Hairdresser Linda Shawish cuts to the chase when asked about President Joe Biden’s decision to unequivocally back Israel’s bombing and ground invasion of Gaza. “They’re standing for genocide,” the 45-year-old Palestinian American who previously voted for Democrats told AFP outside the popular Halalco grocery in Falls Church, Virginia. With a year left until the 2024 presidential election, Arab and Muslim American support for Biden threatens to plummet over his Middle East policy, a factor that could even swing certain states.
