After working with Palestinian medical colleagues who face the horrors and brutality of the Israeli regime on a daily basis, I could not vote for those who have supported, aided, and abetted the ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.
After bearing witness to crimes against humanity, I could not vote for the starvation and killing of Palestinians – Mondoweiss So many carry wounds to their hearts that are beyond description. I am shy to even ask sometimes how many of their loved ones have been slaughtered or abducted, be it in Gaza or the West Bank. Some share their stories willingly, others look at me and tell me ‘you are more Palestinian than us’, or that they would give me their hawiyehs (Palestinian identity card) due to my passion for their cause. And yet I must painfully remind them, I am still American. They caution me to be safe with my words as they are used to the brutal repercussions for even ‘liking’ a social media post, let alone writing or speaking out. But I must remind them again, I am still American. Where on the ballot of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could I have voiced this opinion to effect material change? I am not sure there was an easy answer, and yet increasingly it became clear the choice was not in Kamala Harris. The Biden-Harris administration chose to cling faithfully and unwaveringly to their support for Israeli policies, being unwilling or unable to depart in even the slightest manner, even symbolically for electoral purposes, from this pledged support. No amount of protest, polling, and pleas seem to have induced a shift in foreign policy, and it is with this in mind that I cast my vote on November 5. I could not bring myself to vote for the starvation and rape of my friends, Palestinian healthcare workers and children. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33565): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33565 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109557470/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
