The Biden administration faces a dilemma as domestic pressure, particularly from a majority of Americans advocating for a Gaza ceasefire, increases, analyst Dalia Fahmy has said, Al Jazeera reports.

“Biden needs the votes of young people in order to counter the increasing promise that Trump is offering to a large part of the electorate,” the professor from Long Island University told Al Jazeera.

“Biden has to shift his language. We’ve seen a slight shift, but yesterday [US veto of UNSC resolution] was a glaring reality check that it’s not necessarily the real change people are looking for.”

Fahmy noted that while the Arab and Muslim American communities helped Biden secure several swing states in the 2020 election, many were now not willing to support him in his 2024 bid amid the US backing of Israel’s actions in Gaza.