Arab Americans aren't exactly eager to vote this year
www.middleeasteye.net
A year into US-backed assault on Gaza, Arab Americans seem intent on punishing Democrats by also favouring Republican control of Congress
  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    298·
    1 month ago

    Bernie Sanders forcing through this funding bill might end up single handedly saving this election… but it would have been so fucking easy for Harris to tell AIPAC to fuck off.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      66·
      1 month ago

      but it would have been so fucking easy for Harris to tell AIPAC to fuck off.

      And lose millions of votes, ultimately handing the presidency to Trump? Smart move.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        34·
        1 month ago

        Isreali Americans aren’t a fully democratic voting block and the attrition would likely be pretty low - by contrast youth turnout is what Democrats really need to drive to secure their victory.

        • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          1 month ago

          Not all Israelis are zionists. Not all zionists are israelis. You are still refusing to understand the full scope of things.

          When Reagan broke the unions, single-handedly neutering the largest base of support for Democrats at the time. Groups like The aipac moved into fill that void. If Democrats could easily abandon aipac money by now they would have. As much as it would be morally correct to do it. It would be a bit of a political death sentence as long as money is considered speech.

          • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
            15·
            1 month ago

            I’m well aware that not all Isrealis are zionists - in fact, based on my very biased and empirical sample, the majority of American Jews aren’t zionists and support a two state or one state secular solution. I’ve met one due who is legitimately “get them off our land and let us create an exclusively Jewish state”… You’re vastly overestimating how much money AIPAC brings to the table, there are much more significant donors out there.

  • Sundial@lemm.ee
    287·
    1 month ago

    Israel’s escalation and invasion of Lebanon is most likely to make the Democrats more unpopular. It’s not a coincidence that these escalations happened so close to the election. Israel has been wanting to attack Lebanon since at least the spring, and the US had to talk them down. These events just make the Democrats more unpopular and make a Trump presidency more likely. Which would be Israel’s wet dream given how pro-zionist he is.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    226·
    1 month ago

    Your realistic choices are Harris or Trump.

    I’m pretty sure that you’re not going to be happier with Trump in office if your objection is US support for Israel, and especially US-Iran conflict, seeing both past policy and that Iran got caught in the act of trying to off Trump several months back.

    But, your vote.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      1221·
      1 month ago

      Your realistic choices are support genocide or support genocide.

      But hey your vote.

  • echo@lemmings.world
    1612·
    1 month ago

    Oh fuck off with this propaganda. This treats all Muslims as if they are fucking idiots who have no idea what is going on.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    46·
    1 month ago

    I don’t know that a reporter in Ontario is the best person to write about this and I find it hard to believe that this outlet couldn’t find a single Arab-American writer to cover this.

    Which sure makes this article suspicious.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      27·
      1 month ago

      The headline alone is complete trash. This election is not about arab-americans losing “enthusiasm”. It’s about both candidates supporting genocide.