Trump is trying to scare Arab and Muslim voters with his Israel and Gaza policies

This is an adapted excerpt from October 31 episode “The Reid Out”.

Election Day is almost here and Donald Trump trying to excite the public with his insincere appeals to Arab and Muslim voters. But if anyone thinks a second Trump administration will benefit Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, Rudy Giuliani refuted that idea during a nasty speech at the former president’s rally in Washington. Madison Square Garden last weekend.

“Palestinians are taught to kill us at age 2” – the former mayor of New York told the crowd. “Sorry, I don’t take risks with people who are taught to kill Americans at 2 years old.”

Meanwhile, Trump has made clear what he thinks of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the war that has killed more than 43,000 people in Gaza. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

In June during the first presidential debateTrump said President Joe Biden should let Israel “finish the job.” And recently, he claimed the president is “trying to contain” Netanyahu.

But don’t take Trump’s word for it: There’s also his terrible record on the Palestinians while he was president.

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Along with Trump’s official policy, it is also worth mentioning that Kushner praised “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “coastal property”. Kushner also suggested that Israel remove all civilians while it “clears” the strip.

And while they were Some Muslim groups and leaders support TrumpPeople are waking up to the fact that as much as they dislike the Biden administration’s apparent unquestioning support and arming of Israel, and the president’s seeming indifference to the tens of thousands of Palestinian victims, Trump would be much worse.

In September, Emgage Action, one of the nation’s largest Muslim voter mobilization groups in America, supported Harris to preventHe said it was “a return to Islamophobic and other harmful policies under the Trump administration.” Just a few weeks later a group of Muslim religious leaders also supported Harrisand in Dearborn, Michigan — The country has the largest Muslim population per capita—several prominent Arab Americans gathered to support the vice president last weekend.

The non-alignment movement, created when Biden was the Democratic candidate, did not support Harrisbut it stated forcefully and clearly that the Trump administration would make the situation in the Gaza Strip even worse.

IN new article in The GuardianAmerican Muslim writer Wajahat Ali argues that there is no moral argument for allowing Trump to win in the name of opposing genocide. “Too much is at stake,” he wrote. “And too many communities, both in the United States and abroad, will suffer if Trump is re-elected.”

Joy-Ann Reid

Joy-Ann Reid is the host of “The ReidOut” at 7:00 pm ET on MSNBC. “The ReidOut” features one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers while tackling provocative political issues both inside and outside the Beltway.

Allison Detzel contributed.