(A lot of the electorate was soooo mad at the Biden/Harris administration’s policies in the Gaza war and decided not to vote Harris. Even though that may not have been the only reason for Harris’s loss it was certainly one of them. But people who expected an administration that would resolve or end the Gaza war and help the Palestinians seek their homeland will be very very sadly disappointed. Letting your emotions get into your voting decisions has its risks. Just look at the bio’s of Trump’s ambassador to Israel and his Middle East envoy, which I am attaching. It is from today’s NYT. So now the Palestinians went from frying pan to fire. Forwarded by Shoeb Amin)
Mike Huckabee and Steven Witkoff have both made pro-Israel statements. Here’s a closer look at the two men who will help shape Mr. Trump’s approach in the Middle East.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominees to serve as top diplomatic envoys to Israel and the Middle East have little, if any, official policy experience in the region. But there is not much question about where their sympathies lie.
Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas who was tapped on Tuesday to be the next U.S. ambassador to Israel, has said that “there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian” and argued that all of the West Bank belonged to Israel.
His selection, which requires Senate confirmation, was widely welcomed by Israeli officials who oppose a Palestinian state, a longstanding U.S. goal.
There is no bigger frying pan than Genocide. Even if Trump try hard, he cannot top the Biden and Harris’s Gaza Policy of funding genocide with our tax dollars and promise to continue the same in future. No one voted on the assumption that Trump will free Palestine. The maximum assumption one may have been to stop the Gaza war, and take from there.
Mr. Beinart writes in NYT with heading, “Democrats ignored Gaza and brought down the party.” According to The Times, his campaign found that undecided voters in swing states were about six times as likely as other swing-state voters to be motivated by the war in Gaza.
John Vlope, Internal pollster of Harris PACs wrote in NYT; “Ms. Harris’s campaign needed to shift about one percentage point of voters across Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin to secure the presidency, but instead struggled in college towns like Ann Arbor, Mich., and other blue places.”
“At the same time, the campaign’s struggles with young voters went far beyond tactical failures. When young Americans voiced deep moral concerns about Gaza and the humanitarian crisis unfolding there, they received carefully calibrated statements rather than genuine engagement with their pain. I believe this issue contributed to lower enthusiasm and turnout in battleground states in 2024 compared to 2020.”
Fayyaz