Money Talks: Uncommitted Movement's Secret Deal with Democrats to Silence Gaza Advocacy

The Uncommitted National Movement, which promised to leverage constituents' votes to force the Democratic Party to change its position on Israel, received more than $400,000 from a Democratic-aligned PAC that explicitly prevents beneficiaries from endorsing a candidate other than Kamala Harris, Middle East Eye can reveal.

Several activists and volunteers told MEE that the payments appear to explain why the movement refused to endorse a third-party presidential candidate, choosing instead to redeem the Democratic Party among disgruntled voters once it became clear the Biden-Harris administration would not alter course on Israel’s devastating war on Gaza.

The revelations kicked off a firestorm in October amongst Arab-American activists and others formerly part of the Uncommitted movement. They say they felt betrayed by the movement after it began all but endorsing Kamala Harris despite receiving no commitments from the Democratic Party on their demands regarding Gaza and US military support for Israel.

Volunteers across the swing states chronicled how they had joined a grassroots campaign in early 2024 that they believed would continue using their votes as leverage to pressure Biden - and then Harris once Biden dropped out - over the Democrats' unwillingness to change their policy on Israel.

In the weeks and months that followed, hundreds of thousands of Americans aligned themselves with Uncommitted, in what was seen as an unprecedented push against the Democratic Party.

But former organisers within Uncommitted, who have now launched their own group, "Uncomm…  Read moreitted Grassroots", say the findings show they were deceived by a group of Democratic Party-aligned operatives who were intent on merely rescuing the party, not holding it accountable.