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16 November 2024

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Lebanese-Americans Ask Trump to Try For a Ceasefire in Lebanon

A group of Muslim Arab Americans who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election sent an open letter, asking him to try to establish a ceasefire in Lebanon.

AhlulBayt News Agency:  A group of Muslim Arab Americans who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election sent an open letter, asking him to try to establish a ceasefire in Lebanon.

During the 2024 presidential election campaign, 2 weeks ago, in an unprecedented event, Donald Trump went to the city of Dearborn, Michigan, which hosts the largest percentage of Muslim Americans of West Asian origin, to attract the votes of Muslim voters, and finally in this city and the state of Michigan, he won over his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris.

In this regard, In a letter to Donald Trump after winning the 2024 election, Lebanese-Americans living in Dearborn, Michigan, asked him to "use his political influence to demand an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Palestine."

They emphasized that Trump should make such a move in line with his promise to establish "lasting peace".

Among the signatories of this letter are "Faye Al-Nimr", the CEO and founder of the "West Asia and North Africa Chamber of Commerce of America" ​​and "Albert Abbas", the interface between the Lebanese-American community with this organization.

They also called on Trump to appoint a "chief negotiator with the government of Lebanon."

Despite this letter, the president-elect of the United States has not yet requested a ceasefire in West Asia and has not criticized the Israeli regime for its criminal attacks that have continued in Lebanon and Gaza for the past week.

The Lebanese are the largest ethnic group among the Arab population living in Dearborn, America, and many of their friends and family members have been victims of the recent attacks by the Israeli regime or have been affected by these attacks.


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