As parents of Israeli American hostage address DNC, critics ask: Why no pro-Palestinian speakers?

The Israeli-Hamas war has been the main source of division at the Democratic National Committee in Chicago.

Rachel Goldberg broke down almost as soon as she stepped onto the stage of the Democratic National Convention. She put her hand to her chest, bowed her head and then dropped it onto the wooden lectern as the crowd erupted in chants of “Bring them home! Bring them home!” Her shoulders shook. Then she stood upright and called for the release of her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin. “At this moment, 109 treasured human beings are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza,” Goldberg said.

” Polin called for a deal that brought all the hostages home, and he also acknowledged the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. “In our Jewish tradition, we say 'kol adam olam,' every person is an entire universe,” he said. “We must save all these universes.

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