James Zogby speaks to Mondoweiss about the DNC’s snub of the Uncommitted movement, and what it will take for Washington to shift on Palestine.
The big story this week was the Democratic National Convention, where Kamala Harris was nominated to run against Donald Trump this November.
Voters have continually been told that Democrats want an end to the bloodshed and feel bad about dead Palestinians, but on Wednesday the Uncommitted National Movement was told they wouldn’t be granted a speaking slot at the convention.
The Democratic National Convention has hit Chicago amid Israel’s unrelenting genocide on Gaza, and protests are raging outside the convention as activists demand the Biden-Harris administration end its military support for Israel.
Democrats are looking to unite the party during their National Convention in Chicago and polls show one way for Kamala Harris to do this is to pledge to stop arming Israel.
Delegates Against Genocide, a coalition of delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC), calls for delegates to vote ‘No’ on the 2024 Democratic Party platform over its failure to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and a U.S. arms embargo on Israel.
A review of Tim Walz’s time in Congress from 2007 to 2018 shows he supported multiple Israeli wars on Gaza, rejected the international consensus on the illegality of West Bank settlements, and opposed any unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state.
Arab Americans are viewing the U.S. presidential race with anger and disillusionment. “I just feel like our voices aren’t being heard,” says Palestinian American Mervat Saudi. Both parties “are not in the best interest for my own people.”
The Israel lobby built its strength on the fact that its opposition was politically weak. Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz over Josh Shapiro and the massive cost it took to defeat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush show this is no longer the case.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s call for continued support for the Gaza genocide may have received rapturous applause from Congress, but the speech revealed uncertain political terrain for Israel among both Democrats and Republicans.