Muslim leaders in Chicago spurn meeting with Biden officials citing Gaza war

More than 40 Muslim, Palestinian and Arab American leaders and groups said meeting would whitewash' Biden's support of Israel

Ahead of next week's primary in Illinois, more than 40 Muslim, Palestinian and Arab American leaders and groups in Chicago refused a meeting with White House officials, citing the US's continued funding of Israel's war on Gaza.

In a letter sent to the White House on Thursday, the leaders said there was no point" in additional meetings when they had already made clear their demand for a permanent ceasefire to the Biden administration through prior discussions, protests and media interviews. We believe another meeting would only act to whitewash months of White House inaction followed by meek handouts. We are interested in serious action," they wrote in the letter.