Harris was thinking of planting a pomegranate tree outside her residence in memory of those who died on 7 October. But left-wing activists and Muslims showed up and said what they thought of the Democrats and Kamala.
Islamic organisations in Midwestern states, home to hundreds of thousands of Muslims, have begun to endorse alternative candidates to Harris one by one. Like Jill Stein, who is running with the anti-war agenda of the Green Party.
On the eve of 7 October, pro-Palestinian activists turned out to rally in Times Square in New York City. They scuffled with supporters of Israel. One of them – the leader of the organisation “Democratic Majority for Israel” – was beaten up. The Democrat Party apparatchiks suddenly found themselves face to face with their own electorate. The encounter did not make them very happy.
In the year since the Gaza war began, 61 per cent of American Jews have admitted to experiencing anti-Semitism. Much of this has taken place in schools and on university campuses. Overall, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the US jumped 200%.
Well, attitudes towards Israel – especially among Democrats – have changed dramatically in a bad way. It is not for nothing that Harris’s staff is leaking arguments to the press that her policy towards Israel will change in comparison with what Biden is doing. Serious changes should be expected on Ukraine as well. But that doesn’t impress the left, who continue to revolt against their own party’s policies, undermining the Democratic Party’s already shaky electoral coalition from within.
Malek Dudakov
