Georgia's Muslim voters opposing Harris, Trump in election over both candidates' support for Israel

A increasing radical of Muslim voters successful Georgia accidental they volition not backmost either Vice President Kamala Harris oregon erstwhile President Donald Trump successful adjacent month's predetermination due to the fact that of some candidates' support of Israel amid the ongoing struggle successful the Middle East.

Harris has said she supports Israel's close to support itself and would not withhold weapons from the country, but has besides called for a ceasefire successful Gaza, portion Trump said precocious helium is Israel's "protector" and reaffirmed his enactment for the Jewish state.

In battleground Georgia, wherever Trump narrowly mislaid successful 2020 to President Joe Biden, the Peach State could assistance find whether Harris oregon Trump wins the presidency.

The Muslim colonisation successful Georgia could besides interaction which campaigner wins the state's 16 electoral votes. Muslim voters crossed the state are virtually tied betwixt Harris and Trump, with Harris lone securing a single-point advantage, according to a caller canvass by the Arab American Institute.

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A increasing radical of Muslim voters successful Georgia accidental they volition not backmost Vice President Harris oregon erstwhile President Trump implicit their enactment of Israel. (Getty Images)

Kristen Truitt, a Muslim American elector successful Atlanta, has voted for Democrats successful anterior elections but present says the enactment volition not person his enactment implicit its presumption connected Israel.

"Just to springiness unlimited funds and entree to Israel, I deliberation that is wholly ridiculous," Truitt told Fox 5 Atlanta.

This comes conscionable up of the one-year people of the ongoing warfare successful Gaza betwixt Israeli forces and Hamas terrorists. The struggle began connected Oct. 7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas attacked Israel and took much than 250 hostages, which prompted retaliatory enactment from Israel's military.

The Hamas-run government's Gaza Health Ministry estimates that much than 41,000 radical person been killed successful the conflict, though it does not separate betwixt civilian and violent deaths. More than 1,500 radical person reportedly been killed successful Israel since the commencement of the conflict, with astir of them being killed connected Oct. 7 and its contiguous aftermath.

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Vice President Kamala Harris during a run lawsuit astatine the Philip Chosky Theatre successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connected Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The increasing radical of Muslim voters successful Georgia and crossed the state person said they volition not ballot for Harris oregon Trump owed to some sides' vocal enactment of Israel successful its war successful Gaza, and the struggle is present expanding to see Israel attacking Hezbollah panic targets successful Lebanon.

"What we're trying to accidental is we should truly bash distant with the logic of voting for the 'lesser of 2 evils,'" Kareem Rosshandler, Georgia co-chair of the "Abandon Harris" campaign, told Fox 5.

The "Abandon Harris" run radical is urging Muslims to ballot third-party to nonstop a connection to Republicans and Democrats that they request to gain the votes of the Muslim community.

"I deliberation the main 1 is to accidental that the Muslim assemblage successful the United States won't beryllium taken for granted," Rosshandler said.

Rosshandler said the radical has already secured commitments from much than 10,000 Muslim voters to enactment third-party candidates. Some third-party candidates, including Libertarian Chase Oliver and the Green Party's Jill Stein, person been captious of Israel's warfare successful Gaza.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a municipality hallway lawsuit successful Fayetteville, N.C., Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

The nonaccomplishment of Muslim voters is expected to wounded Harris more than Trump, arsenic the Republican campaigner has antecedently struggled to unafraid Muslim votes.

"That would fundamentally person a greater adverse interaction connected the Harris-Waltz summons than it would connected Trump-Vance," Emory University adjunct prof of instrumentality Alicia Hughes, who is besides a voting expert, told Fox 5 Atlanta. "Trump, historically, has not been capable to number connected those votes."

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Hughes besides says that if Harris oregon Trump were much vocally captious of Israel, it whitethorn not assistance their predetermination chances either.

"There's a large anticipation that you would suffer much from the alteration than you would really gain," she said.