(NewsNation) — Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein urged President Joe Biden to immediately defuse escalating conflicts in Gaza and Yemen, describing the situation as a potential “pre-World War 1 type situation with nuclear weapons thrown into the mix.”
In a Sunday interview on “NewsNation Prime,” Stein said the U.S. must respect U.N. resolutions and the International Court of Justice’s ruling that the situation in Gaza is a “plausible genocide.” She accused American political elites of “normalizing the murder and torture of children on an industrial scale.”
From coast to coast, U.S. campus protesters put up tents to protest Israel’s military action in Gaza and demand the schools divest from companies they claim “profit from Israeli apartheid.”
Stein, arrested last week at a protest, said she is “healing” but sees the situation “digging in” despite some colleges agreeing to divest from companies linked to the conflicts.
The presidential candidate also touted her long-shot 2024 election bid, saying her campaign is “on track” to appear on ballots nationwide as the “pro-worker, anti-war, anti-genocide, climate emergency choice” that Americans want.
Stein rejected the idea that her candidacy could function as a spoiler, taking votes from Biden. “I think the concept that votes are taken away or that anybody owns your vote is anti-democratic at its face,” she said.