Kamar yadda Maram Al-Dada, injiniyan jirgin sama mai shekaru 34 a Orlando, Florida, ke shirin yin magana a wani gangami a watan Mayu 2021, ya kasa yin tunani game da danginsa. Wani lokaci na musamman tun yana ƙuruciyarsa a Gaza ya kasance cikin tunaninsa. Kakarsa sau da yawa tana tafiya da shi tun yana yaro zuwa shingen kan iyaka kuma ta nuna kadarorin da ke gefe guda wanda ya kasance gidan dangi har zuwa 1967, lokacin da aka kori al'ummar a cikin Yaƙin kwana Shida. A rana ta bakwai, ba a ƙyale iyalin su koma ba, amma kakanninsa sukan fita da daddare don su kula da amfanin gonakinsu, suna tabbatar da cewa abubuwa za su yi kyau ga iyali idan sun dawo. Sojojin Isra'ila ne za su harbe su kuma su koma baya. Amma ba da daɗewa ba shingen ya tashi, ya bar kawai nunin da za a yi.
Sai wata rana a farkon shekarun 1990, kimanin shekaru 25 bayan an tilasta wa dangin barin gidansu, wani mutum mai launin fata yana magana da karyewar Larabci ya zo kauyensu na Gaza na Bani Suheila yana neman kakar Al-Dada. Kakanninsa har yanzu suna riƙe da aikin - ko takarda, aƙalla - amma mutumin yanzu yana zaune akan dukiyarsu. Al-Dada har yanzu bai fahimci dalilin da ya sa mutumin ya zo ganin kakarsa ba, ko kuma abin da yake so, amma a sarari ya tuna wani abu mai wulakantacce.
Yanzu an sami karin fada, kuma Al-Dada da 'yan uwansa Floridians - ya koma jihar Sunshine a 2011 - sun kasance a can don nuna rashin amincewa da korar da Isra'ila ta yi a Sheikh Jarrah, a Gabashin Kudus, da kuma hare-hare ta sama a zirin Gaza a cikin watan Ramadan, 2021 Sun kasance munanan hare-hare na baya-bayan nan da aka fi sani da yakin Gaza.
Al-Dada bai dawo cikin shekaru ba. A shekara ta 2008, yayin da kakansa ke mutuwa, ya yi ƙoƙari ya ziyarci ta kan iyaka da Masar amma an hana shi. Ketarawa daga Isra'ila zuwa Bafalasdine ba zai yiwu ba yadda ya kamata, idan aka ba da takunkumin tafiye-tafiye da ya shafi Falasdinawa kawai. Kakansa ya mutu, an yi watsi da yunƙurin da aka yi na samun damar shiga jama'a don jana'izar, kuma tun daga lokacin bai je Gaza ba.
Al-Dada ya ga wadanda suka halarci taron a matsayin wani nau'in iyali. Bayan ya isa Amurka, ya shiga Florida Palestine Network, wata ƙungiya ce mai bunƙasa wadda ta haɗa da yawancin hijirar Falasɗinawa da ruhohin dangin da ba na Falasdinu ba. Ɗaya daga cikin samari mafi ƙwazo a cikin wannan rukunin ya tsaya kusa da Al-Dada: Maxwell Alejandro Frost, wanda, ga dukkan alamu, ya kasance mai bi na gaskiya a cikin lamarin. "Free, Falasdinu 'yanci!" shi da Al-Dada suka yi ta rera waƙa yayin da su biyu suka shirya don yin jawabi. "'Duk za ku ji na faɗi haka akai-akai," Frost ya gaya wa waɗanda suka taru a lokacin da lokacinsa ya yi. "Dole ne mu nemi - ba tambaya ba - dole ne mu bukaci shugabanninmu su ga duniya ta idanun masu rauni kuma su yi amfani da wannan hangen nesa don yanke duk wani hukunci na Allah da suka taba yanke."
Bayan zanga-zangar, Frost, mai shekaru 24, ya sanya wani hoto a Instagram, tare da taken, “Orlando na cikin hadin kai da duk wanda ke fuskantar zalunci a fadin duniya. Daga Falasdinu zuwa Kolombiya, muna Allah wadai da hakan. Ya kara da godiya ga abokinsa Rasha Mubarak, wani Ba’amurke Ba’amurke da ya jagoranci shirya taron. "Soyayya da yawa!" Masu fafutuka da suka fi kowa jajircewa duk sun kasance cikin tattaunawa ta rukuni, inda da dama daga cikinsu, ciki har da Mubarak, Al-Dada, da Frost, duk suka yi murnar bikin cikin nasara.
Shi ma farkon wani abu mafi girma ne. A makonnin da suka gabaci gangamin, jita-jita ta yadu a cikin da'irar siyasar Orlando cewa, Val Demings, 'yar majalisar wakilai, kuma tsohuwar sheriff, shugabannin jam'iyyar a Washington suna zawarcinta don tsayawa takarar majalisar dattijai kuma nan ba da jimawa ba zai yi nasara. Frost ya isa ga Mubarak, wanda ya sadu da shi a yayin zanga-zangar kan titi sakamakon kisan gillar da aka yi wa George Floyd, ya kuma nemi ta kasance cikin majalisar ministocinsa na dafa abinci, da'irar masu ba da shawara na yau da kullun wadanda suka hada da kayan aikin yakin neman zabe. "Rasha ta haɗa ni da wasu 'yan siyasa daban-daban, mutane a nan Florida, da abubuwa makamantansu. Sannan kuma ta kasance memba a majalisar ministocin kicin, ”in ji Frost.
Mubarak ya shimfida hanyar samun nasara. "Muna buƙatar gudanar da tseren ci gaba na gaske wanda ke da alaƙa da mutane kuma ya haɗa da 'yancin ɗan adam na Falasdinu. Fahimtar cewa wannan kujerar Baƙar fata ce kuma da yawa daga cikin sauran ƴan takarar Demokraɗiyya za su raba ƙuri'u, "in ji ta. Frost shine Afro-Latino don haka suna tunanin zai yi harbi, ko da ba shi ne shoo-in ba. "Idan yana son zama dan takara mai ci gaba, mai karfin gwiwa, mutane za su yi imani da hakan. Kuma zai fitar da wani tushe na daban."
Kasancewa kawai "dan takarar Gen Z na farko" na Majalisa ba zai wadatar ba. "Kasancewa na farko tarihi ne, amma canza tarihi ta hanyar siyasa ya bambanta. Kasancewa na farko Gen Z shine kawai matakin sama da abin da muke buƙata a matsayin mazaunansa sun fi zurfi: shugaban majalisa a jihar Florida wanda ya dace da ra'ayin cewa kowa ya cancanci motsawa tare da 'yanci, gwaninta 'yanci, da rayuwa daidai. Shugaban majalisa wanda bai bar wata al'umma a baya ba. Ba mu da hakan a Florida, ”in ji ta.
Mako guda bayan taron, Demings ya ba da sanarwar a hukumance. Mubarak ya fara hada Frost tare da masu ba da agaji a fadin kasar da kungiyoyin fafutuka a gundumar. An haife shi a Brooklyn kuma ya girma a tsakiyar Florida, dangin Mubarak na Falasdinu sun yaba da yawa daga Yammacin Kogin Jordan da Kudus. Mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa na ƙasa kuma mai tsarawa, za ta zama fitacciyar jigo a siyasar Orlando. Frost ya kuma kawo Rania Batrice, mashawarcin Ba’amurke Ba’amurke mai ci gaba, don yin dabarunsa na watsa labarai. Maganar ta yadu cewa Frost, mai ba da shawara kan tashin hankalin bindiga da ke da alaƙa da waɗanda suka tsira daga Parkland, shine ainihin ci gaba a cikin abin da yake, kamar yadda ake fata, ya zama filin cunkoso. A watan Agusta 2021, ya kaddamar da yakin neman zabensa a hukumance.
Mutane suna saurara yayin da tsohuwar Sanata Nina Turner na jihar Ohio ke ba da jawabin rangwame bayan ta sha kashi a hannun memba na Majalisar gundumar Cuyahoga Shontel Brown a The Lanes a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 2021 a Maple Heights, Ohio.
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Yayin da aka yi ruwan bama-bamai a Gaza a cikin watan Mayu, wani yakin sama ya sake tashi a Cleveland, Ohio, wanda ba wai kawai zai sake fasalin zaben Orlando ba, har ma ya lankwasa babbar jam'iyyar Democrat a wata sabuwar hanya.
A zaben na musamman na maye gurbin 'yar majalisar wakilai Marcia Fudge a majalisar bayan an nada Fudge a matsayin sakatariyar gidaje da raya birane, Nina Turner, tsohuwar 'yar majalisar dattawa a jihar kuma mai jiran gadon yakin neman zaben Bernie Sanders na shugaban kasa, ta samu maki 30 a gaban filin. A tsakiyar yakin Gaza, ta sake buga wata kungiyar bayar da shawarwari ta Yahudawa, IfNotNow, wannan shine hane-hane na kungiyoyin masu goyon bayan Isra'ila.
Bayahude Insider ya yi alama da post a wata kasida, Lura da rarrabuwar kawuna kan batun tsakanin Turner da babban abokin hamayyarta, Shugaban gundumar Cuyahoga Shontel Brown. "Kungiyoyin bayar da shawarwari irin su Pro-Isra'ila Amurka da Dimokuradiyya mafi rinjaye ga Isra'ila," in ji Jewish Insider, "suma sun yi watsi da goyon bayan Brown, wanda dole ne ya yi takara da babban warchest na Turner da ya rage kasa da watanni uku har zuwa zaben fidda gwani na 3 ga Agusta. kamar yadda sabbin bayanai daga Hukumar Zabe ta Tarayya suka nuna.” Brown ba zai daɗe ya yi fama da wannan rashin lafiyar ba.
Ƙungiyoyi biyu - Mafi rinjayen Demokraɗiyya Don Isra'ila, ko DMFI, da Babban Dimokuradiyya PAC - sun fara kashe miliyoyin mutane suna tursasa Turner akan iska. Su biyun sun kasance ƙungiya ɗaya da ta dace, suna aiki daga ofishi ɗaya kuma suna ɗaukar masu ba da shawara iri ɗaya, kodayake Mainstream Democrats suna da'awar manufa mafi girma. Mai neman zabe Mark Mellman ne ya yanke shawarar dabaru da niyya ga duka biyun, a cewar Dmitri Mehlhorn, wani jami'in dimokuradiyya kuma mai zartarwa na Silicon Valley wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin siyasa ga hamshakin attajirin nan na LinkedIn Reid Hoffman, wanda ke ba da tallafi ga Babban Jam'iyyar Democrats PAC. DMFI kuma ta ba da aƙalla $500,000 zuwa ga Babban Jam'iyyar Democrat PAC.
Mehlhorn ya gaya mani a farkon wannan shekara cewa "Kudaden mu na zuwa ga kawancen jam'iyyar Democrat, wanda muka amince da shi don gano 'yan takarar da za su iya isar da su ga Amurkawa gaba daya, hoton 'yan Democrat wanda za a iya zaba," Mehlhorn ya gaya mani a farkon wannan shekara, yana mai cewa ya dogara da masu ba da shawara masu alaƙa da DMFI don yin waɗannan zaɓin. “Na amince da su. Ina tsammanin Brian Goldsmith, Mark Mellman, sun saba sanin wannan kayan. "
DMFI, Mainstream Democrats PAC, da Kwamitin Hulda da Jama'a na Isra'ila sun kashe kuɗi da yawa har tambayar Isra'ila-Palestine ta mamaye zaɓen fidda gwani na Demokraɗiyya.
Yayin da DMFI ke da tsari da ƙima a cikin siyasar Isra'ila, a aikace, ya zama makami da ƙungiyar tsakiyar jam'iyyar ke amfani da reshenta na ci gaba. A zahiri, DMFI, Mainstream Democrats PAC, da Kwamitin Hulda da Jama'a na Isra'ila sun kashe kuɗi da yawa har tambayar Isra'ila-Palestine ta mamaye zaɓen fidda gwani na Demokraɗiyya.
A duk faɗin ƙasar, ƴan takara masu ci gaba waɗanda tun da farko suka yi ta zage-zage da babbar murya don neman kulawar ƙasa tare da jajircewar ra'ayoyin don jawo ƙananan masu ba da gudummawa a maimakon haka sun ajiye kawunansu ƙasa, suna fatan su kasance ƙarƙashin radar DMFI da AIPAC.
A lokacin da ‘yan jam’iyyar Justice Democrats, bayan yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na farko na Sanders, ya fara kokarin janye jam’iyyar zuwa hagu ta hanyar yin takara a zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya, batun Isra’ila da Falasdinu ba shi ne tsakiyar dabarunta ba. Amma 'yan takararta sun kasance masu ci gaba a duk faɗin hukumar, maimakon abin da ya kasance a baya, wanda aka sani da PEP, don "ci gaba banda Falasdinu." Rikicin da ke cikin jam'iyyar Demokradiyar tun daga lokacin ya haifar da tayar da kayar baya, wanda aka ba da tallafi mai yawa daga shugabannin asusun shinge, masu zaman kansu masu zaman kansu, masu kwararrun kungiyoyin wasanni, da sauran hamshakan attajirai da masu kudi, da yawa daga cikinsu sun shirya karkashin tutar "pro-Isra'ila".
Logan Bayroff, darektan sadarwa na J Street, wanda ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "ƙungiya mai goyon bayan Isra'ila, mai goyon bayan zaman lafiya" ya ce "An sami sauyi mai tsauri a siyasar Isra'ila-Palestine da kuma siyasar firamare na Demokraɗiyya." Wannan sake zagayowar, Bayroff ya taimaka wajen gudanar da Asusun J Street Action, ƙungiyar kashe kuɗi na waje da aka tsara musamman don magance tasirin DMFI da AIPAC. Ya kashe kasa da kashi 10 cikin XNUMX na kudin da abokan hamayyarta suka iya sakawa a filin wasa.
