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Numerous protesters were arrested after clashing with police Tuesday near the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, according to media reports.
Most of the arrests occurred toward the end of the night after protesters had tense confrontations with police officers throughout the demonstration, The Associated Press reported. The newswire also noted law enforcement officers pinned the remaining pro-Palestinian protesters in a plaza and prevented them from leaving.
I think the DNC will need to strategize and find a way to play the tightrope game with how they try to partially appease both camps with regards to the Israel/Palestine conflict. Right now, that conflict has created something of a "no-win" situation for Democrats on this particular issue where if they drift too far toward either direction, they run the risk of alienating some voters.
Up until now, they've been able to somewhat side-step it by keeping the focus on how bad Trump is, and avoiding the subject and appealing to abstract concepts of "joy".
But pro-Palestinian protestors showing up and making trouble at the Israeli consulate and marching down by the DNC convention in Chicago probably wasn't in the script for how they were hoping the night would go.
Ultimately, I think they'll have to rip it off like a band-aid and pick a side and stick with it because conveying a non-decisive "wishy washy" position on such a hot button issue for too long, this close to election time, isn't going to work in their favor.
...the "Israel is a great ally and we stand with Israel" when speaking to one audience, and then a "the travesties in Gaza are unacceptable" when speaking somewhere else, isn't gonna fly forever.
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