In Michigan, much of the Arab American community is divided on whether to vote for Democrat Kamala Harris or for a third-party candidate.
The war in the Middle East has contributed to political divides among Arab American communities. In Macomb, Michigan, Huwaida Arraf and Adam Shapiro’s family is split over who to vote for in November.
“Democrats rhetorically speak better. They talk about wanting a ceasefire, but their actions, continuing to send weapons,” Arraf says. “You can't say that you're working night and day around the clock for a ceasefire and yet keep sending the weapons to enable the bombing and the genocide to continue.”
The past year has been busy and challenging for the activists, and they’re looking ahead at the presidential election in November. Recent polling data shows Michigan’s Arab American community supporting Green Party candidate Jill Stein over Democrat Kamala Harris. “He did some bad stuff for Palestine. He moved the embassy to Jerusalem. He legalized settlements,” Arraf says. “But he did not participate in, enable, fund, a genocide.”
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