Mehlhorn ya fito fili game da manufarsa. "Gundumar Nina Turner wani bincike ne na al'ada inda mafi yawan masu jefa kuri'a a gundumar sune Marcia Fudge masu jefa kuri'a, suna matukar farin ciki da Jam'iyyar Democrat. Kuma rikodin Nina Turner akan Jam'iyyar Democrat shine [cewa] ita ce mai suka mai ƙarfi, "in ji shi. "Don haka wannan rukunin ya sanya kuɗi don tabbatar da cewa masu jefa ƙuri'a sun san abin da take ji game da Jam'iyyar Democrat. Kuma daga hangen nesa na, wannan kawai ya sauƙaƙa a gare ni in yi ƙoƙarin yin abubuwa kamar ba Tim Ryan damar samun nasarar [kujerar Majalisar Dattijai] a wata jiha kamar Ohio - ba babbar dama ba, amma aƙalla dama. Kuma ba dole ba ne ya fuskanci sabon bam da Nina ta jefa. Don haka ko ta yaya, wannan ita ce ka'idar da ke bayan goyon bayanmu ga Dimokaradiyya Mainstream. "
Mellman, a wata hira da HuffPost, ya yarda cewa manufofinsa sun wuce siyasar Isra'ila da Falasdinu. "Masu adawa da Biden da masu adawa da Isra'ila suna kallonta a matsayin jagora," in ji Mellman. "Don haka da gaske ita barazana ce ga burinmu biyu."
Turner ta ce dole ne ta nisanta kanta daga membobin Squad, musamman 'yan majalisar musulman Rashida Tlaib da Ilhan Omar, ko kuma ta fuskanci hari. "Wani fitaccen dan kasuwa Bayahude ya gaya mini cewa, 'Muna zuwa muku da duk abin da muka samu, kuna bukatar ku ƙin yarda da Squad,' in ji Turner, kuma "idan ban yi ba, suna zuwa ne a gare ni. Sannan kuma al'ummar Falasdinu ba su da hakkokin da suka fi kasar Isra'ila muhimmanci."
Har yanzu ina da imel a yanzu, har wa yau, na shugabannin kasuwanci na cikin gida a cikin al'ummar Yahudawa inda suke ƙarfafa 'yan Republican su jefa kuri'a a wannan firamare kuma suna faɗin abubuwa kamar: Dole ne mu goyi bayan Shontel Brown, ba za mu iya barin Nina ba. Turner ya lashe wannan tseren, "in ji Turner.
"Wannan zabe ne mai matukar muhimmanci ga al'ummarmu!" ya rubuta wani abokin gaba na Turner a cikin imel zuwa maƙwabta. "Babban abokin hamayyar Shontel, Nina Turner, ita ce shugabar karramawar shugaban kamfen na Sanders 2020, da kuma shugabar 'Juyin Juyin Mu,' kungiyar masu goyon bayan Sanders bayan 2016. Ta tara kudi tana bayyana sha'awarta ta shiga 'Squad' kuma 'yar majalisa Ilhan Omar ta amince da ita (duba imel na tara kudade na Turner da ke ƙasa)."
Wani makwabcin ya aika imel ɗin zuwa ga ƙarin mutane, ya ƙara da cewa, "Da yawa daga cikinmu ba za su damu da wannan zaɓe na firamare ba amma wannan yana da mahimmanci da gaske kuma zaɓen Shontel Brown ya zama dole. Ko R ko D za ku iya zaɓar don jefa ƙuri'a a cikin firamare na D."
Shontel Brown ta dauki hotuna tare da magoya bayanta bayan ta sami labarin cewa ta lashe Gundumar Majalissar ta Ohio ta 11 a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 2021.
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A ranar 3 ga Agusta, 2021, Turner ya sha kaye a hannun Brown kashi 50 zuwa kashi 45, ya gaza da kusan kuri'u 4,000. Ambaliyar kudi - DMFI ta ragu fiye da dala miliyan 2 - bayan hare-haren Gaza ya karkatar da tseren, Turner ya gaya mani daga baya. "Idan da wannan tseren ya kasance a watan Mayu, da za ku yi hira da 'yar majalisa Nina Turner, wannan ba shi da tabbas," in ji ta.
"Zan yi aiki tukuru don ganin cewa wani abu makamancin haka bai sake faruwa da dan takara mai ci gaba ba," in ji ta a daren zaben. "Ba mu yi asarar wannan tseren ba - mugayen kuɗaɗen sun yi amfani da su kuma sun lalata wannan zaɓen." Halin kuɗin kuɗi a matsayin "mugunta," wanda aka haɗe da ra'ayi na magudi, ya haifar da sababbin tuhumar antisemitism.
Gasar da aka yi a Orlando ba ta kasance a kan radar kasa ba har zuwa sauran 2021, tunda ba za a gudanar da firamare ba har sai watan Agusta 2022. Yayin da shekara ta ƙare, Mubarak ya fara buga furucin Instagram na ƙarshen shekara kuma yana so ya haskaka. aikin da duk suka yi a watan Mayun da ya gabata wajen adawa da yakin Gaza. Ta je ta tono tsohon post na Frost, wanda ya ware Mubarak don shirya ta a ranar kuma ya gano an cire masa abincin. Mubarak ya kira Frost a kai; Ta ce ya bayyana cewa wani ma'aikacin kafofin watsa labarun ya leka asusunsa kuma ya ajiye wasu rubuce-rubucen kuma tabbas an kama shi. Ya mayar da shi, ya ce.
Amma an cire batun Mubarak kuma an yi gyara mai ma'ana amma mai ma'ana ga taken: An tafi nassoshi game da "dukkan wadanda ke fuskantar zalunci a duniya" da kuma alkawarin cewa "muna la'antarsa duka."
Matsayin yanzu yana karanta a sauƙaƙe: "Orlando yana tsaye cikin haɗin kai daga Falasdinu zuwa Colombia!" Lokacin da Mubarak ya nuna canjin da kuma rashin ta, ta ce, ya bayyana cewa "masu goyon bayan gida suna da matsala game da shawarar ku."
Maxwell Frost ya gyara shafin Instagram. Kiredit: Hotunan da aka samu ta The Intercept.
Frost ya gaya wa wani abokinsa cewa burinsa shi ne ya guje wa murkushe DMFI. "Muna ƙoƙarin ganin ko za mu iya hana su, kuma watakila idan sun shigo, ba za su kashe komai ba," sun tuna da shi yana hasashe.
Frost ya shaida wa The Intercept cewa bai san da gaske tasirin kashe kashen waje ba a lokacin a yakin neman zabensa. "A gaskiya ban san abubuwa da yawa game da kashe kuɗi a waje ba a wancan lokacin, ko IEs" - kashe kuɗi masu zaman kansu da Super PACs suka yi - "ko kuma irin rawar da suke takawa," in ji Frost. "Ban koyi da gaske game da kuɗin waje wanda ya taka leda a tseren [Turner] ba har sai bayan watanni, a gaskiya. … Na ga sakamako ya shigo, na kalli wayata, na tuna ina zaune a kicin dina sai naji kamar, Damn, mun rasa. Na tuna ina mamaki kuma na damu sannan na ce, ka sani, ina bukatan nasara, muna bukatar karin ci gaba a Majalisa. Don haka da gaske ban haɗa waɗannan ɗigon ba, a gaskiya, kuma ban da cikakkiyar masaniya, irin, rawar da kuɗin waje ke takawa gabaɗaya a cikin waɗannan zabukan na Demokradiyya. ”
Majiyoyin yakin neman zabe, sun ce batun ya kasance gaba da tsakiya, tare da tambayoyi game da wane irin matsayi ne zai iya hana kudaden waje. Lokacin da abokan gwagwarmayar Falasdinu masu 'yanci suka gargade shi cewa yin magana ga DMFI da AIPAC ba za su daina ba ko da bayan an zabe shi, ko ya yi magana ko a'a, sun tuna Frost yana cewa, "Zan gane hakan idan na isa can."
A ranar 31 ga Janairu, za a fara kakar wasan farko. Bayahude Insider ya buga jeri na 15 Amintattun Gidan DMFI. Daga cikin su akwai Randolph Bracy, dan majalisar dattijai na karamar hukuma wanda aka dauke shi daya daga cikin masu matsakaicin ra'ayi a tseren Frost. Mubarak ya aika wa Frost sakon. "Ban yi tunanin za su yi farin ciki da wuri ba," Frost ya amsa. "Suna ƙin masu ci gaba lol."
Sunayen da ke cikin jerin amincewar DMFI, da sunayen da aka bari, suna ba da labarin alƙawarin ƙungiyar na yin yaƙi da bangaren hagu na jam'iyyar a zaɓen fidda gwani na Demokraɗiyya da kuma ƙara tsattsauran ra'ayi na abin da ake nufi da goyon bayan Isra'ila.
"A cikin Michigan da Illinois, Reps. Haley Stevens ne adam wata (D-MI) da Sean Casten (D-IL) suna, tare da tallafi daga DMFI, suna yin yaƙe-yaƙe da wakilai masu ci gaba. Andy Levin (D-MI) da Marie Newman (D-IL), wadanda akai-akai suna takun saka da masu goyon bayan Isra'ila kan sukar da suke yiwa kasar yahudawa," in ji jaridar Insider ta Yahudawa.
Levin ya kasance memba na Majalisa kuma ƙwararren dangin Michigan mai ƙarfi wanda ya haɗa da Carl Levin, kawunsa kuma tsohon zaki na Majalisar Dattijai, kuma tsohon Shugaban Hanyoyi da Ma'ana Sander Levin, mahaifinsa. An sake mayar da Levin zuwa zaben fidda gwani da wani dan Democrat mai ci, Stevens, wanda ya fito fili ya bayyana goyon bayanta ga Isra'ila, inda ya zama daya daga cikin 'yan Democrat 18 kawai. sanya shakkun jama'a kan hikimar shugaba Joe Biden na sake shiga yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran. Don haɗawa da Levin a cikin ƙungiyar adawa da Isra'ila ta miƙa ma'anar zuwa wuri mai watsewa. Insider Bayahude ya rubuta:
Duk da yake Levin, tsohon shugaban majami'ar, ya bayyana kansa a matsayin dan sahyoniya kuma yana adawa da BDS, dan siyasar Michigan ya sha yin arangama da kafa masu goyon bayan Isra'ila kan sukar da ya yi wa gwamnatin Isra'ila, ciki har da gabatar da dokar kwanan nan da za ta yi Allah wadai da wasu abubuwa. Matsugunan Isra'ila yayin da suke sanya takunkumi kan taimakon Amurka ga Isra'ila.
Wakilan Democrat na Michigan Andy Levin da Rashida Tlaib sun gudanar da gangamin yakin neman zabe a ranar 29 ga Yuli, 2022 a Pontiac, Mich.
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Harin da aka kai wa Levin ya taimaka wajen bayyana abin da DMFI ke nufi da goyon bayan Isra'ila, kuma ya haɗa da goyon bayan faɗaɗa matsuguni da kuma kawar da sukar gwamnatin Isra'ila. Wannan Levin ba za a iya rubuta shi ba kamar yadda antisemitic ya sa shi ya fi zama barazana. Cewa ya yarda ya kare abokan aikinsa kamar Omar da Tlaib abu ne mai wuya. Zargin Tlaib da kyamar baki yana da wahala idan tsohon shugaban majami'a ya dawo mata. Shugaban AIPAC Howard Kohr, Jaridar Washington Post ta tambayi A wata hira da ba kasafai ake yi ba, dalilin da ya sa aka kai wa Levin hari, ya ce, "Ayyukan dan majalisa Levin ne na kare da kuma amincewa da wasu manyan masu zagin alakar Amurka da Isra'ila."
Jerin kuma ya haɗa da Summer Lee. A cikin 2018, a matsayin mai ra'ayin gurguzu na dimokraɗiyya ba tare da neman afuwa ba, ta buɗe wani memba na dangin siyasa na Pittsburgh mai ƙarfi a cikin tseren Majalisar Jiha. Nasarar da ta samu ya sanya labarai na kasa. Yanzu tana neman takarar kujerar majalisar wakilai tare da goyon bayan Justice Democrats, kuma, insider ta Yahudawa, ta kasance memba na "The Socialists na Amurka, wanda ya amince da motsi na BDS a cikin 2017." BDS - wanda aka kera bayan yunkurin kauracewa gwamnatin wariyar launin fata ta Afirka ta Kudu da kuma tsayawa tsayin daka don kauracewa, raba gari da takunkumi - kungiyoyin fararen hula na Falasdinu ne suka kaddamar da shi a shekara ta 2005 a matsayin mayar da martani ga gina katangar da Isra'ila ta yi wanda ya ratsa cikin yankin Falasdinawa da ta mamaye.
DMFI ta fito da wuri don abokin hamayyarta, lauya Steve Irwin. "Akwai wani mahallin a nan da nake ganin ya kamata mu san shi, wato a ce muna da wasu kungiyoyi a can da suka ce suna yunkurin aiwatar da, a cikin maganganunsu, cin zarafi na jam'iyyar Democrat," Mellman ya shaida wa Yahudawa Insider, yayin da yake magana kan kungiyar Justice Democrats, wacce ke noma ’yan takarar majalisa masu ci gaba zuwa Democrat masu matsakaicin ra'ayi, amma ya fadada tattaunawarsa ta hada da DSA. Majalissar Freshman Marie Newman ita ma ta samu goyon bayan Justice Democrats a yakin neman zabenta na tsige 'yar Democrat mai ra'ayin mazan jiya a zagayowar da ta gabata. Mellman ya ce "Da dama daga cikin wadannan kungiyoyi sun mayar da kyamar Isra'ila daga wani bangare na ajandar batunsu zuwa wani muhimmin bangare na batunsu." "Dabarun su shine su shiga gundumomi masu zurfin shuɗi waɗanda jam'iyyar ba ta damu da su ba saboda za ta zama ɗan Democrat ko da wanda ya yi nasara."
