Prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz detailed on Tuesday why he will not vote for President Joe Biden in the November election, saying the deciding factor will be how Democratic leaders handle the Israel-Hamas war. .
The Biden administration abstained at the United Nations Security Council, allowing the passage of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on March 25. Dershowitz, who said he has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1960, warned that the Biden campaign is: Victory may not come in the battleground state of Florida, which has a large Jewish population and concerns about how the administration will handle the Israeli-Hamas war. (Related: Republican lawmaker slams door in face of harassing pro-Palestinian protesters in Congress hall)
“You can’t win Florida if you don’t support Israel,” Dershowitz said in his speech. podcastwill discuss the expansion of the gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump by New York state judge Juan Marchan, which drew criticism from legal experts. “If you think we’re going to lose Michigan because of 200,000 or so Muslims and Arabs, it’s Florida, which has so many pro-Israel voters, so many Jewish voters, so many Israeli voters, in fact. It’s nothing compared to what happens in
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“Many of us who are Jewish and pro-Israel will not take our vote for granted,” Dershowitz said. “Yes, I have voted Democratic for every president since John Kennedy, but in this case I cannot take my vote for granted.”
Mr. Biden, among other things, was criticized by Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who on February 18 protested Mr. Biden’s support for Israel and formally appealed to voters in the Democratic primary to protest Mr. Biden’s support for Israel. He has stepped up his criticism of Israel’s operations since calling on voters to vote for unnominated delegate slots. Support in Michigan, Washington, and several Super Tuesday states.
Other Democrats have also attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who in a speech on the Senate floor on March 14 He called for new elections to replace the leaders.
“There are a significant number of dual Israeli and American citizens in South Florida who believe that President Biden has changed his position, especially if they do not believe that he supports Israel’s right to self-defense.” If that’s the case, they won’t vote for President Biden. That’s a politically motivated view,” Dershowitz said.
Israel launched a military operation in response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, in which the Islamic extremist terrorist group killed more than 1,200 people and took more than 200 hostages. Prime Minister Netanyahu authorized the operation in the city of Rafah on March 15.
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