Washington’s support for the Gaza genocide and the confusion of “Generation Z” of American immigrants in the elections

According to Isna, in a report written by Nesl Z, the English media said that as the presidential elections of this country approach, they must decide between domestic policies that directly affect their lives and foreign policies that will affect the Palestinians in Gaza.

In the report of the Middle East Eye News-analytical website, it is stated: The number of voters of generation Z of American immigrants, who were born between the 90s and 2010, reaches more than 40 million, and this year, another 8 million people have been added to it. have been Roughly half of these voters are considered people of color.

In nine key states, including Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina, more young people are registered to vote than in 2020. This means that millions of young Americans who are children of immigrants or immigrants themselves will go to the polls.

Kamala Harris, the candidate of the American Democratic Party, has the upper hand over her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, in this age category. According to a Harvard University poll, Harris is 20% more popular than Trump among registered voters under 30 (53% to 33%) and 28% among likely voters (60% to 32%).

Although this issue does not fully and accurately represent the beliefs of first-generation American voters, especially those who vote in light of the Zionist regime’s war in Gaza, for many young Americans who have witnessed more than a year of war in the West Asian region, the idea Voting for the same party that is blamed for the genocide in Gaza is out of the question.

Palestinian Americans

Middle East Eye wrote: “Maryam Alwan”, a student at Columbia University, who is one of the first generation American-Palestinians, considered herself a “total Democrat” at the age of 18 and voted for Joe Biden in the first election she participated in. Now, after the Biden-Harris administration fully supports Israel’s war in Gaza, he is determined not to vote for Democrats.

He, who is going to vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein, says: We are not going to choose between bad and worse. Genocide should be a red line not only for those affected by it, but for anyone with a conscience.

The American-Palestinian student went on to say that if voting for a third party costs the Democrats an election loss, the party will have to change its behavior.

Responding to widespread criticism from liberals who say voting for a third party in this election is the same as voting for Trump, Alwan said that only adds to the guilt of running in this election as a Palestinian American.

He said: The rhetoric in this regard makes the situation appear as if we owe loyalty to the party that kills our people. No one should have to choose like this.

Kenyan Americans

The report stated: For Butler Mugaka, a 26-year-old American-Kenyan citizen who came to the United States at the age of 2, discouragement from all election politics weighs heavily on his decision to vote. He may vote for the Green Party or not participate in the elections at all. But he is sure that he will not vote for Harris in the election.

Of those who will vote for Harris, he says, “It may be reckless to say this, but to cast this vote is to climb over the corpses of hundreds of thousands of people. I really feel this way.

Mugaka said: Genocide is my red line, because if we want to vote for them despite this, they will do whatever they want.

In response to a question about the fear of Trump in the marginalized communities of America, he said that he also has these fears and concerns as a black man in America, and it was these fears that made him vote for Biden in 2020. Now, after seeing the situation in Gaza, he does not want to demand his rights at the cost of these people suffering abroad.

This American-Kenyan citizen says: “Voting for Biden in 2020 really torments me.” When we see an entire family killed with my tax dollars, and then when it is said that it was for the betterment of my neighbors and members of my community in America, shouldn’t we have a problem with that? I feel like we were being told to accept this genocide for the sake of preserving these rights.

Pakistani Americans

This report states: In Texas, Sabah Shah, a 34-year-old Pakistani-American citizen, has not yet decided on his vote. Like Alwan, his political views have changed after October 2023, he says, “I think we all, before, were under the illusion that voting for a worthy candidate would bring about the change we were looking for and people would not be exploited for politics.”

He added: The illusion of democracy was somehow institutionalized in us who are here. We were told that voting is your civic duty under any circumstances. This genocide caused the veils to be removed from the eyes of those of us who live in the West.

But, says Sabah Shah, it is important for the people to vote and to “act judiciously about the use of the tools that this empire has at its disposal.”

The implementation of an arms embargo against the Zionist regime is very important to him, which will probably make him vote for the Green Party.

Turkish Americans

In the final part of this report, Middle East Eye discussed the point of view of a 21-year-old Turkish-American student named Deniz, who is going to vote for Harris because he is worried about the consequences of Trump’s victory.

Denise said about Harris: “He is a really bad candidate and I never supported him, but last week I realized that Trump’s presidency will be worse and I am going to vote for Harris.”

Deniz added: They do not differ in their policies towards Israel. But there is a greater fear of Trump and his danger to other marginalized people in society.

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