Lee ta ji tun da wuri cewa kamfen nata zai sami "matsalar Isra'ila," ta gaya wa The Intercept. "Mun ji mutane a cikin kafa suna magana game da shi, kun sani, bazara za ta sami matsalar Isra'ila," in ji Lee. “Al’amari ne da muka san zai taso. Kuma ina ganin wannan abin ban dariya ne, domin ni, a matsayina na Bakar fata mace mai ci gaba, Isra’ila ba a matakin jiha ba, ba batun da muka taba tattaunawa akai ba ne.”
Batun Lee ya yi daidai da irin wannan wanda Wakilin Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ya yi a cikin 2018 lokacin da aka buga a cikin manema labarai don kada amsa kan tambayar Isra'ila da Falasdinu. "Na fito daga Kudancin Bronx, na fito daga asalin Puerto Rican. Kuma siyasar Gabas ta Tsakiya ba ta dace da teburin dafa abinci na kowane dare ba, ”in ji ta.
Amma, a lokacin yakin Gaza a cikin 2021, Lee ya taba sanya goyon baya ga halin da Falasdinu ke ciki. Lee ya ce "Hakika wannan tweet daya ne ya dauki hankalin jama'a," in ji Lee. “A nan, wannan shi ne, mun same ku. Kuma da gaske tweet ne yana magana game da Black Lives Matter kuma yana magana game da yadda, a matsayina na wanda aka zalunta, na duba da kuma fahimtar batun. Saboda gaskiyar ita ce - kuma wannan yana tare da yawancin masu ci gaba na Baƙar fata da launin ruwan kasa - muna kallon ko da batutuwan da ba su da alaka da juna, har yanzu muna kallon su ta hanyar rashin adalci da muke fuskanta a matsayin Baƙar fata a nan, da kuma siyasar da muke gani da kwarewa. a nan, kuma za su iya yin alaƙa da hakan."
Sharhin ya ban mamaki ga wasu a Pittsburgh. Charles Saul, memba na kwamitin amintattu na Yahudawa Chronicle na Pittsburgh, daga baya aka ruwaito Jaridar ta ce ya damu da Lee saboda "wasu mutanen da na yi imanin 'yan adawa ne, kamar Rashida Tlaib sun amince da ita."
“Wani abin da ya dame ni shi ne yadda ta kwatanta wahalhalun da Gazans da Falasdinawa suke ciki da irin wahalhalun da Amurkawa ‘yan Afirka ke ciki. Wannan shine ɗayan waɗannan abubuwan haɗin gwiwa. Idan wannan shine abin da ta dauka a Gabas ta Tsakiya, hakan yana da matukar hadari." Saul ya ce.
Lee ba ta da shakka za a buge ta, ba ta san lokacin da wahala ba. "Ina mai gaskiya sosai, babu wata duniyar da ban yi tunanin hakan zai faru ba," in ji ta. “Daga lokacin da na ga hanyoyin da ‘yan matan nan hudu da suka shigo a shekarar 2018 bakar fata da ruwan kasa, wato a shekarar da na shigo gidan gwamnati, ina kallon yadda suka bi ta hanyar da ta dace, da sanin yadda hakan ya faru. sai da suka yi tafiyar kudi da siyasa, sannan ganin Nina Turner, hakan ya kasance a bayyane a gare ni."
"Gaskiya mun sani a rana daya - da kuma kafin. Don haka a ranar sifili, abu ne da muke tunani akai,” inji ta. "Tambayar koyaushe ita ce, yaushe ne ta shigo, amma ban yi tunanin cewa zan sami gatar guje mata ba."
Tweet ko a'a, Lee yana da yakinin cewa da an kai mata hari ba tare da la'akari da hakan ba, saboda batun Isra'ila da Falasdinu fariya ce ga babban hari kan reshen jam'iyyar da ke ci gaba. "Akwai bambanci tsakanin samun ra'ayoyi masu rikitarwa. Akwai bambanci tsakanin samun ra'ayi mai matsala. Amma abin da wannan ke yi shi ne ya ce ba za ku iya samun ra'ayi ba, "in ji ta. "In ce ku fada cikin layi kuma har yanzu ban gamsu da cewa a nan ne suke sa ran mu fada cikin layi ba. Domin kuwa gaskiyar magana ita ce, da a ce wannan batu ne, da a ce game da Isra’ila da Falasdinu, to da sun shigo wannan gunduma suna magana kan Isra’ila-Palestine. Amma ba su yi ba. Wannan wata hanya ce ta sanyi da kiyaye motsin ci gaba daga girma gaba ɗaya. Wannan wata hanya ce ta fusata motsin da ke da alaƙa, musamman mata baƙi da launin ruwan kasa waɗanda ke da ci gaba, da kuma hana su haɓaka ƙarfi a nan. ”
Amma ba kawai Baki da launin ruwan kasa ba. "Ina nufin, gaskiyar ita ce sun bi Andy Levin," in ji ta. “Shi dan sahyoniya ne da ya bayyana kansa. Don haka suna zuwa ne bayan masu ci gaba da kuma hanyar da za mu iya samar da wutar lantarki ga mutane masu aiki. "
Marshall Wittmann, mai magana da yawun AIPAC, ya musanta cewa kungiyar ta yi niyya ga masu ci gaba musamman. "Babban abin da ke taimakawa 'yan takarar Democrat da Republican shine goyon bayansu don karfafa dangantakar Amurka da Isra'ila," in ji shi. "Hakika, PACs ɗinmu sun goyi bayan ɗimbin 'yan takara masu ci gaba da goyon bayan Isra'ila, ciki har da fiye da rabin Majalisar Baƙar fata Caucus da Caucus na Hispanic da kusan rabin Ƙungiyoyin Ci gaba. Shigar da mu ta siyasa ya nuna cewa ya yi daidai da ci gaban dabi'u don tallafawa kawancen Amurka da aminiyar dimokiradiyya, Isra'ila."
"Suna zuwa ne bayan masu ci gaba da kuma hanyar da za mu iya samar da iko ga mutanen da ke aiki."
Wani wuri a Pennsylvania, wani mazaunin Braddock yana neman hanyar da zai kawar da gobarar DMFI. Laftanar Gov. John Fetterman ya kasance cikin kulle-kulle a cikin abin da ke barazanar zama dan takara mai tsauri tare da Rep. Conor Lamb don tsayawa takarar Sanata, kuma yakin neman zaben Lamb ya fito fili ya nemi goyon bayan Super PAC don ya sa shi a kan gaba. A farkon shekarar, Bayahude Insider ya ruwaito, Mellman ya tuntubi Fetterman da tambayoyi game da matsayinsa kan Isra'ila. "Bai taba fitowa ya ce shi ba mai goyon bayan Isra'ila ba ne, amma hasashe shi ne cewa ya dace da Squad fiye da komai," in ji Brett Goldman mai fafutuka na Democrat.
Mellman ya ce kamfen din ya amsa tambayarsa kuma "ya zo da sha'awar koyo game da batutuwan." Bayan taron, kamfen na Fetterman ya dawo baya. "Sai suka aiko mana da takardar matsayi, wanda muke tunanin yana da karfi sosai," in ji Mellman. Amma bai yi ƙarfi sosai ba. Yahudanci Insider ya ba da rahoton cewa DMFI ta aika da wasu sharhi akan takarda, wanda "Fetterman ya yarda da yin magana a cikin daftarin aiki na biyu."
A cikin Afrilu, Fetterman ya yarda yi hira da yahudawa Insider. "Ina so in fita daga hanyata don tabbatar da cewa a bayyane yake cewa ra'ayoyin da nake da su ba za su tafi tare da wasu manyan fikafikai ko fikafikan jam'iyyarmu ba," in ji shi. "Ni kuma cikin girmamawa zan ce ba ni da ci gaba a wannan yanayin."
Fetterman, wanda ba shi da tushe, ya jaddada cewa bai kamata a kasance da yanayin da ba zai yiwu ba game da taimakon soja ga Isra'ila, cewa BDS ba daidai ba ne, da sauransu. "Bari in faɗi wannan kawai, ko da an tambaye ni ko ba a tambaye ni ba, na ji takaici da ƙuri'ar Iron Dome," in ji Fetterman. DMFI da AIPAC sun daina tseren.
Yayin da aka ci gaba da yaƙin neman zaɓe, dakarun da ke ci gaba sun haɗu a kusa da Frost. Wannan nasara ce mai ma'ana, tun da yawancin 'yan takara masu neman ci gaba da yawa ke yin hagu suna raba ƙuri'u da barin ɗan takara na tsakiya ya kutsa kai. (Levi Strauss magaji Dan Goldman ya lashe zaben farko na Manhattan tare da kasa da kashi 30 na kuri'un shine kawai sabon misali.)
Filin da farko ya ƙunshi ba kawai Frost ba, har ma da populist firebrand tsohon ɗan majalisa Alan Grayson da Aramis Ayala, wani mashahurin tsohon mai gabatar da ƙara a Orange County, Florida, waɗanda suka yi ta karo da 'yan Republican sau da yawa. Grayson yana da sadaukarwa amma ya ragu a gundumar, amma Frost, a wani bangare mai mahimmanci godiya ga kawance tare da masu shirya motsi a gundumar da Mubarak ya taimaka masa ya gina, ya fara fitowa a matsayin jagoran ci gaba. An sasanta, tare da Ayala ya fice daga takarar a farkon Maris kuma ya lashe zaben fidda gwani na jihar maimakon.
Ƙaddamar da tallafi shine mabuɗin amma haka yake kare DMFI. Tambaya mai mahimmanci ita ce ko DMFI ko AIPAC za su sa kuɗi a kansa. "Tattaunawa ce daga tsalle, gaskiya, saboda DMFI ta amince da Bracy da wuri," in ji Mubarak. "Kowane mai ci gaba a ƙarƙashin rana wanda ke da ɗan tausayi ga Falasdinu, [tambayar DMFI] ta taso, saboda kawai suna zubar da kuɗi mai yawa." Frost, a cewar mutanen da ke yakin neman zabensa, ya mayar da shi aikin sa na ganin an dakile kungiyoyin ko kuma ya nemo hanyar da zai kawar da su. Amma yana da ma'auni na yajin aiki: Har zuwa Maris, Ayala yana cikin takara, don haka yana bukatar ya ci gaba da goyon bayan reshen jam'iyyar masu ci gaba ba tare da gayyato harin miliyoyin daloli ba.
Amsar ta zo a cikin hanyar Ritchie Torres. Dan majalisa na Bronx a wa'adinsa na farko da kuma Afro-Latino, Torres ya yi suna a wurare uku masu cin karo da juna. Ya kasance yana yaƙi da reshe na ci gaba, mai magana da yawun ƙungiyoyin dama-dama masu goyon bayan Isra'ila, da kuma mai bishara na cryptocurrency.
Wakilin Ritchie Torres yayi magana a taron kasa na IAC a wurin shakatawa na bakin tekun diflomasiyya a ranar 11 ga Disamba, 2021 a Hollywood, Fla.
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"A cikin birnin New York mun ga haɓakar 'yan Democrat Socialists na Amurka, wanda ke nuna goyon bayan BDS," in ji Torres a cikin wata sanarwa. ganawar sirri tare da DMFI bayan ya ci nasarar firamarensa na 2020, Bidiyon da aka watsa min. “Dan gurguzu na dimokraɗiyya ya bar goyon baya a cikin kusan jinsi 11 kuma ya ci kowane ɗayan sai nawa. Don haka an tabbatar da cewa yana da tasiri wajen cin zaɓe kuma ina damuwa da daidaitawar kyamar Yahudawa a cikin siyasar ci gaba. "
Torres ya ci gaba da cewa kasancewarsa ɗan luwaɗi ne ya rinjayi yadda ya fuskanci tambayar Isra’ila: “Idan saƙo ga waɗanda suke da ci gaba da goyon bayan Isra’ila, musamman ga waɗanda suke zuriyar Yahudawa, shi ne domin ku. Don zama wani ɓangare na al'umma masu ci gaba dole ne ku yi watsi da asalin ku da tarihin ku da kuma alakar ku da ƙasarku - kuma ku kasance a cikin ɗakin kwana - cewa a gare ni mummunan abu ne. Wannan rugujewar ci gaba ce."
DMFI dan kwamitin ya fada masa, "Yana da kyau sosai kuma kusan ba na duniya ba ne, amma abin mamaki yadda kuke magana da irin wannan gaskiya da tabbaci game da Isra'ila. Ina fata za mu iya rufe ku don haka akwai Ritchies miliyan da ke yawo suna magana game da Isra'ila. "
Wani memba na DMFI a kan kiran ya tambayi yadda za a iya gina ƙungiyar ci gaba, pro-Isra'ila Squad, kuma Torres ya gaya musu cewa duk game da gina gine-gine da goyon baya ga 'yan takara masu ci gaba da ke shirye su goyi bayan Isra'ila.
Lokacin da jerin jinsi na Janairu DMFI ke gina ababen more rayuwa a kusa da ya fito, tsarin kamfen na ci gaba ya numfasa da cewa Austin, Texas, ba ta cikinsa. Masu ci gaba sun goyi bayan wanda zai zama memba na Squad a matsayin memba na Majalisar City Gregorio Casar mai shekaru 33. Frost ya ce ya kalli tseren Casar. Ya ce, "Mun kalli dukkan nau'o'in jinsi, muna ci gaba da sabunta duk wani abu da ke faruwa a fadin kasar har zuwa yadda ake gudanar da zabe, musamman kallon kuri'un matasa, abubuwa daban-daban da muke tunanin za su iya ba mu wani yanayi. bayanai don taimaka mana a tseren mu."
