ATFL President Ed Gabriel quoted in Voice of America.
❝ Edward Gabriel, president of the American Task Force on Lebanon, said the vice president’s office has engaged him in “nearly a dozen” meetings, including the one with Gordon this week.
“Our meetings continue to be positive,” he wrote to VOA. “We have expressed to the Vice President and her team the importance of now providing our community with a clear message on the need for ending this war and helping those Lebanese citizens most affected by the conflict.”
In the past two weeks, Israel’s military campaign targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has killed hundreds, wounded thousands and displaced more than a million people. The victims include Kamel Ahmad Jawad, an American from Dearborn, Michigan.
Gabriel said that Biden’s stance on the widening of Israel’s campaign to Lebanon to date “has not been well received by the Lebanese American community, as there was no sense of compassion expressed for the loss of life of innocent citizens, especially women and children.” ❞