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WARREN, Michigan -- President Joe Biden celebrated his recent United Auto Workers endorsement by visiting Michigan on Thursday, but growing anger over U.S. support for Israel's war in Gaza in the critical battleground state with the nation's highest density of Arab Americans meant for a shaky reception for the Democratic president.

While Biden chatted inside a union hall with autoworkers making phone bank calls for him ahead of the state's Democratic primary, about 150 pro-Palestinian demonstrators loudly protested outside as police with riot shields kept them away.

His meeting with UAW workers in Detroit came just days after union President Shawn Fain announced the group's endorsement. Fain underscored Biden's ties to the working class, saying in a statement: "The UAW knows where we stand, and who stands with us -- Joe Biden."

Arab Americans frustrated

However, Biden's Michigan schedule did not include any meetings with Arab Americans, adding to increasing frustration in a key voting bloc over his full-throated support of Israel in its war with Palestinian militant group Hamas.

"Why not have a meaningful conversation for how you change course with a community that has first-hand accounts of what it's like to live in the countries where your decision-making is unfolding?" said Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, one of the largest Arab American communities in the nation.

Despite the White House offering no details about Biden's planned meeting, close to 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were waiting for Biden outside the UAW Region 1 building in Warren ahead of his event there, but the president's motorcade bypassed them using side streets. Protesters chanted "Hey Biden, what do you say? We won't vote on Election Day" as well as pro-Palestinian slogans, including, "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free."

The White House and many Jewish groups criticized the "from the river to the sea" chant as a call to dismantle the state of Israel. Many Palestinian activists say they are not calling for the destruction of Israel, but for equal rights and protections for Palestinians throughout the land.

Democratic shift

Michigan shifted increasingly Democratic in recent years, with the party controlling all levels of state government for the first time in four decades. Biden is looking to build on that power as he seeks reelection and the state's critical 15 electoral votes.

The president faces no serious challenge in the primary, but his campaign is trying to build energy for the far tougher fight to come in the fall. Michigan was part of the so-called blue wall of three states -- with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania -- that Biden returned to the Democratic column when he won the White House in 2020.

He kicked off the visit by meeting with Black faith leaders at They Say restaurant in Harper Woods, outside of Detroit.

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Warren, where Biden was to meet with union workers, is in Macomb County, an area that Democrats lost by a wide margin to Donald Trump in the past two national elections. Biden's outreach comes amid concerns within the party over rising tension between Biden and Arab Americans in the state, many of them in Detroit's Wayne County, which is the Democratic Party's largest base.

The early endorsement by the UAW was a clear win for Biden, who came to Michigan to stand alongside striking autoworkers last year. His latest meeting with union members comes on the heels of Donald Trump's visit with another one of the most influential U.S. unions, the Teamsters, in Washington on Wednesday.

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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., a longtime Biden ally, said Democrats need to tend to a multitude of constituencies in Michigan to hold on to the state in 2024.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Air Force One with Biden that senior administration officials will travel to Michigan later this month to hear from community leaders on the conflict in Gaza.

Biden's campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, led a group of campaign advisers to the Dearborn area last week in efforts to meet with core supporter groups around the country, but Arab American leaders declined to show up for a meeting with her.

Ahead of Biden's visit, demonstrators held a community rally in Dearborn on Wednesday night to protest administration policies backing Israel.

Biden's handling of the war

Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped about 250 more, mostly civilians, on Oct. 7. Since then, more than 26,000 Palestinians -- mostly women and minors -- have been killed in Israel's subsequent offensive in Gaza, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory.

Biden and his aides have said they do not want to see civilians die in Gaza, and the U.S. is working to negotiate another cease-fire to allow critical aid to reach the territory. The president and his aides also have said he believes Israel has the right to defend itself and he asked Congress for billions to help Israel in its war effort.

A December AP-NORC poll found that 59% of Democrats approve of Biden's approach to the conflict, up from 50% in November. But Democratic voters in New Hampshire's primary were roughly split over Biden's handling of the conflict, according to AP VoteCast.

Thursday, during a National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Biden spoke of the threat of Islamophobia and antisemitism.

"Not only do we pray for peace," he said, "we are actively working for peace, security, dignity for the Israeli people and the Palestinian people."

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