Rashin Casar a cikin jerin, ya zama, ya zo ne bayan wasiƙar da ya aika a wannan watan zuwa ga wani malami na gida yana shimfida matsayinsa a kan Isra'ila: Yana adawa da BDS, ya yi alkawari; mai goyan bayan mafita na jihohi biyu; da kuma goyon bayan taimakon soja ga Isra'ila. Kasasar wasika zuwa ga rabbi Yahudanci Insider ne ya buga washegarin bayan fitar da jerin amincewar DMFI.
"Wasiƙar ta kasance a matsayin martani ga mutane da yawa da ke ci gaba da yin la'akari da cewa masu ci gaba," in ji Casar, "baƙi ne. Wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. Kuma musamman ma, ina nufin mambobi ne na Majalisa masu ci gaba da gaske, waɗanda ke fafutukar kare haƙƙin Falasɗinawa, ban yi imani da kyamar Yahudawa ba. Amma ina da wani matsayi na siyasa, wato, ban yi imani da cewa ya kamata mu rubuta takardar shaidar da ba ta dace ba game da taimakon soja, ina ganin ya kamata mu ba da wasu adadin taimako, amma kuma ya kamata mu tabbatar da cewa ba mu ba da kudaden yancin ɗan adam ba. cin zarafi a ko'ina cikin duniya. Don haka abin da na gaya wa jama'a ke nan lokacin da aka tambaye ni a keɓe. Mutane sun ingiza ni in yi tunani a kan abubuwa dabam da kuma ƙarin koyo, kuma koyaushe ina buɗe don ƙarin koyo. "
Ya yanke shawarar sanya wannan matsayi sauka a kan takarda. "Na ce, 'Ka san me, bari mu rubuta wannan kawai, domin Rabbi Freedman ya raba wannan ga mutane. Ban raba shi da JI ba, amma ba ni ba, kun sani, ba na riƙe shi a kan 'yan jarida don kama abubuwa duk yadda kuke yi. "
Abokan aikinsa na DSA sun kadu kuma suka fara shirin soke amincewar su. Don gujewa mummunan fada, Casar da son rai ya soke bukatarsa na goyon bayan DSA. "Muna da dogon tarihin yin aiki tare da Greg Casar kan kiwon lafiya, lokacin rashin lafiya, kasafin kudin 'yan sanda, rashin matsuguni, shari'ar gidaje, 'yancin ƙungiyoyi, da ƙari. Za mu ci gaba da tattaunawa game da wannan batu a cikin babinmu kuma yawancin mambobi za su ci gaba da tallafawa yakin, amma ba za mu ci gaba da yin wannan yakin a matsayin kungiya ba, "Babin Austin ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa. Justice Democrats, wanda ba shi da gwajin litmus na Isra'ila da Falasdinu, duk da zanga-zangar DMFI, sun ci gaba da mara masa baya, tare da kashe sama da $100,000 don tallafawa.
Wakilin Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, cibiyar, ya shiga taron gangamin ‘yan takarar majalisar wakilai Jessica Cisneros, hagu, da Greg Casar, dama, a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2022, a San Antonio.
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Abubuwan more rayuwa a kusa da ƴan takarar Demokraɗiyya waɗanda suka goyi bayan Isra'ila, sama ko ƙasa da haka, sun riga sun bayyana hangen nesa na DMFI. A karshen watan Janairun 2019, bayan zaben da aka yi na zaben mata biyu na farko Musulmi a Majalisar, Omar da Tlaib, Mellman ya ba da sanarwar kafa sabuwar kungiyar PAC, yana mai cewa zai tsaya tsayin daka ga Isra’ila a cikin “motsi na ci gaba. .”
Mellman ya kasance jagoran masu jefa kuri'a na yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na John Kerry a 2004 kuma ya kasance mai dadewa dabarun AIPAC. DMFI ƙoƙari ne don yin wani abu na sake suna ga AIPAC a cikin da'irar Demokraɗiyya. AIPAC da kanta ta zama alama mai guba a cikin jam'iyyar Democrat bayan da kungiyar ta yi aiki don murkushe nasarar sa hannun Barack Obama na manufofin ketare, yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran. Kamfanin Mellman, Mellman Group, ya tuntubi kungiyar AIPAC mai duhu, Jama'a don Iran mai 'Yancin Nukiliya. Ƙungiyar Mellman kuma ita ce ɗan kwangila mafi girma na biyu na sashin ilimi na AIPAC - Asusun Ilimi na Isra'ila na Amurka, wanda ya shirya. tafiye-tafiyen majalisa ga Isra'ila - a shekarar da ta yi yaƙi da yarjejeniyar Iran. Babban ɗan kwangila a waccan shekarar shine kasuwancin balaguro na Sheldon Adelson, ɗan gidan caca kuma mai ba da gudummawa na Republican.
DMFI kuma za ta iya yin amfani da dabarun AIPAC ba ta shirya ba tukuna. Kafin Citizens United, AIPAC ta haɓaka ƙarfinta ba kawai tare da ɗimbin ɗimbin masu ba da gudummawa ba, amma ta hanyar tsari na gaskiya kuma mai dorewa. Majami'a zuwa majami'a, daga 1980s gaba, AIPAC ta shirya gagarumin goyon bayan gida ga 'yan siyasa waɗanda suka nuna goyon bayan da ba su cancanta ba ga Isra'ila tare da gudanar da babban kamfen a kan waɗanda suka karkata. Taken AIPAC na yau da kullun shine cewa ba ta da abokan gaba a Majalisa, amma tana da "abokai da abokan gaba."
David Ochs, wanda ya kafa HaLev, wanda ke taimakawa wajen tura matasa zuwa taron shekara-shekara na AIPAC, aka bayyana a cikin 2016 yadda AIPAC da masu ba da agajin sa ke shirya masu tara kudade a wajen inuwar hukuma ta yadda kudaden ba su bayyana a lokacin da suke fitowa musamman daga AIPAC ba.
"A New York, tare da [titan asusun shinge] Jeff Talpins, ba ma tambayar wani abu mara kyau game da lalatar Falasdinawa. Ka san dalili? ’Saboda ƙaramin al’amari ne. Karamin lamari ne, maras muhimmanci. Babban batu shi ne Iran. Muna son komai ya mayar da hankali kan Iran, ”in ji Ochs. "Abin da ya faru shine Jeff ya sadu da dan majalisa a cikin dakin baya, ya gaya musu ainihin abin da burinsa - kuma ta hanyar, Jeff Talpins yana da darajar dala miliyan 250 - asali sun ba shi ambulan mai katunan bashi 20, suka ce, 'Kai na iya goge kowane ɗayan waɗannan katunan kuɗi akan $1,000 kowanne.'”
Kamar Ƙungiyar Bindiga ta Ƙasa, ƙarfinta yana cikin lambobi kuma an fi mayar da hankali kan wani batu. Bayan Citizens United, DMFI na iya tsallake sashin tsara tushen tushe kuma ya tafi kai tsaye zuwa ƙoƙarin manyan kuɗi da aka jagoranta ta hanyar Super PACs. Akalla 11 na mambobin kwamitin 14 na DMFI suna da alaƙa zuwa AIPAC; Shugaban kafa DMFI, ma'aikacin bankin Wall Street Todd Richman, shi ma ya zauna a majalisar AIPAC ta kasa.
Mellman ya gaya mani cewa aikinsa na hannun hagu na jam'iyyar yana nufin tauye hakkin Isra'ila ne. "Ina da gogewa kai tsaye a siyasar Isra'ila, bayan da na taimaka wajen kawar da Netanyahu," in ji shi, yana nufin tsohon Firayim Minista Benjamin Netanyahu. Mellman ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai ba da shawara kan zaɓe don yaƙin neman zaɓe na Yair Lapid, yana aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara mai biyan kuɗi, yana tuntuɓar shi. a Washington, Da kuma gamuwa tare da mataimakinsa na harkokin waje. Jam'iyyar siyasa ta dama ta Lapid, Yesh Atid, za ta hauhawa karkashin jagorancin Mellman, wanda zai zama Firayim Minista Lapid na Isra'ila.
"Gaskiya mai sauƙi na siyasar Isra'ila ita ce 'yancin yin amfani da hare-hare daga Amurka da Turai zuwa ga fa'ida mai girma da daidaito," in ji Mellman. "Hakan ne daidai, sojojin anti-Isra'ila a Amurka suna yin yawa don taimakawa dama fiye da cutar da shi. Suna baiwa Bibi damar tsayawa takara a matsayin mutumin da zai tsaya tsayin daka don kare kasarsa da Amurka. Wannan shi ne babban jigon yawancin yakin neman zabensa. ‘Yan adawar Isra’ila mai nisa a hagu sun daukaka hakkin Isra’ila tare da yin mummunar barna ga fatan zaman lafiya tsakanin Isra’ila da Falasdinawa.
Dmitri Mehlhorn ya yi irin wannan gardama game da Mainstream Democrats PAC ta shisshigi game da masu ci gaba: cewa a zahiri suna niyya hagu don doke dama.
"Idan kuka kalli Amurka gaba daya, kuma kuna son masu fasikanci kada su karbi mulki, abin da kuke bukatar ku yi shi ne kasuwanci kadan daga cikin sha'awar ku a gundumomin birane - sha'awar da ba ta fassara gaba daya zuwa kuri'u masu ma'ana, saboda da yawa. na waɗancan mutanen… [suna] sau da yawa a cikin yanki mai aminci, [kuma] galibi ba sa yin zabe. … Kawai musanya shi ga mutanen da suke ainihin masu jefa ƙuri'a waɗanda suka yanke shawara a cikin minti na ƙarshe. Idan kun tafi da dabarun populist, a daya bangaren, "in ji shi, "Kuna kuma isar da saƙon da zai zaburar da shi daga ɗayan ɓangaren, saboda ku tuna, sun riga sun sami ƙwazo. na tsoro. Idan Nina Turner za ta ci wannan tseren [Ohio House], da ta kasance kashi 20 cikin XNUMX na 'ya'yan Sean Hannity daga ƙofar. Ka sani, yana sauƙaƙa aikinsu ne kawai idan wasu abubuwan da suke faɗi a zahiri sun dogara ne akan wani abu."
Mark Mellman yana magana a taron Tarayyar Yahudawa na Arewacin Amurka na 2016 a Washington, D.C., a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 2016.
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Sabuwar kungiyar Mellman an fitar da ita tare da bayanin martabar New York Times mai ban tsoro da kuma tsokaci na goyan baya daga Jagoran Masu rinjaye Steny Hoyer (wanda ke jagorantar tafiye-tafiyen majalisa da AIPAC ke daukar nauyin), Shugaban Caucus na Democrat Hakeem Jeffries, Shugaban Hulda da Kasashen Waje na Majalisar Dattawa Bob Menendez, da sabon Sanatan Democrat na Arizona. , Kyrsten Sinema. DMFI ta ba da taron tattaunawa don kiran farko na Lapid tare da ƙungiyar Sihiyoniya ta Amurka bayan zaɓensa, lokacin da ya yi ya bayyana aniyarsa don sake karfafa alakar Isra'ila da jam'iyyun siyasar Amurka.
Amma a cikin zagaye na farko na DMFI, ya sami cikas. Wasan farko na kungiyar don samun madafun iko, kokarin shawo kan Bernie Sanders ya kori masu ba da shawara musulmi biyu daga yakin neman zabensa na shugaban kasa, bai yi nasara ba, kamar yadda DMFI ya yi daga baya don buga shi da tallan TV a Iowa da New Hampshire. Na gaba, wanda zai zama memba na Squad Jamaal Bowman na New York ya shawo kan fiye da dala miliyan 2 a cikin kashe kudi na DMFI a cikin 2020 don korar Rep. Eliot Engel, shugaban kwamitin harkokin waje na majalisar wakilai kuma daya daga cikin masu zanga-zangar Isra'ila a Majalisa. Cewa Bowman ya yi nasara a zabtarewar kasa, kuma har ma yana dauke da yankunan Yahudawa masu yawa, babban kaye ne ga DMFI da AIPAC, saboda Bowman ya ki ja da baya da goyon bayansa na kare hakkin Falasdinawa.
A ranar 13 ga Mayu, 2021, a daidai lokacin da Frost ke yin gangami a Orlando, an kafa tarihi a bene na Majalisar Wakilai, kamar yadda Democrat bayan faretin da Democrat na tsawon sa'a guda don yin tir da harin da Isra'ila ke kai wa Gaza.
A cikin zagayowar 2020, AIPAC ta gamsu da barin DMFI ta gudanar da babban aiki na kuɗaɗe a cikin firamare na Demokraɗiyya. Don ƙarfafa goyon baya a gare shi, masu ba da gudummawar AIPAC sun ma ƙyale su ƙidaya kuɗin da aka ba DMFI a matsayin bashi ga gudunmawar su na AIPAC, wanda hakan ya sa su sami babban matsayi a taro da sauran abubuwan da suka faru. Amma nunin da ba a taɓa gani ba na goyon bayan Demokraɗiyya na ci gaba ga Falasɗinawa a yayin Yaƙin Gaza a bene na Majalisar.
