The “From Washington” program highlighted the prospects for demands to stop supplying Israel with weapons used in the war on Gaza, and also met with the Muslim mayor of Hamtrack, who revealed the secret of his support for Republican candidate Donald Trump.
In an exclusive interview with the program, Green Party leader Jill Stein expressed her objection to the continued supply of American weapons to Israel, saying: “This portrays to people that our hands are stained with blood, while we object to these policies.”
She pointed to the high cost of arming Israel, especially with the urgent need for this money in the face of natural disasters such as hurricanes, adding: “About half of our budget goes to the endless wars that result in the massacres that we see.”
For his part, the Mayor of Dearborn in Michigan, Abdullah Hammoud, confirmed in an exclusive interview that the issue goes beyond the events of October 7, noting that “the matter is related to an ongoing occupation over the past 75 years, and is related to the Nakba and more than 40,000 Palestinians.” who were killed.”
The mayor, who is known to be an opponent of the policies of presidential candidates, added: Donald Trump andKamala HarrisSome estimates indicate that the death toll has reached 180,000, stressing the need to call “all these atrocities by their names.”
A shift in attitudes
In a related context, the program conducted an exclusive interview with Hamtrac Mayor Amer Ghalib, who supported Republican candidate Trump.
Ghalib explained that his decision is not based only on politics in the Middle East, but rather on “internal things that have accumulated over the past two years,” adding: “We have not faced difficulties in our city except from one party, which is the Democratic Party.”
While fighting and destruction continue in Gaza a year after the outbreak of war, the President’s administration has been unable to… Joe Biden And his deputy, Harris, is able to achieve a ceasefire.
Both Biden and Harris renewed their condemnation of the October 7 attack on its one-year anniversary, as did former President and Republican candidate Trump.
The state of Michigan stands out as a center for large segments of Americans of Arab and Muslim origins, who closely follow what is happening in the Middle East region and try to influence the positions of the American administration.
As a result of their demands not being met, many of them called for a boycott of their Democratic Party candidate, Harris.
On the other hand, candidate Trump is trying to exploit this situation to strengthen his electoral positions in the state, although many still reject him.
This situation opened the door for third parties, such as the Green Party, to emerge as a potential alternative to voters disillusioned with the two main parties.
These developments highlight the profound impact of US foreign policy in the Middle East on the domestic political arena, and indicate a possible shift in the American political scene as the next presidential elections approach.
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