{"id":2219806,"date":"2024-04-12T20:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidential-candidate-cornel-west-and-running-mate-blame-israel-for-oct-7-in-bid-to-court-pro-palestinian-voters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T00:05:48","slug":"presidential-candidate-cornel-west-and-running-mate-blame-israel-for-oct-7-in-bid-to-court-pro-palestinian-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidential-candidate-cornel-west-and-running-mate-blame-israel-for-oct-7-in-bid-to-court-pro-palestinian-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate attribute Oct. 7 incident to Israel in an attempt to appeal to pro-Palestinian voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpresidential-candidate-cornel-west-and-running-mate-blame-israel-for-oct-7-in-bid-to-court-pro-palestinian-voters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Independent presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">candidate<\/a> Cornel West and his VP defended their anti-Israel stance to appeal to\u200b pro-Palestinian Democratic voters. Running mate\u200d Melina Abdullah endorsed a Black Lives Matter statement blaming Israel for supporting Hamas. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-announces-another-112-million-in-assistance-for-palestinians-gaza-relief-projects\/\" title=\"Blinken Announces Another 2 Million In Assistance For Palestinians, Gaza Relief Projects\">move aimed<\/a> to align with those sympathetic to \u2064the\u200c Palestinian cause, emphasizing the importance of understanding the origins of uprisings despite differing tactics \u200bused.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Independent <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>presidential<\/a> candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cornell-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Cornel West<\/a> and his vice presidential choice defended their <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>anti-Israel rhetoric<\/a> on Thursday night in an effort to court Democratic <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pro-Palestinian voters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>West\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2961077\/presidential-candidate-cornel-west-announces-blm-leader-as-his-running-mate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Melina Abdullah<\/a>, said she supports a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waffle-arizona-house-speaker-claims-they-cant-enforce-constitution-wont-commit-to-calling-legislative-hearing\/\" title=\"WAFFLE: Arizona House Speaker Claims They Can\u2019t Enforce Constitution, Won\u2019t Commit To Calling Legislative Hearing\">statement put<\/a> out by the Black Lives Matter Grassroots on Tuesday, which claimed Israel was to blame for Hamas\u2019s uprising, and claimed the attack on Oct. 7 was an \u201cact of self-defense.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to understand where uprisings come from, even when we may disagree with tactics that are used,\u201d Abdullah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/12\/politics\/cornel-west-melina-abdullah-hamas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CNN host Abby Phillips. \u201cI find it really troubling that we are constantly asked to condemn Hamas. I\u2019m not a member of Hamas. I find it even more troubling that an entire state has been built on the genocide of a people, and I think that we have to start with that first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West, who has called for a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, also blamed Israel for the war between the Middle Eastern nation and the terrorist organization. He also defended Hamas\u2019s actions as a \u201ccounterterrorist response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe in killing an innocent anybody,\u201d West told Phillips. \u201cBut you don\u2019t start with those voices without coming to terms with the vicious killings and occupations that\u2019s been going on for 75 years, and then you get a counterterrorist response to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West did not state whether he supports Hamas releasing the prisoners through the ceasefire agreement but claimed the responsibility fell on Israel to withdraw its forces from Palestinian territories. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IDF is not going to cease fire just for releasing. They themselves have to stop,\u201d West said. \u201cThe Palestinian lives that are being lost, we\u2019ve got to start there. The IDF has engaged in terrorizing the Palestinians, and terrorizing anybody is wrong, but the terrorism that they are doing, it reaches the point of the crime of genocide. So, for me, they have to stop. Hamas is not the culprit; it\u2019s the IDF, and they\u2019re terrorizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments come as the Left battles for support from anti-Israel protesters, which has proven to be a weakness for President Joe Biden. Thousands of anti-Israel voters cast \u201cprotest votes\u201d against Biden during the Democratic primaries, which did not go to any candidate but instead to \u201cuncommitted.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>has reached out to West\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his VP stood by their anti-Israel stance, aiming to woo pro-Palestinian Democratic voters. West&#8217;s running mate, Melina Abdullah, endorsed a Black Lives Matter Grassroots statement blaming Israel for supporting Hamas. 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