Article 6M4WD As a Palestinian-American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone | Ahmed Moor

As a Palestinian-American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone | Ahmed Moor

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Ahmed Moor
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The president's moral failure in Gaza has taken on historic proportions, like Lyndon Johnson's in Vietnam before him

America is big, diverse and polarized. Yet, when it comes to the war in Gaza, opinions here are converging. A Gallup poll in March found 55% of respondents disapprove of Israel's actions", up from 45% in November. Among registered Democrats, the figure is 75%. As the number of citizens voting uncommitted" in Democratic primaries makes plain, President Biden's unqualified support for Israel is a problem. Beyond the human carnage - 32,000 Palestinians, including over 14,000 children, have been killed by Israel in Gaza - Biden's Israel policy could cost him the election.

We have given Biden and his administration and the party a gift," said Layla Elabed, organizer of the Listen to Michigan campaign, where 100,000 voters marked the uncommitted" box in February. The vote in Michigan, a battleground state where Biden beat Trump by a little more than 154,000 votes in 2020, has triggered a cascade of protest votes in primaries across the country. At least 25 uncommitted delegates will be sent to the Democratic national convention in August.

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