Biden picks up anti-Israel book during Black Friday shopping outing with grandson Beau and family

Outgoing President Joe Biden's Black Friday shopping stunned onlookers arsenic helium carried a publication considered to beryllium anti-Israel.

Biden was seen holding The Hundred Years’ War connected Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Columbia University prof emeritus Rashid Khalidi astatine a section bookshop. 

The publication harshly criticizes what it describes arsenic the Zionist movement's acts of 'settler colonialism' connected behalf of Israel and has called what is happening successful Palestine 'the oppression of 1 radical by another.' 

One reviewer described it arsenic 'a highly partisan relationship from the Palestinian perspective.' 

The acquisition was seen arsenic a unusual 1 by Biden, who has for decades professed himself an ardent Zionist and who erstwhile said 'if determination were not an Israel, we'd person to invent one.'

Those who were enactment disconnected by seeing the president cradling the publication was the writer Khalidi.

'My absorption is that this is 4 years excessively late,' helium told the New York Post. 

Khalidi isn't precisely a instrumentality of the returning president's views connected the taxable either, arsenic he's referred to Donald Trump arsenic a 'mouthpiece' for Israel. 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to the White House for comment. 

It is unclear whether the publication was purchased by Biden himself oregon 1 of his galore household members who accompanied him connected the trip. 

Biden joined millions of Americans searching for a Black Friday deal with a buying travel connected Nantucket with archetypal woman Jill and lad Hunter.

His grandson Beau, 4, got into the act, starring his grandpa done the cobble chromatic streets of Nantucket by the hand. 

The Biden household capped disconnected their time of buying astatine the municipality Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Afterward Hunter helped his begetter measurement up onto a tiny level to instrumentality a photograph with the children's choir, who entertained the assemblage with accepted carols. 

The 82-year-old commander-in-chief started the time by eating astatine The Brotherhood of Thieves edifice during his yearly affluent Massachusetts enclave.

Meanwhile Donald Trump spent portion of the time aft his bash with Elon Musk, lad Barron and woman Melania astatine the Trump International Golf Club West successful Palm Beach

Biden scoured the stores, holding hands with his grandson Beau and petting a Dachshund, portion pedestrians watched and shouted 'we emotion you, Joe'. At 1 point, Biden adjacent held the canine to airs for a photograph with its owner. Hunter snapped the picture. 

Hunter, who is facing sentencing adjacent period connected national taxation connected and weapon crimes, walked alongside his woman Melissa successful jeans and a bomber jacket. 

Biden responded to 2 questions from reporters waiting extracurricular arsenic helium browsed vacation deals.

He said helium was 'working hard with the FBI' aft several of president-elect's Trump Cabinet picks and Democrats were targeted with weaponry threats and swatting.

Biden besides said helium expects to talk to Trump again during the transition.

Jill Biden was besides buying for books, and appeared to beryllium getting sentimental by picking up a transcript of her husband's 2021 inaugural address.

Their girl Ashley was spotted trying connected a headband arsenic she looked for her ain bargain.

The Biden household celebrated Thanksgiving the aforesaid mode they person done for the past 40 years, with a abrogation connected Nantucket. 

On Thursday helium visited a firehouse, arsenic helium does each year, to present pumpkin pies. 

He urged Trump to rethink his tariff warfare with Canada and Mexico, fretted astir the authorities of the mainstream media and offered what helium was thankful for

He paused to instrumentality questions from reporters to bespeak connected the vacation play and sermon the actions of his successor successful the Oval Office.

He said helium hopes Trump rethinks his program to enforce tariffs connected Mexico and Canada, saying it could 'screw up' relationships with adjacent allies.

'I anticipation helium rethinks it. I deliberation it's a counterproductive happening to do,' helium said.

'We're surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and 2 allies: Mexico and Canada. The past happening we request to bash is statesman to screw up those relationships.'

Biden said helium thinks Chinese President Jinping Xi volition beryllium much measured successful his response. Chinese officials person said they don't privation a commercialized war.

'We person reached a narration with a presumption quo regarding China,' Biden noted. 'We acceptable up a hotline betwixt President Xi and myself, arsenic good arsenic a subject - a nonstop line. One happening I'm assured astir Xi is helium doesn't privation to marque a mistake. I mean it sincerely.

Biden besides said helium thinks Trump volition person an 'internal reckoning' erstwhile it comes to immoderate of his plans arsenic president.

'I privation to marque definite this modulation goes smoothly. I privation to marque definite it goes smoothly. All the speech astir what (Trump) whitethorn bash oregon not bash - I deliberation determination whitethorn beryllium an interior reckoning connected his portion .. truthful it remains to beryllium seen.'