With less than a month until Election Day, the pro-Palestinian political group “Uncommitted” National Movement, which opposes the Biden administration's aid to Israel, is encouraging its supporters to support Vice President Harris' presidential bid against former President Donald Trump. did.
The group stopped short of officially endorsing Democratic candidates, but in a video posted to social media on Tuesday, group co-founder Lexi Zeidan said President Trump He explained why he thought it was bad for the group's anti-war policies. Harris would be the same.
Zeidan portrayed next month's election as a binary choice, saying in a video: “It's clear who's going to be elected in November: Trump or Harris.”
“And we have to look less at who is the better candidate and more at what is a better anti-war approach in building our collective strength. “Hmm,” Zeidan continued. “It's clear [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Prime Minister Netanyahu will do everything in his power to elect Trump, and we must do everything in our power to stop him. ”
The move emerged earlier this year during the Democratic presidential primary, when President Biden was running almost unopposed to win his party's nomination. Dissatisfied with the Biden administration's support for Israel, which continues to attack Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Democratic Party decided to vote against the president by choosing “non-commitment” in the Democratic primary voting in several states.
The group has been pressuring both Biden and Harris to take a tougher stance on Israel, but its efforts have had little success. This group told the government arms embargo And she pressed Harris to give a prominent speaking slot to a Palestinian rights advocate at this summer's Democratic National Convention.
In the video, the group focused on Project 2025's Israel-focused policies and highlighted how it would do so, with Zeidan saying that under a change in American leadership, “things could get even worse” for the Palestinians. There is,” he said.
“As a Palestinian American, the current administration’s response to this genocide is beyond outraged and demoralizing, but the reality is that things could get much worse,” she said. said in the video.
Zeidan said of Israel's embattled right-wing prime minister: “No one wants a Trump presidency more than Netanyahu, because that's Netanyahu's ticket to wipe Palestine off the map.” said.
Zeidan said Project 2025 proposes cuts in humanitarian aid to the West Bank and Gaza, which would “not only effectively cut off scarce resources coming in, but also provide access to the only connection Gaza has with the outside world.” “This effectively cuts off one of the points of contact.”
She also suggested that a future Trump presidency could result in the expulsion of Palestinians from the territory and a “significant expansion of settlements.” Domestically, Project 2025 will crack down on pro-Palestinian protests, she said.
