President Joe Biden flew to Los Angeles this week to meet with mega donor Haim Saban for an election-campaign fundraising event. Biden’s meeting with an ardent backer of Israel in the middle of Israel’s ongoing genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden’s reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.
Meanwhile, Congress’s only Palestinian American member, Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, is urging her supporters to vote “uncommitted” in her state’s upcoming primary election. Biden has been dogged by protesters at nearly every campaign event in recent months, demanding he back the call for a cease-fire in Gaza and stop sending deadly weapons to Israel.
Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org, recently wrote an op-ed entitled “Biden’s Complicity in Gaza Is Making It More Likely Fascist Trump Will Win.” He spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar on YES! Presents: Rising Up With Sonali about how Biden could win a reprieve for Palestinians and his political future.