Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. With help from producer Raymond Rapada Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Eli | Email Lauren In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody attack on Israel, senior White House officials quickly began checking in on Jewish staffers to make sure that they were doing OK. People dropped off lunch for their Jewish colleagues, made calls and sent texts to those who were trying to process the death of over a thousand people in Israel. But as the conflict expanded — with Israel launching airstrikes on Gaza and a potential ground invasion looming — some Muslim, Arab and Palestinian Americans who work in the Biden administration are feeling like their grief is not being taken into similar consideration. “People are scared,” said an Arab American administration official, pointing to the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in the Chicago area over the weekend, which authorities have called a hate crime. “We’re being asked to plow through our own grief without it getting recognized.” Other staffers said they’d grown dismayed with rhetoric coming out of the briefing room and from President JOE BIDEN. They feel as if their bosses have not sufficiently accounted for the loss of Palestinian lives, even as the president has announced humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, stressed the dangers of Islamophobia and cautioned Israel not to become “consumed” by its “rage.” “I feel like there’s a muzzle on any criticism of Israel,” said another Arab American administration official. “It’s personally frustrating to me to see Biden go to Israel and give weapons which are basically being used to slaughter Gazans.” HuffPost’s AKBAR SHAHID AHMED also reported Wednesday that Biden administration staffers working on national security issues across multiple agencies “worry about retaliation at work for questioning Israel’s conduct.” The frustration is not universally shared among staff. A White House official argued that a lot of effort was going into making sure the administration’s messaging was inclusive of Jewish, Muslim, Arab and Palestinian Americans. Senior adviser ANITA DUNN is leading daily calls with senior leadership to talk about inclusive messaging, and chief of staff JEFF ZIENTS is scheduled to meet later tonight with Cabinet officials to discuss the situation and to encourage secretaries to reach out to their own staffers who are impacted by the conflict. The White House also sent out invitations to staffers for two listening sessions this week — one for Jewish staffers, and another for Muslim, Arab and Palestinian American staffers. Zients and Dunn will participate, as well as principal deputy national security adviser JON FINER, director of the Office of Public Engagement STEVE BENJAMIN and national climate adviser ALI ZAIDI. After the killing of the 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, Zients also sent an email to staff acknowledging “how difficult it has been for our Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim American colleagues — in addition to our Jewish colleagues,” according to a copy shared with West Wing Playbook. Biden, for his part, also issued a statement condemning the killing. “President Biden and Vice President Harris have been unequivocal: there is no place for hate in America — not against Muslims, not against Arab Americans, not against Jews — not against anyone,” White House spokesperson ROBYN PATTERSON said in a statement. Patterson pointed out that Biden reversed former President DONALD TRUMP’s Muslim travel ban, established a task force to address discrimination against Muslims, and prioritized building a diverse staff. A former Muslim White House staffer said that disagreeing with the president’s policy positions is part of the job — no staffer is going to personally align with 100 percent of the decision he makes. The issue is whether they feel support from above when there are disagreements. Relatedly, senior staff may not always recognize the best way to communicate that support. Still, the division among Biden staffers on the issue highlights larger dynamics at play in the Democratic Party — ones that could cause political issues for the president if the conflict drags into a reelection year. Some progressive lawmakers have called out Biden for standing firmly with Israel even as it launches a war, while other influential advocacy groups have privately expressed concern with the administration that its rhetoric could provoke anti-Arab sentiments. “Getting this right is not as important to some colleagues as others,” said the second Arab American administration official. “I’ve voiced this internally and colleagues just defend Israel.” TO BE CLEAR: In yesterday’s newsletter we said that former FTC Commissioner NOAH PHILLIPS resigned from his position over disagreements with agency Chair LINA KHAN. While that played a role in his departure, he cited family reasons as the primary factor in his decision. 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