A reporter from the Daily Beast, Wajahat Ali, has claimed that there are a large number of Muslim employees within the Biden Administration who “are strongly considering resigning,” following the administration’s stance in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. Ali posted on X on Oct. 18: “The Biden [administration] isn’t listening to them during this crisis, their communities are frustrated [with] them, & Islamophobes are targeting them and questioning their loyalties.”
An article in MSN reports on a similar development, which is a letter sent to Congress, reportedly from 411 congressional staff members. They write, as “Jewish and Muslim staffers,” that “we write to implore our bosses … to join calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Millions of lives hang in the balance.” They also write: “Nationwide and in Congress, the voices calling for de-escalation and peace have been drowned out by those beating the drums of war. As Muslims and Jews, we are tired of reliving generation fears of genocide and ethnic cleansing… We all are calling on our elected officials to find a new way forward together, through unbreakable solidarity motivated by our humanity.” The letter was posted on the X account of The Intercept’s D.C. bureau chief Ryan Grim on Oct. 19.
