Vote for peace in Palestine with write-in option for president

While a congressman, now-VP candidate Tim Walz voted to condemn a United Nations resolution that Israeli settlements in the West Bank were illegal.

I believe a majority of Democrats believe the settlements are illegal.

It seems the ever-ongoing US support for the stealing of Palestinian lands beyond the UN-sanctioned 1967 border creates a risk that Democrats lose this November.

Republicans are not better on Israel, but our two-party plurality voting system favors voting to blame the current office-holding party for anything and everything negative.

I believe the Trump victory in 2016 was a vote against Hillary. The Biden victory in 2020 was a vote against Trump. And the vote this November will be in part a rejection of Democratic candidates for the suffering in Gaza.

Those who believe US aid to Israel is supporting a genocide want an alternative. If they leave the presidential line of their ballot empty they might cause the Democrats to lose. This happened in 2016 and it seems probable in 2024.

The most positive vote I can dream up so far is to use my write-in line of my ballot and write “For Harris and Walz from a supporter of the UN 1967 border in Israel.”

This way of voting is more positive than leaving my line for president empty. This use of the write-in line allows me to keep my integrity in voting a positive solution to peace in Palestine and also voting than I prefer the Democrat over the MAGA Republican.

Clark Rieke

Cedar Rapids