Gaza, abortion and migrant rights protests outside RNC in US
Hundreds of demonstrators have converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will not affect their longstanding plans to demonstrate outside the site.
Among the causes being highlighted by protesters are Israel’s war on Gaza, as well as abortion and migrant rights.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Zhou-Castro reports at the demonstration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:
Trump’s running mate calls for Israel to end Gaza war ‘as quickly as possible’: Report
JD Vance, the new Republican vice presidential nominee, has told the Fox News broadcaster that US President Joe Biden allowed Israel’s war on Gaza to continue too long.
“Number one, you want Israel to get this war over and as quickly as possible because the longer it goes on, the harder their situation becomes. But second, after the war you want to reinvigorate that peace process between Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Jordanians and so forth,” the self-identified Zionist said in his first interview since being named Donald Trump’s running mate.
In November last year, Vance, the Ohio senator, wrote a letter to Biden, urging him to not implement special immigration protections for Palestinians, calling them “a population of potentially radicalised individuals”.
He has also rejected any limits on military aid to Israel.
Congratulations to @JDVance1 on his selection as President Trump’s running mate. A powerful and inspiring ticket if ever there was one. On to victory in November! pic.twitter.com/M99uAP039E
— David M Friedman (@DavidM_Friedman) July 15, 2024
All he wants is to let Israel occupy Gaza indefinitely while annexing the West Bank, back to slow erasure of Palestinians. It's only relations with Saudi Arabia that he's interested in. Back to the Abraham accords that put a Palestinian state out of reach and further divide the ME against Iran, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq.
As he said, he wants Israel to get this war 'over' (out of the news) because the longer it goes on, the harder their [Israel's] situation becomes.
