In the aftermath of the Oct. attacks in Israel, the disappointment of Arab Americans with President Biden’s administration continues with no end in sight. If Kamala Harris doesn’t show a readiness to depart from her predecessor’s stances, she could see herself outvoted in the swing states of Michigan and Ohio come November.

The Arab American community has been repeatedly silenced, and today they feel a deep sense of resignation and betrayal. Their disappointment is indeed double: Not only has Biden been unequivocally supporting Israel in the killings and destruction of their home countries, he has also been using their hard-earned tax dollars to fund those acts.

For these Americans, democracy today is but a facade, behind which they see themselves powerless in the face of public policy that systematically undermines their countries of origin, depriving them of natural resources and impoverishing their people.

In an attempt to gauge Arab American sentiment ahead of the 2024 election, I interviewed members of the community in Northern Virginia. During their daily visits to a Middle Eastern coffee shop, where patrons come to relax and spend time in a place that reminds them of home, they talked to me about their malaise. They expressed their daily frustration trying to navigate their busy lives in a country where they feel........

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