"Muna ganin mafi yawan masu zagin alakar Amurka da Isra'ila, wadanda ke da tasiri kan tattaunawar," in ji AIPAC. Howard Kohr ya fada wa Post. "Kuma muna bukatar mu mayar da martani." Matsalar, in ji shi, ita ce "tashi na ƴan tsiraru a hannun hagu na jam'iyyar Demokraɗiyya mai adawa da Isra'ila da kuma neman raunana da kuma rage dangantakar. Ra'ayinmu shi ne cewa goyon bayan dangantakar Amurka da Isra'ila duka manufa ce mai kyau da kuma kyakkyawar siyasa. Mun so mu kare abokanmu, kuma mu aika da sako ga masu zagin cewa akwai gungun mutane da za su yi adawa da su. "
Wannan rukunin mutane ya fara haduwa a cikin Janairu 2022. AIPAC ta tura dala miliyan 8.5 zuwa Super PAC da ta kafa mai suna United Democracy Project. Wani dan kasuwa mai zaman kansa kuma mai ba da gudummawa na Republican Paul Singer ya ci dala miliyan guda, kamar yadda dan Republican Bernard Marcus, tsohon Shugaba na Home Depot ya yi. Da yawa daga cikin manyan masu ba da gudummawa, da yawa daga cikinsu kuma 'yan Republican, sun harba manyan cak don ba United Democracy Project wani kirjin yaƙi na dala miliyan 30. Ya zuwa karshen watan Maris, ta kashe dala 80,000 wajen jefa kuri’a, yayin da ta ke kai hare-hare kan jinsi tare da inganta sakwannin ta, a cewar sanarwar.
A cikin Afrilu, ta watsar da tallace-tallace na farko na sake zagayowar, alamar tawaga tare da DMFI don tabbatar da nasarar Turner na biyu da Brown bai taɓa tashi daga ƙasa ba. A wannan watan ne ta kaddamar da farmaki kan Nida Allam, wata kwamishiniyar Durham kuma mace Musulma ta farko da aka zaba a North Carolina. Ta tsaya takarar ne bayan da aka kashe kawayenta musulmi guda uku a wani mummunan laifin nuna kyama a Chapel Hill wanda ya ja hankalin al’ummar kasar. AIPAC ta kashe miliyoyin kudi don dakatar da hawanta, inda ta marawa Sanata Valerie Foushee baya a zaben fidda gwani na watan Mayu. Wani wuri a cikin jihar, AIPAC ta kashe dala miliyan 2 akan Erica Smith mai ci gaba a wani budadden firamare.
"Koyaushe za mu yi tsammanin 'yancin samun ƙarin kuɗi, ganin cewa suna aiki ne bisa tushen manyan masu ba da gudummawa. Amma wannan kadan ne na yakin gaskiya. Amma yanzu kun ƙara da abin da DMFI ke yi miliyan 30 daga AIPAC, wannan kawai a cikin sauran daular.
United Democracy Project shima ya fara tarwatsewa a Lee, wanda ke gudana a budadden firamare da za a gudanar a rana guda da na North Carolina. Sabuwar kungiyar kudaden waje ta J Street ta kasance tana shirin tarawa da kashe kusan dala miliyan biyu don yin gogayya da AIPAC, wanda suka yi hasashen za ta kashe tsakanin dala miliyan 2 zuwa dala miliyan 5. Wannan, in ji Logan Bayroff na J Street, aƙalla zai zama wani abu na yaƙin gaskiya, ganin cewa AIPAC da DMFI dole ne su shawo kan gaskiyar cewa abin da suke ba da shawara - ba tare da kulawa ba, goyon baya mara iyaka ga gwamnatin Isra'ila, ba tare da la'akari da cin zarafi ba - ba su da farin ciki. a zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya. "Koyaushe za mu yi tsammanin 'yancin samun ƙarin kuɗi, ganin cewa suna aiki ne bisa tushen manyan masu ba da gudummawa. Amma wannan ɗan ƙaramin yaƙi ne na adalci, ”in ji shi game da rarrabuwar kawuna tsakanin J Street da DMFI. "Amma yanzu kun ƙara zuwa abin da DMFI ke yi miliyan 10 daga AIPAC, wannan shine kawai a cikin sauran yankuna."
Justice Democrats, Working Families Party, Indivisible, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, da Sunrise Movement sun yi aiki tare da haɗin gwiwa tare da J Street a kan yawan jinsi da DMFI da AIPAC suka taka a ciki, kuma inda za su iya samun isasshen kuɗi, 'yan takarar suna da harbi.
Joe Dinkn, darektan yakin neman zabe na kasa ya ce: "Idan ka kalli tseren da muka yi rashin nasara, mugayen mutane 6, 8, 10 zuwa 1 sun yi amfani da mu. WFP.
A cikin gundumar Chicago, DMFI, AIPAC, da Mainstream Dems sun goyi bayan Gilbert Villegas akan Delia Ramirez mai ci gaba. Amma DMFI ya sanya $157,000 kawai, PAC na Hoffman ya tsinke a cikin $65,000, kuma United Democracy Project ba ta aiwatar da kashe kuɗi mai zaman kanta ba. VoteVets, kungiya ce wacce kusan ke goyan bayan tsoffin 'yan takara na tsaka-tsaki a kan masu ci gaba idan ana batun zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya, ita ce babbar mai kashe kudi, ta sanya sama da $950,000 a ciki.
Tare da tallafi daga WFP (wanda ya jefar da fiye da $ 600,000 a cikin tseren), CPC PAC ($ 400,000), Emily's List ($ 262,000), Indivisible ($ 240,000), J Street ($ 45,000), da kuma kashe membobin majalisa masu ci gaba - Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley - Ramirez ya ci nasara da maki sama da 40 kuma yana shirin zama memba na Majalisa na Squad. Duk abin da aka faɗa, Ramirez yana da ƙarin tallafin waje - $ 1.7 miliyan - fiye da Villegas, fiye da dala miliyan 1.2, a cewar bayanan da Cibiyar Amsa Siyasa ta tattara. (Yakin Villegas ya fi karfin Ramirez kai tsaye da kusan $ 400,000.)
Kuma a cikin wani yanayi, inda PACs suka sami kansu a kan wani mai aljihu mai zurfi kamar nasu, sun fadi. A Michigan, AIPAC ta kashe fiye da dala miliyan 4 akan Shri Thanedar, mai ba da gudummawar kai wanda bai san jam'iyyar da yake son shiga ba kafin ya ba da kudi mai ban mamaki na takarar gwamna a 2018, sannan ya samu nasarar siyan kujerar dan majalisar jiha a 2020, sannan ya nemi takararsa ta 2022. DMFI ba ta gudanar da kashe kuɗi mai zaman kanta ba, amma ƙoƙarin AIPAC ya sami tallafin dala miliyan 1 daga Kare Makomar Mu. Dan takararsu, Sanata Adam Hollier, ya gaza da kashi 5 cikin dari. Thanedar ya ba da rancen kamfen ɗinsa fiye da dala miliyan 8 kuma ya kashe kusan dala miliyan 4 don cin nasara.
Duba cikin hedkwatar yaƙin neman zaɓe na Maxwell Frost, ranar 30 ga Agusta, 2022 a Orlando, Fla.
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A sakamakon amincewar DMFI na abokin hamayyar Frost, Torres da Frost sun fara magana. Mubarak ya gargade shi. “Na ce, ko ka san cewa mutumin nan ba shi da ci gaba ko kadan? Na tafi, yana da alama yana ci gaba, amma a zahiri yana da matsala sosai, ba kawai a kan Falasdinu ba. " Ta yi nuni da cewa ya dade yana yin watsi da wasu tambayoyin dan takarar amma ya ba da lokaci ga Torres. "Ya gaya mani, Oh, na sani, amma kawai ya dauke ni karkashin reshensa saboda ni Afro Latino ne."
Don tabbatar da farkon masu goyan bayan sa, Frost ya zauna don kira na zuƙowa a ranar 9 ga Maris tare da masu fafutuka da dama tare da Cibiyar Sadarwar Falasɗinawa ta Florida don tattaunawa game da ra'ayoyinsa.
Shima wani tsohon dan majalisar dattawa a jihar Dwight Bullard ya shiga wannan kiran. "Fata na shine kasancewa cikin wannan kiran cewa zai ji daɗin abokantaka, idan kuna so: 'Ina sanar da ku a fili cewa ni abokin tarayya ne na Cibiyar Sadarwar Falasɗinawa ta Florida, kuma ba shi da kyau a faɗi ra'ayinku,'" Bullard ya ce.
A cikin majalisa, an gabatar da Bullard game da batun BDS lokacin da 'yan majalisar Florida suka matsa lamba don cire kwangilar jihohi daga duk wani kamfani da ya amince da kauracewa. Bullard ba shi da kansa mai goyon bayan BDS ba amma ya yi imanin 'yancin kauracewa shine tsakiyar kowace gwagwarmaya don mutunci ko 'yancin jama'a, kuma babu shakka babu kasuwanci na Majalisar Dattijan Jihar Florida. "A gare ni kawai a kan fuskarta, ya yi kama da wani nau'in gyare-gyare na farko na danniya," in ji shi. "Idan dalibai a jihar Florida suna son kauracewa Coca-Cola ba za mu ma yin wannan tattaunawar ba, amma a nan muna yin wannan bangare na dokokinmu."
Ya dauki zafi mai zafi don kada kuri'ar kin amincewa da matakin sannan ya fara duba lamarin. Kungiyar Dream Defenders, da ke da alaƙa da Florida Palestine Network, ta gayyace shi ya ziyarci yankin, kuma ya ɗauke su a cikin 2016. "Ba za ku iya ganin abin da kuka gani ba, kuma ku dawo ku sa mutane su kasance kamar, a'a Ba haka ba ne - Ina da mutane da suke ƙoƙarin gaya mani cewa duk abin da na fuskanta wani motsa jiki ne gaba ɗaya," in ji shi.
A waccan shekarar, godiya ga Kotun Koli ta gutting na Dokar 'Yancin Zabe a Shelby County v. Holder, gundumar Bullard ta sake sake fasalin, kuma ya yi amfani da yakin 2016 ba wai kawai ya kare tuhume-tuhumen nuna kyama ba, har ma da ta'addanci. Daya daga cikin jagororin yawon bude ido, Bafalasdine, a baya yana da alaka da Popular Front for 'yantar da Falasdinu, wadda ma'aikatar harkokin wajen Amurka ta ayyana kungiyar ta'addanci. da tallan hari hotuna masu rufi na 9/11 tare da Bullard.
"Kashi saba'in bisa dari na gundumar sabbin masu jefa kuri'a ne kuma dole ne ku sake gabatar da kanku ga mutane yayin da suke sanya tallan talabijin suna cewa kai dan ta'adda ne," in ji Bullard. "To ai tafiyara kenan."
Membobin kungiyoyin kare hakkin jama'a da na 'yancin kada kuri'a, Sanata Dwight Bullard na jihar Florida, yayi magana a wani taron manema labarai, Satumba 15, 2022, a Miami.
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A kan kiran zuƙowa, Bullard ya zo yana gaskata Frost yana aiki tare. Bullard ya ce "Na ji yana cewa yana cikin jituwa da waccan kungiyar, cewa zai kasance abokin hadin gwiwa idan aka zabe shi a Majalisa," in ji Bullard.
A shekara baya, Frost yana da ya rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya ta 'yan mata ta Falasdinu wanda za a kai ga Demings. Daga cikin shawarwarinta, ta yi alƙawarin "yin biyayya ga kiran ƙungiyoyin farar hula na Falasdinu na kauracewa, kawar da kai, da takunkumi" tare da yin kira da "a kawo ƙarshen tallafin siyasa, soji, da tattalin arziƙin Amurka ga Isra'ila, da duk sojoji, tsaro, da 'yan sanda. sadarwa."
A cewar mambobi hudu na cibiyar sadarwa ta Falasdinu ta Florida da kuma abokanta a kan kiran, Frost ya bayyana cewa har yanzu yana tare da su. "Ina goyan bayan BDS, wanda shine motsi na asali," in ji Frost. Duk da cewa babu wani rikodin kiran, Ahmad Daraldik, wanda ke cikinsa, ya kara da maganar a wani rubutu na rukuni da ke gudana a lokacin, wasu kuma da ke cikin kiran sun tuna shi ma ya fadi hakan. “ABIN KYAU!! Aiki da kyau kowa da kowa, ”Maram Al-Dada ya aika sako ga kungiyar a matsayin martani ga kwafin Daraldik. Watakila ma mafi mahimmanci, Frost ya ce yayin da yake tsara manufofinsa na Isra'ila da Falasdinu, zai yi hakan ne ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar kai tsaye tare da abokansa da suka daɗe a cikin hanyar Falesdinu ta Florida.
Dangane da tsarin siyasa a Amurka ya kamata a tafi, Cibiyar Falesdinu ta Florida ta yi duk abin da ya dace: gina ƙungiyar mutane masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya, ikon aiwatarwa ta hanyar tarurrukan da manyan jami'an gida, da goyan bayan ɗan takarar Majalisa, tare da ɗaukar alhakinsa. zuwa matsayin da ya tsaya. Alexis de Tocqueville zai iya gane aikin su cikin sauƙi a matsayin wani abu mai mahimmanci na dimokiradiyya a Amurka a cikin aiki. Amma Tocqueville bai san komai game da Super PACs ba.
Maxwell Frost ya hau wani lif akan hanyar sa don yin hira da shi akan faifan podcast, Agusta 30, 2022 a Orlando, Fla.
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Daga baya a cikin Maris, Torres ya amince da Frost a bainar jama'a. “Mambobin Majalisa da yawa sun zo kusa da ni suka ce dole ne ku hadu da Maxwell Frost. Kuma abin da na fi burge ni game da shi shi ne kuruciyarsa. Na tuna cewa na yi takarar kujerar majalisar birni tun ina da shekara 24, kuma na ji ra’ayin dan majalisa na farko na Gen Z. Kuma lokacin da na sadu da shi, yana da ban sha'awa sosai, "in ji Torres. "Na dade ina sukar Majalisa a matsayin gerontocracy."
