“In my time in the Gaza Strip, every single day, we would see evidence of deliberate targeting of civilians…There is no safe zone in Gaza. Israel has made sure of that,” she said
CHICAGO: Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathering Thursday, the final day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, to demand an end to US support for Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. As delegates were gathering for the convention, where Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the Democratic nomination for the presidency, tens of thousands of people have expressed support for Palestine since the beginning of the convention on Monday.
“The central issue for our protest, the central issue for this week of the DNC, the central issue in the world today is Palestine and how we need to stop US aid to Israel,” Hatem Abudayyeh, the spokesperson for the Coalition and US Palestinian Community Network, one of the organizers of the mass marches, said at a news conference. Stressing that tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets this week, Abudayyeh said he hoped that several thousands more will be at the protest on Thursday.
Their main demands from US President Joe Biden and Harris and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and “all of the top Democrats that are here is stop all US aid to Israel, stop the genocide and stand with and free Palestine,” he added. Chicago-based Dr. Tammy Abughnaim said she has been to Gaza twice in the last six months and got back three days ago. “In my time in the Gaza Strip, every single day, we would see evidence of deliberate targeting of civilians…There is no safe zone in Gaza. Israel has made sure of that,” she said.
It has been “clear” for the last 10 months that Israel has been using US-made weapons to target civilians, she stressed. “I am an American citizen, and I therefore feel empowered to demand that my government stop supplying Israel with the weapons it is using to kill Palestinians in Gaza. It is beyond disappointing to me that this administration continues its policy of providing unconditional support, even in light of ICJ (International Court of Justice) findings of plausible genocide.
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