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Punish Democrats or Stop Trump? Arab Americans are agonizing over their votes. (www.vox.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21529010

Pro-Palestinian voters are facing a moral dilemma.

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The DNC has been faced with a political decision about whether it’s a greater risk to alienate centrist Israel supporters or leftist Palestine supporters in an election year when the literal collapse of any semblance of American democracy is on the table.

Biden was faced with an impossible choice, and so is Harris. But that danger will literally evaporate on November 6th.

So you are telling me that enabling the genocide was an election-winning tactic? Then the Democrats never needed our votes. Heck, maybe if I send them my home address they can bomb me and win even more votes with centrist Israel supporters.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Do I think tiptoeing around the issue and maintaining the status quo is a tactic to retain the votes and donations of Zionists? Absolutely. It's 100% par for the course of political game-playing. Do I wish they'd speak out against it and completely cut off all support for Israel? Also absolutely.

Do you not think the DNC is making a calculated political move to keep people who care more about supporting Israel than doing what's right on-side?

Whether or not the DNC has their heads up their asses on their political strategy doesn't lessen the reality that Harris has the potential to be pushed against Israel and has already signaled her disapproval of Netanyahu or that Trump has come out and told the genocidal monster to 'finish the job'.