Na tambayi ko ya yi magana da Frost musamman game da batun Isra'ila da Falasdinu. "Mun yi magana game da batutuwa daban-daban kuma ba wurina ba ne in gaya wa abokin aiki na yanzu ko na gaba yadda zan yi tunani ko abin da zan yi tunani," in ji shi. "Ka sani, zan iya ƙarfafa shi ya kasance da hankali, sauraron kowane bangare na muhawarar. Amma a ƙarshe lokacin da kake ɗan majalisa, dole ne ka zama naka. Dole ne ku yanke shawarar ku kuma zai kasance mai cin gashin kansa. "
DMFI ta riga ta amince da Bracy a tseren, kuma na tambayi ko Torres ya taimaka magana da ƙungiyar daga kashe ainihin kuɗi a madadin Bracy. “Mun sami bambancin ra’ayi a tseren. Na gamsu cewa Maxwell yana wakiltar ainihin abin da muke bukata a Majalisa, "in ji shi. “Waɗannan ƙungiyoyin za su yi abin da ya dace da bukatunsu. Ba wurina ba ne in gaya wa mutanen da zan amince da su ko abin da zan amince da su ba, kamar yadda nake son wasu su mutunta haƙƙina na yin aiki da kansu, zan ba wa sauran mutane da cibiyoyi irin wannan ladabi. "
Na kuma tambayi idan ya sanya kalma mai kyau tare da duniyar crypto a madadin Frost. "Ba na gaya musu abin da za su yi ba, kuma dole ne ku yi hankali," in ji shi, yayin da yake magana kan dokokin yakin neman zabe game da Super PACs da daidaitawa. "Amma a fili an san cewa na amince da shi a bainar jama'a."
"Muna magana ne kawai game da zama matasa da Afro Latino," in ji Frost. "Ya ce ya yi matukar farin ciki da samun karin Afro Latinos a Majalisa, musamman samari masu launi, kuma a lokacin ne ya ba da goyon bayansa da taimakonsa da goyon baya."
A farkon Afrilu, bayan amincewar Torres na Frost, yakin neman tallafin crypto ya kasance. Bracy, dan takarar da ke samun goyon bayan DMFI, ya sanar da samar da kwamitin majalisa wanda zai hada da 'yan majalisar tarayya da na jihohi masu sha'awar kera manufofin crypto. Frost ya biyo baya a ranar 27 ga Afrilu ta hanyar sanar da "majalisar kasa" don ba shi shawara kan "cryptocurrency da fasahar blockchain."
Majalisar ta hada da kwararru amma kuma Adelle Nazarian, Shugaba na American Blockchain PAC, da Sean McElwee, wanda ya kafa ci gaba da gudanar da zabe na Data for Progress, wanda ya taka rawa a farkon zaben Torres zuwa Majalisa.
A ranar Mayu 10, Frost ya bayyana akan faifan bidiyo na crypto wanda ɗaya daga cikin membobin majalisar crypto ya shirya, kuma a wannan maraice, a wani mashaya Adams Morgan a Washington, D.C. wanda ya gudanar da taron tattara kuɗi da McElwee ya shirya; Ben Wessel, darektan kamfen na Emerson Collective, wanda Laurene Powell Jobs ya samu; da Leah Hunt-Hendrix, mai tsarawa mai ci gaba kuma wanda ya kafa Way to Win kuma memba na Frost's crypto shawara kwamitin. Gabe Bankman-Fried, ɗan'uwan hamshakin attajirin nan na crypto Sam Bankman-Fried, ya yi magana a wurin tara kuɗin. Gabe shine shugaban Kare Makomar Mu, PAC wanda ɗan'uwansa ke ba da tallafi kuma ya sadaukar da kai ga shawarwarin siyasa game da rigakafin cutar, wanda ya haɗu a kan manyan tsere, kamar Nida Allam's, tare da DMFI, AIPAC, da Mainstream Dems. (Gina Gidauniyar Ƙarfafa nan gaba, ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin agaji na Sam Bankman-Fried, yana ba da tallafin kuɗi don haɗarin rayuwa na The Intercept, rigakafin annoba, da ɗaukar lafiyar lab-bio. Ƙungiyar sa-kai da ke da alaƙa da Way to Win, Way to Rise, ita ma. An ba da gudummawa ga The Intercept, wanda Amalgamated Foundation ya sauƙaƙe.) A cikin Afrilu 2022, bisa ga bayanan kuɗin yaƙin neman zaɓe, Kare makomarmu ta biya ƙungiyar Mellman don jefa ƙuri'a. (Rahoton bai nuna ko wace tseren da suka yi haɗin kai ba, amma duka DMFI da Kare Makomarmu sun kashe kuɗi sosai don doke Allam a Arewacin Carolina.)
A wurin tara kuɗi, hannun D.C na dogon lokaci waɗanda suka ga ɗaruruwan ƴan takara sun zo ta cikin gari, Frost, masu kyan gani da kwarjini a kan kututture, an yi magana game da shi a matsayin ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na gaba, ba dangane da idan sai yaushe.
Ya zama da wahala ga abokan gwagwarmayar Frost su cika alkawuransa ga al'ummar Falasdinu a Orlando tare da kawancen sa da Torres.
Frost ya ce shigar sa tare da Gabe Bankman-Fried's Super PAC ya samo asali ne daga sha'awar rigakafin cututtukan da ke gaba. "Na tuna mun sami Zoom na farko," in ji Frost, "inda Gabe ke magana da ni, menene manufofin da suke yi? Me yasa suke yin haka a wannan lokacin? Kuma a gaskiya, shirye-shiryen annoba wani abu ne na san zip game da shi. Don haka a zahiri na sami kyakkyawar tattaunawa tare da Gabe game da abin da Kariya da Cutar Kwayar cuta ke fafatawa a kai kuma hakan ya sa ni sha'awa sosai, domin na tuna makonni kaɗan kafin hakan na yi magana da wasu membobin al'umma, kuma sun kawo hakan. Kuma na ji kamar wow, sha'awar shirye-shiryen rigakafin cutar za ta ragu da raguwa yayin da lokaci ke tafiya, kamar yadda hakan ke faruwa tare da harbe-harbe da tashin hankali. Kuma na ga a layi daya a can. Don haka na ce wa Gabe wannan wani abu ne da zan iya samu a baya.”
Kare Makomar Mu (Super PAC da ke da alaƙa da Kare Cutar Cutar) ta sanar a ranar 17 ga Mayu cewa za ta kashe aƙalla $1 miliyan don tallafawa Frost. Tsohon dan majalisa Alan Grayson, yana fafatawa da Frost don kuri'un ci gaba, bai sayi hujjar cewa komai game da shirye-shiryen cutar ba ne. "Ba na tsammanin za ku taba ganin mafi kyawun misali na wani wanda ya sa kansu don sayarwa," in ji Grayson, yana lura da kusancin ƙirƙirar hukumar ba da shawara tare da kwararar kuɗin crypto. Zai yi wa Frost guduma a cikin makonnin rufe kamfen. Grayson, wanda ke kada kuri'a cikin gasa kafin ambaliyar ruwa ya ce: "Ya yi nazari kan rawar cin hanci da rashawa, kuma ya lashe zaben."
Mike Levine, mai magana da yawun Kare Makomar Mu, ya ce tallafin kungiyar na Frost ya ta'allaka ne da gaske game da matsayin sa na shirye-shiryen cutar. "Kare Goyan bayan Mu na gaba ga Maxwell Frost da sauran 'yan takara a duk faɗin Amurka sha'awarmu ta hana cutar ta gaba. Ba mu da wani matsayi a kan wani abu da ya shafi cryptocurrency, "in ji shi. "Masu jefa kuri'a na farko na Florida sun gani a fili ta hanyar ƙoƙarin karkatar da hankali daga ainihin lamuran kuma sun zaɓi shugaba da yawa wanda zai yi abin da ake bukata don kare kai daga bala'in annoba."
Dangantaka tsakanin Frost da farkon masu mara masa baya ta kara tabarbarewa, har ma a wancan makon kuma samu da dama yarda a Majalisa, daga Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, da Ed Markey zuwa Rep. Pramila Jayapal da Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Ya zama da wahala ga abokan gwagwarmayar Frost su cika alkawuransa ga al'ummar Falasdinu a Orlando tare da kawancen sa da Torres. A ranar 11 ga watan Mayu, sojojin Isra'ila sun tayar da hankalin duniya da farko ta hanyar kashe 'yar jaridar Falasdinawa Shireen Abu Akleh sannan kuma bayan kwanaki ta kai hari kan masu zaman makoki da masu dauke da kwayar cutar, inda ta kusa kifar da akwatinta a wajen jana'izar.
Mubarak ya isa gun Frost, yana tambayar dalilin da ya sa bai yi magana ba har yanzu. "An kashe wani dan jarida," ta aika masa da sako. "Wannan lokaci ne mai sauki don yin magana a cikin hadin kai ga Falasdinu."
"Kai mahaukaci ne saboda ban fitar da tweet ba," in ji ta. Hakan ya bata maganar, ta ce. Tweet shine mafi ƙarancin da take kira. "Na ce kamar ba ku yarda da mutuntakar Falasdinawa ba don ku ku mayar da martani haka," in ji ta. “Rayukan mu sun ragu, ba a auna ’yancinmu, kwatsam, daidai da sauran. Abin da ya ji kenan lokacin da ya mayar da martani haka. Kuma ya kasance kamar, OK. "
Ya shaida wa Mubarak cewa ya ga bidiyo mai ban tsoro na jana'izar kuma a shirye yake ya yi wani rubutu, ya aika da sako. Ta roke shi ya fara aika mata daftarin aiki. Bata damu ba, ko kadan, da abinda ya aiko. "Na ce, ba ku ma amfani da kalmar Falasdinawa? Wannan wani bangare ne na gogewa a kanta, "in ji ta, tana mai nuna yadda ya yi amfani da "mutane" maimakon Falasdinawa. "A cikin yadda mutane ke saƙon abubuwa yana shafe mu a matsayin Falasɗinawa kuma ba ya suna azzalumi. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa hakan ke ci gaba da faruwa. Domin duniya tana barinsu su rabu da ita ta hanyar bata/bayar da gaskiyar lamarin,” ta aika masa da sako.
Ta ci gaba da cewa "Sa'an nan kuma ya ce zai yi magana-Twit Sakataren [Antony] Blinken. "Kuma na ce, Maxwell, ba za ka taba yin tsokaci game da sakatariyar Blinken ba ko kuma daidaita kanka da Sakatare Blinken kan wani batu. Me ya sa a kan Falasdinu kuke zabar hanya mai cike da ruwa? Kuma na aika masa da sakon Marie Newman, na aika masa Bernie Sanders tweet. Kamar Bernie Sanders, ga misali. "
Misalan a fili ba su da rarrafe-ko, watakila, sun kasance masu lallashi ta wata hanya dabam. DMFI ya kashe makudan kudade da Sanders a lokacin takararsa na shugaban kasa kuma ya shagaltu da kashe Newman a kasa a zaben firamare. A ranar 15 ga Mayu, Frost ya ambato-tweeted wani sakon Blinken mai kwana 2, yana barin kalmar "mutane" tare da ƙara magana ga "Falasdinawa" a ƙarshe a matsayin mutanen da suka "cancanci yin baƙin ciki ba tare da fuskantar tashin hankali ba."
Wancan Talata rana ce da DMFI, AIPAC, da Dimokuradiyya Mainstream suka yi fatan za ta zama wani kisa ga tashe tashen hankula da ke ci gaba da samun karbuwa a zaben fidda gwani. Reid Hoffman's PAC ya kashe miliyoyi don haɓaka ɗan majalisa mai ra'ayin mazan jiya na Democrat Kurt Schrader, wanda ke fuskantar ƙalubale mai inganci daga Jamie McLeod-Skinner a Oregon. Hakanan akwai Summer Lee a Pennsylvania, da Nida Allam da Erica Smith a Arewacin Carolina.
Allam ya rasa kashi 46 zuwa 37 bisa dari. "[Frost] ya tsorata sosai bayan an doke Nida," in ji Mubarak. Smith, wanda kuma ya fuskanci fiye da dala miliyan 2 na kudin AIPAC da dala 467,000 daga DMFI, an yi masa duka. Kuma a Texas mako mai zuwa, Jessica Cisneros ta fuskanci dan majalisa Henry Cuellar a zagaye na biyu na zaben da za ta yi rashin nasara da kuri'u dari kadan. Amma McLeod-Skinner ya buge Schrader, kuma Andrea Salinas mai ci gaba ya ci dala miliyan 11 marasa tsoron Allah a cikin Bankman-Fried kudi ta hanyar Kare Future PAC don lashe wani firamare na Oregon.
Gasar marquee, duk da haka, tana cikin Pittsburgh, inda AIPAC da DMFI suka haɗu don sanya sama da dala miliyan 3 don tallan tallan da Lee a cikin makonnin rufe gasar. (Mara Talpins - matar mai ba da kuɗaɗen shinge Jeffrey Talpins, mai suna a matsayin mai karɓar katin kiredit-stacked AIPAC fundraisers a New York - ta ba da $5,000 ga Steve Irwin.) A ƙarshen Maris, Lee ya riƙe jagorar maki 25, kafin kuɗin shiga - kuma wannan adadin kudi na iya tafiya mai nisa a kasuwar TV ta Pittsburgh. Yayin da tallace-tallacen AIPAC suka kai mata hari ba kakkautawa a matsayinta na 'yar Democrat ta gaske,' ta kalli alkalumman kada kuri'un ta suna raguwa.
