Palestinian-American doctor says he walked out of Biden Ramadan meeting in Gaza protest

WASHINGTON — A Palestinian-American doctor who joined a small group meeting with President Biden at the White House Tuesday in recognition of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan claimed Wednesday he walked out in protest of Biden’s support for the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Thaer Ahmad, a Chicago emergency room physician who recently worked in Gaza, said that he was the first of six guests to speak at the meeting and mentioned that Gaza residents are “starving” before touching on concern about a looming Israeli offensive in...