Harris, despite being part of the Biden administration, was seen by some as being more sympathetic to the pro-Palestinian cause and made a forceful case for a cease-fire deal after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netantyahu.

“We all came to a consensus that it’s not going to make a difference, that [Harris] represents this administration,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network. “We’re going to stay full steam ahead.”

Harris may also face sporadic protests inside the arena where she will make her televised acceptance speech on Thursday. About 30 delegates who represent the “uncommitted” vote in the primary which activists used as a means of protesting Biden’s policies on Israel will attend.

  • @droopy4096@lemmy.ca
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    right… lets erode Harris support, because her opponent is so much more sympathetic to Palestine’s tragedy. This now looks more like protests for the sake of protests rather then desire for change. In present political situation they need Harris to win first and then protest/coerse/plead/etc for policy changes. Calling her Killer Harris will only strengthen the opponent and all will be lost for Palestine. Protests need to target strictly current president and policies to deliniate the pressing needs and who can deliver on them

    • @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      83 months ago

      Logic in protests? Lol

      Especially with this gaza situation where the public isn’t actually educated on the geopolitical situation (Iran proxy war) that’s causing it.

    • @zbyte64
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      Why do you think their protest is actually changing hearts and minds?

    • @Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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      This looks like a protest for the sake of stopping Genocide. Which Kamala has promised to take part in by not placing an embargo on israel if she gets elected.

      Nobody is calling her Killer Harris.

      They call her Holocaust Harris.

      • @droopy4096@lemmy.ca
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        so they protest. Some dems don’t vote “in protest”. POTUS45 gets elected again… problem solved?

      • @droopy4096@lemmy.ca
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        sounds like very few share that opinion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/21/dnc-gaza-protests-small-ineffective-kamala-harris/ which confirms my assumption that this particular protest is very far off target as it clearly is working against stated goals.

        I’ll repeat: people should not die. This needs to be delivered to the present government structures capable of carrying out relevant decisions. Protesting in front of single party convention does nothing to achieve that goal and may work against achieving it. GOP quite effectively held up aid for Ukraine with Dems willing to change and that had enough Republicans willing to aid Ukraine, with Gaza situation is even worse: Republicans mostly opposed to aid of any sort while *some Dems are for it. Protesting/denouncing Democratic party does not help the cause one little bit. Name calling will shut off prospects of compromise. This is escalation for the sake of escalation at this point.

  • @Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win
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    153 months ago

    “Why did you do that?” said Kamala Frog to the US PCN Scorpion. “Now we will both drown.”

    ‘we could not help ourselves. It is our nature.’

    • @APassenger@lemmy.world
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      In the story, the only suffer long enough to die.

      In reality, we’re talking about my kids living in a country I wouldn’t recognize. Vastly different than when I was their age.

  • @RangerJosie@sffa.community
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    Good. Someone needs to keep them honest. (Or as close to it as you can in American politics)

    I’m under no illusions. Citizens United means all this is PR. All politicians will go back to ignoring us and counting their filthy lucre Nov 6. But if principled people can get concessions out of these fakes then godspeed to them.

    • @jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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      You’re confusing, as usual, the leadership of the US with the leadership of Israel.

      Harris is NOT “the VP of a Genocide”, the closest would be Yariv Levin, the Deputy Prime Minister behind Benjamin Netanyahu, though naturally it’s more complicated than that:

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yariv_Levin

      It really looks like Israel is kind of a cluster fuck at this level:

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_of_the_Prime_Minister_of_Israel

      Besides the Prime Minister (Bibi) they have an Acting Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Prime Minister and Alternate Prime Minister.

      In the event Bibi is incapacitated, both the Acting Prime Minister and Alternate Prime Minister take over, while the Deputy Prime Minister is purely honorary, as is “Vice Prime Minister”.

      BUT:

      Of those 4 roles, 3/4 are currently vacant. Meaning the Deputy Prime Minister is the only one capable of filling the role.

      Acting Prime Minister - vacated 31 March 2009
      Alternate Prime Minister - vacated 8 November 2022
      Vice Prime Minister - vacated 24 January 2023