Amma sai Lee ta ga tseren ya daidaita, yayin da ƙungiyoyin ci gaba na waje suka shigar da kuɗi kuma kamfen nata ya mayar da martani da sauri kan zargin cewa ba ta da aminci ga Jam'iyyar Democratic. Adalci Democrats sun zuba kusan dala miliyan 1, WFP ta saka dala 450,000, ita kuma Progressive Caucus PAC ta saka $200,000. Magoya bayanta sun yi wani batu game da gaskiyar cewa AIPAC ta goyi bayan 'yan Republican sama da 100 da suka kada kuri'ar soke zaben 2020 yayin da suke nuna cewa sun damu da kyawun dan Democrat Lee.
"Lokacin da muka sami damar murkushe waɗancan labarun da [masu jefa ƙuri'a] ke samu ba tare da ɓata lokaci ba - batun jikewa ya bambanta da wani abu da kuka taɓa gani - lokacin da muka buga kofa, babu wanda ya taɓa cewa, 'Oh, hey, Summer yana da wannan. ra'ayi na musamman kan manufofin Gabas ta Tsakiya?' Kamar, wannan ba zance ba ne. Ya kasance, 'Shin Summer yana goyon bayan Trump?' "in ji ta. "Mun sami damar tayar da tallanmu, tallan da ba ta yi komai ba face nuna bidiyon da nake yi wa Biden, ga jam'iyyar. Lokacin da muka sami damar fitar da hakan, ya fara taimaka wa mutane da gaske su yi tambaya kuma da gaske sun yanke hakan. "
A Ranar Zabe, ta doke Irwin da kasa da kuri'u 1,000, kashi 41.9 zuwa kashi 41, tana yiwa 'yan adawar nata cinna wuta.
Idan da ba ta ji daɗin irin wannan babban shaharar da sunan suna a gundumar ba, kawar da AIPAC na jagorar maki 25 a cikin makonni shida ya isa ya doke ta. John Fetterman, a halin yanzu, ya sami damar fuskantar abokin hamayyarsa na tsakiya a budaddiyar kujera ga Majalisar Dattawan Pennsylvania ba tare da daukar Super PAC ba kuma ya yi nasara cikin sauki.
Mubarak ya sanar da Frost cewa ta ji takaicin sakon da aka yi wa Abu Akleh, amma ta gaya masa kada ya yi tunani a kan rashin Allam. Menene burin cin nasara idan bai kasance mai gaskiya ga dabi'unsa ba? "Domin sanya shi cikin hangen nesa, a bara, kuna kururuwa kuma kuna jagorantar waƙoƙi tare da mu. A wannan shekarar muna rokon a sake wallafawa,” in ji ta. “Na ci gaba da ƙoƙari sosai don in zama tushen albarkatu, aboki nagari kuma mai ba da shawara gare ku tun ranar farko da na sadu da ku. Tun kafin ka so ka tsaya takara. Ba za ku iya faɗar irin wannan ga mutanen da kuke sauraron sake Palestine ba." A ranar 21 ga Mayu, Frost ya narkar da majalisar dafa abinci.
Bracy, abokin hamayyar Frost wanda fatan samun kudin DMFI bai taba zuwa ba, ya ji takaici Mubarak ya tafi tare da Frost a kansa. "Na san ta na dogon lokaci kuma mun yi aiki tare a kan abubuwa, amma ta yi hauka sosai lokacin da DMFI ta amince da ni," in ji Bracy. "Wannan wani abu ne da ba mu yarda ba, saboda ina tsammanin ina da ra'ayi daban bayan na tafi Isra'ila da kaina na je Falasdinu da ganin abubuwa da kaina." A baya Bracy ya tafi ziyarar da AIPAC ta dauki nauyin zuwa Isra'ila. Mubarak ya gaya masa batun yana da matukar mahimmanci a gare ta kuma za ta goyi bayan Frost a bainar jama'a. "Tana fadin yadda za ta kasance, muddin ta san ni, za ta goyi bayan Maxwell, saboda wannan batu. Kuma na kasance kamar, ka sani, wannan yana ciwo, amma na samu. Kuma a zahiri, bayan ya sami duk abokan hulɗarta, ya sanya babban birninta na siyasa a bayansa - tana da mabiya a tsakiyar Florida - kuma ya juya. Na kasance kamar, aƙalla na yi imani da gaske. "
Ana ganin motar Maxwell Frost a Longwood, Fla., Agusta 30, 2022.
Hoto: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post ta hanyar Getty Images
A farkon watan Yuni, matsin lamba yana ƙaruwa don Frost ya ba da hira da Insider Bayahude. Tsawon watanni, manajan kamfen Kevin Lata ya yi watsi da bukatar, wanda ya shigo jim kadan bayan amincewar Torres. "Na yi ta harbin gwangwani a kan wannan har tsawon watanni 2," in ji shi ga masu ba da shawara na yakin a cikin rubutun rukuni a ranar 4 ga Yuni. "Ba na tsammanin za mu iya harba shi da yawa. Zan sa su aika tambayoyin kuma za mu iya amsa ta imel. Ga alama kamar haɗari da yawa don yin ta ta wayar tarho. Titin J Street yayi tayin duba martaninmu kafin mu mika su. Tabbas muna sane da irin ɗaukar hoto da JI ke yi. Akwai tutoci ko tunani kafin mu ci gaba?"
Daya daga cikin masu ba da shawara ya tambayi ko Lata ya san kusurwar labarin da wanda ke ba da rahoto, kuma Lata ya raba imel ɗin ɗan jaridar tare da ƙungiyar. "Maxwell yana da sha'awar mu saboda dalilai daban-daban, daya daga cikinsu shi ne cewa ya sami amincewa daga Wakilin Torres, wanda zai iya sha'awar masu karatunmu saboda sau da yawa muna yin rubutu game da kokarinsa a cikin House," in ji wakilin. ya bayyana a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, yana mai cewa zai so yin tambaya game da yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran, yaki da kyamar baki, da "dangantakar Amurka da Isra'ila."
"Ya sake buge ni kwanaki 3 da suka wuce," Lata ta rubuta, "wanda ya zo daidai da lokacin da muke aikawa da takarda. Don haka ina da kwarin gwiwa cewa yana da shi."
Takardar mu. Takardar matsayin Frost akan Isra'ila-Palestine ta fita. An riga an tsara takardar da Cibiyar Falesdinu ta Florida ta tabbata Frost zai yi taron bita da su.
Wasu daga cikin masu ba da shawara kamar sun yi mamaki. "Mene ne takardar kuma ta yaya suka same ta?" ta tambayi mai ba da shawara Victoria McGroary.
Rania Batrice, mashawarcin Falasdinawa kan harkokin yada labarai a kan sarkar, ta yi tambaya game da shi ma. “Har yanzu ban ga takardar ba. Kuma ina matukar son hakan, ” ta aika wa kungiyar sako. "Me Maxwell zai ce game da yarjejeniyar nukiliyar Iran? Me game da abubuwa kamar ƙarin tallafi ga Isra'ila, da dai sauransu. Menene 'mafi muni' da kuke hangowa a nan?"
Rania Batrice ta yi magana a wajen kaddamar da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na wani bincike kan sauyin yanayi a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu, 2020 a birnin New York.
Hoto: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images na UNDP
"Duk yana cikin takarda," in ji Lata. Batrice ya ci gaba da yin gardama game da ba da yin hira kuma ya dage a raba takarda sosai. Amma ita da wasu da ke matsawa Frost kan manufofin Isra'ila sun riga sun yi rashin nasara. A cikin sa'o'i 48, Frost ya kori Batrice, wanda ya ƙi yin sharhi game da wannan labarin. Don maye gurbinta a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin watsa labarai, ya kawo Mark Putnam na Putnam Partners. Putnam sau da yawa yana haɗin gwiwa akan kamfen tare da Mark Mellman, shugaban DMFI.
Ko da yake Frost ya narkar da kujerun girkinsa, ya ci gaba da tuntubar Mubarak. A ranar 23 ga Yuni, sun haɗu da ɗaya a cikin wani cafe a cikin garin Orlando, inda ta tayar da harbin Batrice. Mubarak ya gargade shi da cewa a taqaice, masu sa ido na korar matan Palasdinawa biyu kacal a wannan kamfen, yayin da yake sauya matsayinsa, na da tada hankali. Frost, in ji ta, ya musanta cewa hutunsa da Batrice ba shi da alaka da turawa. Mubarak ya tambaya ko da gaske ne cewa ana tsara bayanin manufofin Isra'ila ko kuma an tsara shi, sai ya gaya mata haka ne, ya kuma yi magana ta wasu sabbin tunaninsa kan batun. “Na tuna masa da jajircewarsa ga kungiyar Falasdinu ta Florida yana mai cewa, kun yi wa wannan kungiya alkawari, wannan kungiyar da kuke ciki a wani lokaci, cewa za ku saki wani abu da idanunmu a kansa, mu bita da amincewarmu. ,” in ji ta. Ta yi imani har yanzu zai aiko musu da daftarin, ta tuno. "Wani bangare na begena na karya ya shigo, kamar watakila har yanzu zai ci gaba. Sai kawai aka sake shi.”
Kamfen na Bracy, wanda ya damu da cewa har yanzu ba a sami kashe kuɗi mai zaman kansa ta ko dai DMFI ko AIPAC ba, ya kai ga duka biyun don tambayar abin da ke faruwa, a cewar wata majiya da ke da masaniyar musayar kai tsaye. Labari mara kyau ya dawo: Torres da sauran masu fada a ji sun yi nauyi a madadin Frost, kuma sabon matsayinsa ya sa kashe kashen Super PAC bai zama dole ba.
A tsakiyar watan Yuli, masu jefa kuri'a na Maryland sun tafi rumfunan zabe a wani zaben fidda gwani na jam'iyyar Democrat, wannan ya hada da tsohuwar 'yar majalisar wakilai Donna Edwards, wacce ta yi nasara a yakin neman zabe a kan wani dan takara mai ci a shekara ta 2008 kuma yanzu yana kokarin sake dawowa. adawa da kafa Democrat. A shekararta ta farko a Majalisa, ta ya zabe "present" a cikin wani kuduri mai goyon bayan Isra'ila a cikin sabon yakin da ta yi a Gaza tare da jefa kuri'u kadan wadanda suka kauce wa kuri'u dari bisa dari na AIPAC. DMFI da AIPAC sun goyi bayan abokin hamayyarta na lauya na kamfani, suna yin tseren da Edwards zai yi asara kuma, tare da kashe dala miliyan 100 da aka kashe, suka mayar da shi gamuwa da ita.
Tallan, kamar yadda aka saba, ba su ambaci Isra’ila-Palestine ba amma a maimakon haka sun kai hari kan Edwards, mace Bakar fata, a matsayin kasala a lokacin da ake batun hidimar mazabu. zargin har da kakakin majalisar Nancy Pelosi, abokin AIPAC, ya auna don nuna rashin amincewa. "An mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da ke da mahimmanci ga masu jefa kuri'a a wannan gundumar. Manufar anan ita ce tabbatar da cewa dan takarar ku ya yi nasara kuma an sha kaye da dan takarar anti-Isra'ila, "Kohr, babban jami'in AIPAC, ya fada wa Washington Post, yana bayyana dalilin da yasa tallace-tallace na farko ba sa ambaton Isra'ila.
"Wani bangare na begena na karya ya shigo, kamar watakila har yanzu zai ci gaba. Sai kawai aka sake shi.”
Zaben fidda gwani na Florida na daga cikin na ƙarshe a ƙasar, kuma yaƙin neman zaɓe na Frost ya yi nasarar jinkirta ɗan ɗan littafin Insider na Bayahude, yana taimaka wa Frost ya ƙarfafa matsayinsa a matsayin sa na jagoran ci gaba a tseren. Amma a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, kasa da makonni biyu a fara zaben fidda gwani, kuma bayan an fara kada kuri’a da wuri, a karshe labarin ya tsaya. (Frost ya ce kamfen ya mika amsoshinsa a watan Yuli, amma labarin bai ci gaba ba sai daga baya.) Insider Bayahude ya ruwaito:
Dan takarar karo na farko ya nuna cewa zai bi hanyar da ba ta dace ba kuma mafi daidaituwa ga rikicin Isra'ila da Falasdinu fiye da yadda mutum zai yi tsammanin samun ci gaba mai ci gaba wanda ke da alaƙa da mai fafutuka da aka bari a kan manufofin majalissar alamar kasuwanci kamar Medicare ga Duk Green New Deal.
A cikin tambayoyin ɗan takarar da aka nemi , duk da haka, Frost ya nisanta kansa daga matakan da za su ladabtar da Isra'ila, ya ƙi amincewa da ƙauracewa ƙauracewa, ƙauracewa da takunkumi a matsayin "matsala" yayin da yake adawa da kiraye-kirayen sharadi na taimakon Amurka ga Isra'ila. Fiye da haka, Frost ya ce "ya himmatu wajen tallafawa" ci gaba da taimakon soja wanda "yana taimakawa tabbatar da" Isra'ila "za ta iya kare kanta da kyau."
Frost ya yi karin bayani a cikin takardar mukaminsa, wadda JI ta samu, cewa zai kuma ba da shawarar "taimakon Amurka mai karfi da ke amfanar da al'ummar Palasdinu kuma yana bin dokar (Dokar) Taylor Force," yana nufin wata doka da ta hana taimako ga Falasdinu. Hukumar Falasdinawa da sharadin cewa Ramallah ya kawo karshen biyan iyalan 'yan ta'adda. Taimakon, in ji shi, "yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen biyan bukatun jin kai na Falasdinu."
