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A coalition of four progressive activist groups has reached out to the Democratic National Committee in a letter asking it to better engage voters supportive of Palestine. This suggests that the party's internal divide over the war between Israel and Hamas may persist until the midterm elections.

In the letter addressed to DNC Chair Ken Martin and Executive Director Roger Lau, the IMEU Policy Project, IfNotNow, Gen-Z for Change, and Justice Democrats accuse Harris's campaign of adopting positions and directives regarding voter engagement that 'demonize' and 'ignore' Democratic voters who opposed Israel's actions in Gaza and wanted the Biden administration to withhold military aid to the country.

This also means limiting responses to inquiries about Gaza from those who asked through text messages from Harris's campaign, as anonymous campaign organizers told about internal instructions that had previously been published by NBC News.

The groups are asking the DNC to improve data collection on this issue and investigate Harris's campaign actions on the matter as part of the promised post-election analysis by Martin. They request a meeting with the sitting chair before the report is released to discuss their own experiences of interacting with voters regarding Gaza.

They also want Martin to assess whether Harris and President Joe Biden's positions on Israel and Palestine could alienate voters, citing a post-election survey that showed 'ending Israel's violence in Gaza' was the most important issue for nearly 30 percent of voters who supported Biden in 2020. The economy was a close second.

And they are trying to limit the influence of a strong pro-Israel lobbying group – the American Israel Public Affairs Committee – by calling to ban super PAC spending in Democratic primaries. This signals potential intra-party disputes over Israel policy.

When asked about the DNC letter, there was no immediate response.

Protests against Biden's handling of the war last year spawned a 'university' voter movement that turned traditional Democratic voters' attention away and harmed Harris in some Arab-American neighborhoods traditionally loyal to Democrats. Leaders from these communities believe that the Vice President made strategic mistakes by not allowing a Palestinian American to speak at the Democratic National Convention and halting protests at campaign rallies where her solidarity with Biden in supporting Israel was criticized.

'Harris's failure to bridge the gap between the Democratic base and the campaign could have been corrected long before the elections,' activists wrote in the letter to Martin. 'Ignoring issues important to Democratic voters, such as rising costs of living or ending U.S. complicity in war crimes abroad, won't lead to electoral victory.'

This letter was published just days after the arrest of a Palestinian graduate student who participated in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, sparking a discussion about immigration, free speech, and anti-war protests on university campuses. In recent months, pro-Palestinian groups in the U.S. have faced challenges from a government that sharply criticizes the pro-Palestine movement.

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