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New reporting results in an inescapable conclusion. Donald Trump performed the pro-Palestinian American who voted for him for suckers. Democrats tried to warn these voters in locations like Michigan that Trump was on the aspect of Netanyahu and {that a} vote for Trump was a vote for the destruction of the Palestinian folks, however these voters had been offended on the Biden administration’s coverage and appeared extra concerned with sending a message than serving to folks in Gaza, and the implications for that call have arrived.
Trump made it clear that he would permit Netanyahu to do no matter he wished in Gaza, and that has been the case. Promised US meals assist has by no means arrived and Israeli navy operations are ongoing.
Reporting in The New York Occasions reveals that Trump has carried out a lot of a Heritage Basis plan to destroy the pro-Palestinian motion in the US and take away pro-Palestinian People from society.
In response to The New York Occasions:
Drafted within the wake of Hamas’s assault on Israel in 2023 and the mounting protests in opposition to the battle in Gaza, Challenge Esther outlined an bold plan to struggle antisemitism by branding a broad vary of critics of Israel as “successfully a terrorist help community,” in order that they might be deported, defunded, sued, fired, expelled, ostracized and in any other case excluded from what it thought-about “open society.”
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As soon as a sympathetic presidential administration was in place, the plan mentioned, “We’ll manage quickly, take fast motion to ‘cease the bleeding,’ and obtain all aims inside two years.”
For the reason that inauguration, the White Home and different Republicans have referred to as for actions that seem to reflect greater than half of Challenge Esther’s proposals, a New York Occasions evaluation reveals, together with threats to withhold billions in federal funding at universities and makes an attempt to deport authorized residents.
Donald Trump used the pro-Palestinian motion to drive a wedge via the Democratic Social gathering throughout the 2024 election, and after successful the election thanks partly to the pro-Palestinian voters who both didn’t vote or voted for Trump, the president is now seeking to take away these folks from American society.
What Trump is doing is unconstitutional, however by appearing shortly, he’s doing an finish run previous the courtroom system. By the point the courts determine one subject, the Trump administration can have moved on to 10 others.
The timeline is telling. It’s as if Trump and his allies plan to lose management of all or a part of Congress in two years, so they’re making an attempt to push via this agenda as shortly as attainable.
What might be performed? The courts have to be pressured to maneuver quicker. The courts additionally want to start out punishing Trump administration officers who ignore courtroom orders on this subject.
The individuals who wished what’s finest for the Palestinian folks would have been higher served to elect Kamala Harris and work to stress her to alter any insurance policies that they disagreed with.
Trump performed them for a bunch of fools, and now each they and the folks of Gaza can pay a horrific worth.
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