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00:00:00significantly to his victory in these elections.
00:00:04Also, there are other factors that contributed to his victory
00:00:07in the elections. The opposing candidate tried to change
00:00:10the election method and move away from these issues and
00:00:14focus on his origins, his religion, his principles,
00:00:18and his support for the Palestinian people. These
00:00:21positions were highlighted in a way
00:00:24that was not good, but it reflected a very significant development
00:00:27as he ultimately won. And with a very big
00:00:30win. I mean, it was a historic day par excellence for me
00:00:34as someone who has been working in American politics
00:00:37and that there are a group of for 33 years. I never in my life expected us to reach this stage in the American
00:00:41elections or the coup that happened yesterday in
00:00:45the American elections. First, it was a political earthquake in the United
00:00:49States. An earthquake against President Trump and a call for
00:00:52change in
00:00:53very hard to mobilize the Jewish community in his policies. But for us,
00:00:57as defenders of the rights of the Palestinian people, this is a historic day
00:01:01that about 60% of par excellence, and it should be the day that will lead to a major change in American
00:01:05policy. In fact, words cannot express
00:01:08our happiness and joy about what happened, and they do not express
00:01:12the historical significance of the achievement that happened yesterday, which was not just
00:01:16about Aboud. There were several other candidates who won
00:01:19the elections, and this will
00:01:22pave the way for the presidential elections in two years, and it will
00:01:26pave the way for the Palestinian, Arab, and Islamic communities
00:01:30to defend the rights of the Palestinian
00:01:33program in the elections people by presenting a very good candidate in the next elections, God willing. I mean, this
00:01:36victory for the Democrats
00:01:40and their control of Congress in both houses,
00:01:43the Senate and the House, what are the meanings it carries,
00:01:47Dr.
00:01:47Hanna?
00:01:54I want to focus more than I will focus on its meaning for the American people, but we can come back
00:01:58to this story later. Many Democratic
00:02:01Party leaders used to say that a candidate who supports
00:02:05the Palestinian people will not be able to succeed in states like
00:02:08Michigan, where they used to say that these candidates
00:02:12can succeed in states where Democrats
00:02:14are in control, but in swing states, a person who supports
00:02:18the Palestinian people in this way cannot
00:02:22succeed. But what yesterday's elections proved is that this
00:02:25is wrong, and that, on the contrary, a person who supports the rights of the Palestinian
00:02:28people can succeed and succeed easily in these states.
00:02:32And we saw yesterday developments that we had not witnessed,
00:02:36I mean, in the history of American politics. For example,
00:02:39President Trump's statement yesterday morning, before the elections,
00:02:42about stopping aid to Israel, this is very historic. Usually,
00:02:46they would compete over who would give more aid. And also,
00:02:49what the Vice President said today, where he said that a large
00:02:53number of Republicans did not vote for the Republican Party, and he
00:02:56listed one of the four main reasons.
00:03:00The relations of the United States of America with Israel. So for us,
00:03:04this means a historic day par excellence, par excellence within both parties.
00:03:07In the past, we used to talk about relations within one party,
00:03:11but what happened yesterday showed that support for the Palestinian
00:03:15people has become something on the popular base, something big, and we have started
00:03:18to see its impact on the American elections. One last step
00:03:22remains, which is for us to see it in foreign policy.
00:03:25And I believe, after yesterday's leap,
00:03:29it has become very difficult not to reach a change in American
00:03:32foreign policy. And let's say most
00:03:35of the candidates who won, whom we were supporting, and their number
00:03:38is about 20 candidates, these support the right of the Palestinian
00:03:42people completely, completely, and there will be
00:03:45about 40 new members of Congress, who are
00:03:49better than the existing members to varying
00:03:51degrees, but they are better by several degrees,
00:03:55most of them, and this total equals about 10 to 15% of
00:03:59Congress. Approximately 10 from the House, approximately 10 to
00:04:0215% from the Senate. We are talking about a very big
00:04:06development and a historic step.
00:04:09Does it mean that it has become clear that
00:04:12money and sweet talk are
00:04:15no longer useful before the American voter? Has
00:04:19the message reached politicians in this way?
00:04:23100%. I mean, if you remember, in previous meetings months ago,
00:04:27we were talking about the change that is happening in the popular base.
00:04:30The change that is happening with students, the change that is happening with
00:04:33unions, or even with churches. But we always
00:04:37used to say that there is no change in politicians, all members
00:04:40of Congress are our enemies, and so on. But today,
00:04:44I am relieved, and perhaps I told you once before that it might take us 10
00:04:48years to reach a stage where there is a change in Congress. Today,
00:04:51on the contrary, after what happened yesterday, it is clear that we have made several
00:04:55steps forward, and it is clear that the change that is present
00:04:57in the streets has begun to show its results. Let's say
00:05:01politicians, of course, it will still take
00:05:04time for it to show its results on foreign policy because President
00:05:08Trump still controls a large number of foreign
00:05:11policies. However, there will be an impact in these
00:05:14two years, but more importantly, it has become
00:05:18possible for a candidate to come and say that he supports the Palestinian
00:05:21people and to show that he can win elections,
00:05:24and elections in a swing state. How decisive
00:05:27was the role of youth in these elections, Dr.
00:05:30Hanna? The promising generation.
00:05:34I mean, young people were the decisive factor in these elections.
00:05:38Young people are the ones who are changing and changing,
00:05:41especially in the party, I mean, in the Republican Party, and I never
00:05:45in my life expected that I would say that we would see this change happening,
00:05:50Republicans who will not go and vote for the Republican Party because of
00:05:53the President's policy towards Israel, especially among
00:05:56young people, we are seeing a very big change, even among the Jewish
00:06:00community, we are seeing a change. I mean, they tried
00:06:05the United States, in Michigan, against Abdol, and that
00:06:09they should not vote for Abdol because of his foreign policy. But the numbers show
00:06:14the Jewish community voted for Abdol. I mean,
00:06:17I once witnessed a festival they were holding, a group of
00:06:21them, there were about 200 volunteers coming from other
00:06:24states to help Abdol in his election
00:06:26campaign. The failure of 50 million dollars
00:06:30to bring down Abd al-Rahman Al-Sayyid, what do these
00:06:33numbers mean? We say them as published by American media,
00:06:37and it will most likely be more than that, but many
00:06:41of them are also money that is not visible. I mean, Abd al-Rahman's main
00:06:46was to keep money out of elections because they
00:06:50are used to being able to change many foreign policies with
00:06:53money. And there was intimidation of members of Congress that
00:06:56if they did not go along with them in the way they wanted, they would.