“The Israeli genocide will play a major role in these elections”

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We are in contact with Yhamir Chabur, who is an international analyst based in the state of Pennsylvania. Yhamir gives us his expert opinion on the development of the elections in the United States.   These and many other stories now!  Join teleSUR's community and be part of a space where your ideas matter.  https://chat.whatsapp.com/KLABTE41aSj3ioYabXQQ6K  Don't be left behind, join teleSUR's Channel https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va98Z437Noa2tjytCt1N Web https://www.telesurenglish.net/ X https://twitter.com/telesurenglish Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/telesurenglish/?hl=es Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglishOfficial Youtube ⏯ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuTmpLY35O3csvhyA6vrkg Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@telesurenglish?_t=8hMLCY0a6z7&_r=1

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00:00Just one day away from Tuesday's key presidential election in the U.S., we invite international

00:06analyst Yamir Shabour.

00:07Hi, Yamir.

00:08Thank you for your time here and from the South.

00:10Hello, Alejandra.

00:13Thank you for having me again from out the South.

00:18It's the final day before the U.S. presidential elections, as I mentioned before, and the

00:22last also opportunity for the candidates to deliver the pitch to voters.

00:27What are key issues in play today in the final hours of the presidential race?

00:32It's great to be on this show right now.

00:37I'm here right now in the state of Pennsylvania doing a little bit of door knocking, just

00:49observing how these elections are going on here.

00:52As you know, Pennsylvania is a key state for these elections, and right now we're

00:59seeing things being contested here in the United States between the two candidates.

01:07That would be Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party and ex-president Donald Trump from the

01:14Republican Party.

01:16So foreign trade, immigration, and other key issues are at the forefront of the candidate's

01:22agenda.

01:23How will these key foreign policy issues be influenced by the outcome of these elections,

01:28and how might they shift under the new administration?

01:32Well, so immigration has been a very important topic in this election, as a lot of people

01:42here in the U.S. have seen how Donald Trump, with his MAGA movement, Make America Great

01:52Again movement, has attacked immigrants.

01:54That was his first wave of how he started his campaign back in 2016 when he called Mexican

02:06people coming over the southern border drug dealers and rapists.

02:13His attacks when it comes to migration is basically that if Kamala Harris wins, then

02:25this country will be invaded by migrants who are going to plan to eat people's pets.

02:33And he said the xenophobic topic about the Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, other

02:38than Kamala Harris, that also the Democrats have a more lenient policy when it comes to

02:45immigration still wanting to deport immigrants, but not as vicious as Donald Trump.

02:52But overall, what the two candidates failed to see is that the migrants coming over the

02:59Mexican border are coming because they want, they're coming out of necessity, and a lot

03:08of this necessity is connected with the foreign policy of the United States interfering with

03:15the stability of the countries that they're coming from.

03:20Regarding the Middle East issue, these elections are overshadowed by the ongoing genocide in

03:26Gaza and also the increased Israeli aggressions against Lebanon, a war of terror that has

03:31left over 40,000 deaths.

03:34Can the Middle East crisis be a decisive point in the voting tensions at the swing states,

03:39particularly Michigan, where there is a large Arab American population, but also in Pennsylvania

03:44where you are?

03:48Definitely.

03:49I believe that what is happening in the Middle East with the genocide being facilitated by

03:59the state of Israel has an effect in these elections.

04:05As we know, Michigan is home to the biggest Arab American population, and many of them

04:12have been disillusioned by the Biden and Harris administration with their lack of not

04:20doing enough for the situation out in Gaza, and also reprimanding the prime minister,

04:30genocide, Benjamin Netanyahu.

04:37And also, when it comes to the Trump administration, Trump is also in support of the state

04:42of Israel.

04:46Michigan can be a very tricky topic, knowing how it could swing, given the amount of Arab

04:54Americans, seeing how there was a Muslim community that were angry at Biden and Harris and endorsed

05:05Donald Trump, as well as Kamala Harris and her vice president pick, Tim Walz, also campaigning

05:14in the state of Michigan.

05:16So it could go either way.

05:20Thank you, Yamir, for all the information.

05:23We were talking to Yamir Shabour just one day away from Tuesday's key elections in the

05:29U.S.

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