org/about/

Here's another source that similarly illustrate this unprecedented huge drop in a short time:

The Arab American Institute also have their polling methodology and Biden drops to 17%, higher than 7% but this is older data from November 2023 when people still had hope Biden would do the right thing:

Not everyone feels the same. Back in the U.S., Palestinian and Arab Americans have expressed outrage over Biden’s response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 8,000 people, more than a quarter of them children. The first national poll of Arab Americans since the war in Gaza began shows how deep that sense of betrayal goes, with only 17% of Arab American voters saying they will vote for Biden in 2024—a staggering drop from 59% in 2020.

“This is the most dramatic shift over the shortest period of time that I’ve ever seen,” James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, which released the poll on Tuesday, tells TIME.

Biden’s Gaza Stance Spurs Stunning Drop in Arab American Support

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You are probably right about those who are for Trump simply because they won't share any of the concerns Arab Americans have, just like with any minority that votes for Trump, they tend to be out of touch with their group. But for Biden I think not, because until October 2023 Biden or at least the Democratic Party had mainstream support among Arab Americans and the ADC has been around for decades. But since then there has been a true backlash, Biden lost people who were passionate supporters, campaigners and donors.

Maysoon Zayid, a Palestinian American comedian, did everything she could to get Joe Biden elected in 2020.

She starred in a comedy event boosting him. She spoke on a call organized by the Biden campaign featuring Arab women supporting him. Biden’s team even touted her endorsement in a press release.

But after watching how Biden has navigated the Israel-Hamas war over the last two weeks, Zayid said she can no longer vote for him in 2024.

‘The man broke my heart’: Biden’s Arab-American boosters begin to leave his side

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The Arab American Institute also have their polling methodology and Biden drops to 17%, higher than 7% but this is older data from November 2023 when people still had hope Biden would do the right thing:

Not everyone feels the same. Back in the U.S., Palestinian and Arab Americans have expressed outrage over Biden’s response to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, which has killed more than 8,000 people, more than a quarter of them children. The first national poll of Arab Americans since the war in Gaza began shows how deep that sense of betrayal goes, with only 17% of Arab American voters saying they will vote for Biden in 2024—a staggering drop from 59% in 2020.

“This is the most dramatic shift over the shortest period of time that I’ve ever seen,” James Zogby, the founder and president of the Arab American Institute, which released the poll on Tuesday, tells TIME.

Biden’s Gaza Stance Spurs Stunning Drop in Arab American Support

[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I have no way to influence how 3.8 million people or so feel, though I do share the sentiments and agree with the majority. Arab [and Muslim] American leaders did try to make their case heard in the White House but were dismissed multiple times. These dismal results are not due to a lack of trying by the community to bridge gaps with the Democratic Party.

Arab Americans remain one of the more progressive groups in their voting pattern. The real issue are the people voting for Trump.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Further down they say it is 36,139 Arab American and allied voters who are signed up to their community pulse https://support.adc.org/a/communitypulse

I would think "our allies" would mostly be Muslim Americans. The two groups are separate but have some overlap and both vote similarly on Middle East and North Africa issues.

"ADC was founded by former U.S. Senator James Abourezk in 1980. Today, ADC is the largest Arab American grassroots organization in the U.S." Per their own about page, I think their numbers should be taken seriously.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't. Europe has fertile lands and ample water. But I don't want to contribute to the rising anti-immigrant sentiments when I have no valid reason to emigrate.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago

A positive outcome few expected.

[-] [email protected] -4 points 1 week ago

Thanks, I was thinking of leaving, needed your approval.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I'd rather we give up AI than give up meat or flying. I am not taking a ship half way across the world.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

The results used to be better too. AI just produces junk faster.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It is not gatekeeping manhood, buying a Cybertruck is a clear sign that the man lacks common sense and has more money than brains, two very important red flags. The only women he will attract are the kind that like men with more money than brains. She is just setting her standards high.

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