Takardar matsayi, Yahudanci Insider ne ya wallafa, ya ma fi tauri. Babu wani sharadi da ya kamata a sanya a kan taimakon soja ga Isra'ila, ya rubuta a cikin takarda, kuma ya sake komawa kan BDS:
Na yi imani cewa yunkurin kauracewa, takunkumi, da karkatar da jama'a (BDS) yana da matukar matsala kuma yana lalata damar zaman lafiya da warwarewar kasashe biyu. Bugu da ƙari, yana cutar da Palasdinawa da Isra'ilawa waɗanda ke fama da matsalar tattalin arziki. Hamas, da Jihadin Islama na Falasdinu, da Popular Front for the Liberation of the Palestine, Amurka ta ayyana su a matsayin kungiyoyin ta'addanci kuma dukkanin wadannan kungiyoyi wani bangare ne na majalisar gudanarwar kungiyar ta BDS ta tsakiya, wadda a idona ta haramtawa kungiya da motsi baki daya.
Al-Dada, wanda ya yi waka kusa da Frost a yakin Gaza, sannan ya ba da kansa don yakin neman zabensa, ya kadu matuka. Sai dai an makara a yakin neman zabe, yawancin masu kada kuri'a sun yanke shawara. "Na san da kaina game da mutane 35 waɗanda, a gaskiya, sun zaɓi Max saboda ni," in ji Al-Dada. "Ban zabe ko kadan ba."
Frost ya ce a ganawarsa da kungiyar Falasdinu a watan Maris, ya yi gaskiya game da inda ya tsaya a lokacin amma daga baya ya canza matsayinsa, musamman kan BDS. Goyon bayansa a matsayin "motsi na tushe," in ji shi, ya gaza lokacin da ya sami labarin cewa kungiyoyi kamar Hamas da Jihadin Islama na Falasdinu su ne manyan 'yan wasa a ciki. "Akwai wata matsala da nake ƙoƙarin bugawa a wurin," in ji shi game da taron. "Yayin da na yi magana da wasu kungiyoyi, sauran mutane daga kowane bangare daban-daban, na gano cewa, irin, abin da nake ƙoƙarin bugawa ba shi da ma'ana. Kuma hakan na daga cikin butulci na akan lamarin. … Kamar yadda lokaci ya wuce, na tuntuɓi Rasha da sauran mutane don bayyana irin inda kaina yake.
Dangane da taimakon soja, Frost ya ce, shi ma ya samo asali ne a can bayan tattaunawa da yawa. "Na dauki dogon lokaci ina tattaunawa da kungiyoyi daban-daban da mutane daban-daban, daidaikun mutane a gundumara, shugabannin limamai, kungiyoyi daban-daban, kuma hakika ya zo ne don fahimtar yadda abubuwa ke faruwa a can da kuma yankin," in ji shi. "Ina jin kamar sadaukarwarmu ga Isra'ila da muke da ita, da kuma [takardar fahimtar] da Shugaba Obama ya sanya wa hannu, wani abu ne da nake goyon baya. Don haka ne ma muka yi rubutu na musamman a cikin takarda. "
Bullard ya ce ya ji takaicin samun labarin juyowar Frost. "Kuna son mutanen da ke da matakin yanke hukunci wanda, lokacin da suka fuskanci - kuma na samu, yanzu an sanya ku a wani matsayi inda mutane ke gaya muku dalilin da yasa kuke buƙatar yin tunani ta musamman - amma kuma dole ne ku gane. cewa akwai babban labarin da ba ya haifar da ma'anar daidaito a kan batutuwan Falasdinu a cikin mahallin Amurka," in ji shi. "Dole ne ku yanke shawarar ko za ku tsaya tsayin daka ko kuma za ku dauki matsayi mai aminci."
Frost ya ce DMFI da AIPAC ba za su iya karɓar yabo don juyin halittarsa ba saboda ya fito daga cikin gundumarsa. "Ba lallai ba ne game da kashe kudi," in ji shi. “Ya kasance game da tattaunawar da ake yi a gunduma da tattaunawa da mutane. Don haka gundumara ta canza da yawa a tsakiyar yakin. Kuma ya zama gunduma inda, kamar, JCC [Yahudawa Community Center], a cikinta yanzu. Akwai al'ummomin Yahudawa da yawa a ciki. Kuma lokacin da wannan canjin ya faru, na yi hulɗa da waɗannan al'ummomin kuma kawai na koya, na fara nutsewa cikinsa sosai. Don haka ainihin turawar farko kenan. Idan zan duba tsarin lokacin, taswirorin, ina tsammanin, sun canza a kusa da Maris ko Afrilu. Kuma a lokacin ne na fara wannan tattaunawa.”
Sojojin Isra'ila sun dauki matakan tsaro a yayin da sojojin Isra'ila suka gudanar da aikin rusasshe a gundumar Isawiya da ke gabashin birnin Kudus a ranar 24 ga watan Disamba, 2019.
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Ko menene fargabar masu tsatsauran ra'ayi na Isra'ila, hawan Omar, Tlaib, da Ocasio-Cortez kan karagar mulki a Majalisa bai yi kasa a gwiwa ba wajen bayyana matsugunan Isra'ila a cikin yankunan Falasdinawa da ta mamaye.
A cikin 2019, shekararsu ta farko a kan karagar mulki, Isra'ila ta kara sabbin matsuguni sama da 11,000. A cikin 2020, adadin ya ninka zuwa sama da 22,000, yawancinsu a Gabashin Kudus da zurfin Yammacin Kogin Jordan. Kungiyar Tarayyar Turai ta ce "Kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin mafi yawan shawarwarin Majalisar Harkokin Waje na EU, matsugunan ba bisa ka'ida ba ne a karkashin dokokin kasa da kasa, suna kawo cikas ga zaman lafiya da kuma barazanar yin sulhu tsakanin kasashen biyu." Wakilin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a wani rahoto da ke nuna karuwar. Fadada matsugunan ya haɗa da “masu zaman kansu” da yawa - kwace filayen noma da kiwo - wanda ke sanya kowane kamannin ƴancin kai na Falasɗinawa ko dorewar nesa ba kusa ba. A cikin 2021 - duk da Lapid's alkawarin yakin neman zabe ba "domin gina wani abu da zai hana yiwuwar samun mafita tsakanin kasashe biyu a nan gaba" - fadada matsuguni a Gabashin Kudus ya ninka a shekarar 2021 idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata, tare da yin barazanar raba sauran sassan yankin Falasdinawa gaba daya zuwa kananan yankuna masu kama da gidan yari.
A cikin Majalisa, Jamaal Bowman ya ƙare tare da 'yan majalisar da suka tura shi don tallafa wa dala biliyan 1 a sabon kudade ga Iron Dome na Isra'ila, wanda ya jawo fushin wani bangare na DSA da aka shirya ta hanyar BDS da Palestine Solidarity Working Group. Bowman ya gaya mani cewa kafin jefa kuri'a, ya ji kusan na musamman daga masu goyon bayan tsarin Iron Dome da "ba da yawa" daga abokan adawa. "Wadanda a bangaren 'yes' sun kasance a bayyane, kuma suna da karfi sosai, kuma sun yi daidai da dalilin da ya sa suka yi imanin cewa kuri'ar na bukatar ta zama 'eh," in ji shi. “Al’amari ne mai mahimmanci ga wannan gunduma musamman, shi ya sa na zabi e. Amma wannan kuri'ar ba za ta hana ni ci gaba da fafutukar kwato 'yancin Falasdinu ba, don yin yaki don kawo karshen mamayar da ke da matukar bukatar faruwa, da kuma tabbatar da cewa al'ummar Falasdinu sun kasance a tsakiya."
A ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, ba tare da goyon bayan majalisar ministocinsa ba, Lapid ya kaddamar da hare-hare ta sama a zirin Gaza, inda ya amince da tsagaita bude wuta a ranar 7 ga watan Agusta. Mayakan Falasdinawa sun harba rokoki sama da 1,000, ko da yake babu wani dan Isra'ila da ya mutu ko kuma ya jikkata. Rikicin na kwanaki uku ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar Falasdinawa 49 ciki har da yara 17.
Tun da farko Isra'ila ta musanta duk wata rawar da ta taka a kisan Abu Akleh a hankali ya koma karkashin nauyin shaidun da ba za a iya tantancewa ba zuwa shigar da yiwuwar hadin kai. Tare da hadin gwiwa da kungiyar Forensic Architecture mai hedkwata a Landan, kungiyar kare hakkin dan Adam ta Falasdinu Al-Haq ta kaddamar da bincike mafi inganci kan mutuwar ta. A safiyar ranar 18 ga watan Agusta, akalla motocin haramtacciyar kasar Isra'ila guda tara sun tunkari hedkwatar kungiyar da ke Ramallah suka shiga, suka yi awon gaba da ita, sannan suka rufe kofarta. Yunkurin gwamnatin Isra'ila, karkashin jagorancin Mellman da ke kawance da Yair Lapid, na bayyana kungiyar ta 'yan ta'adda, kungiyar EU ta yi watsi da ita, inda ta yi nazari kan hujjojin da Isra'ila ta bayar, ta kuma gano cewa ba ta da tabbas.
A ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, masu kada kuri'a sun tafi rumfunan zabe a Orlando inda suka kada kuri'unsu. Frost ya lashe kashi 35 na kuri'un, Bracy ya samu kuri'u 25, kuma Grayson - wanda ya dauki Frost "Maxwell Fraud" a karshen yakin neman zabe - ya samu kashi 15 cikin dari. A ƙarshe, ba DMFI, AIPAC, ko ƙungiyar Hoffman ba dole ne su kashe dinari ɗaya a tseren. Bracy ya yi rashin nasara, amma sun yi nasara. "Wannan ita ce manufar," in ji wata majiya kusa da AIPAC bayan zaben. "Wannan shi ne batun duka."
Lee ya amince. Na tambayi ko adadin kashewa ya shiga cikin kanta kuma ya yi tasiri a kan yadda ta tuntubi batun. "Eh, kwata-kwata, kuma ba tare da ni kadai ba, ina ganin shi tare da sauran mutane. Ina ganin mutanen da suka fito takara ko kuma suna tunanin tsayawa takara a nan gaba kuma suna jin sun yanke jiki saboda wannan batu ne da suka san zai binne su,” inji ta. “Akwai cikakken tasirin sanyi. ... Na ji shi daga wasu mutanen da za su ce, ka sani, mun yarda da wannan, amma ba zan taba goyon bayansa ba, kuma ba zan taba furta shi da babbar murya ba."
Fiye da haka, ko da yake, yana sa gina motsi wanda ya fi wahala, Lee ya ce: "Yana da matukar wahala a rayu a matsayin dan takara mai ci gaba, Baƙar fata, mai aiki a baya lokacin da kuke fuskantar miliyoyi da miliyoyin daloli, amma menene kuma yayi shine yana hana sauran mutane son shiga cikinsa. Idan kai ne wanda ya zauna ta jinsi na a matsayin mai goyon baya ko a'a, wani a gundumarmu, wanda ya shaida motsin da muka kasance a ciki, za su kalli harin, su dubi abin da suka ce game da ni. da kuma yadda suka gudanar da waɗannan kamfen, sa’an nan kuma su ce, ‘Ba zan taɓa son yin tafiyar da kaina ba.’ Don haka yana da tasiri na tabbatar da cewa al’ummar Baƙar fata gabaɗaya, da sauran al’ummomin da aka ware, ba su kasance cikin harkokin siyasarmu ba. .
"Hanya ce ta kiyaye wannan matsayi," in ji ta. "Amma kuma abin takaici ne kawai idan muka ce ba mu yi nasara ba saboda ba mu ci nasara kan batutuwan ba. A'a, ba za mu ci nasara ba saboda ba ma cin nasara akan albarkatun. "
Tare da kammala zaben fidda gwani, Bankfried-Fried's PAC, AIPAC, da DMFI galibi sun daina kashe kudade don taimakawa 'yan Democrat. A watan Satumba, da Democratic National kwamitin ya ki yarda a yi zabe A kan wani kuduri, wanda memban kwamitin jam'iyyar Democrat Nina Turner da sauran masu son ci gaba suka matsa, na hana manyan kudaden waje a zaben fidda gwani. Leah Greenberg, wacce ta kafa Indivisible, ta ce rashin hankali ne cewa 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat sun ci gaba da barin kungiyoyin waje su yi magudin zaben fidda gwani na Demokradiyya duk da cewa a fili ba su da sha'awar ganin jam'iyyar da kanta ta yi nasara. Manufar su ita ce su tsara yadda jam'iyyar ta kasance - ko a cikin 'yan tsiraru ne ko masu rinjaye suna kusa da batun. Greenberg ya ce "Ga kungiyar da ake kira Mafi rinjayen Dimokradiyya ga Isra'ila, da alama ba sa yin kokari sosai wajen samun rinjayen Demokradiyya." Dmitri Mehlhorn ya ce Mainstream Democrats, a nata bangare, ya ci gaba da saka hannun jari a cikin jam'iyyar, kuma yana mai da hankali kan takarar gwamnan jihar, yana mai kara da cewa "mun dan matsa kadan zuwa tawagar Pelosi."
Ba sosai ga AIPAC ba. Ko da yake dan majalisa Elaine Luria, dan Democrat na Virginia wanda jinsin da aka jera a matsayin "maɓalli" ta AIPAC, ya kasance daya daga cikin mafi yawan masu magana da aminci na kungiyar tun lokacin zaben 2018, United Democracy Project ya ƙi taimaka mata har yanzu. A maimakon haka, nasarar da ya samu zuwa babban zaben shi ne kashe kudi a tseren Dimokuradiyya da Dimokuradiyya a jihar California ta biyu. A cewar Bayahude Insider, “wani memba na hukumar DMFI ya bayyana ra’ayinsa kan tsarin manufofin ketare na Gabas ta Tsakiya na [David] Canepa, yana nuni da aƙalla ɗaya. kafofin watsa labarun post Masu fafutuka masu goyon bayan Isra'ila na kallon su a matsayin watsi da matsalolin tsaron Isra'ila." Sakon korar da ake zargin, An buga Mayu 13, 202, kamar yadda yakin Gaza ya barke, karanta: "Salama ga Falasdinu."
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