Uncommitted called it a betrayal of the party platform that claims it values 'Israelis and Palestinian lives equally.'
People hold a pro-Palestine protest out the the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024, the third day of the Democratic National Convention.Since the start of the week at the Democratic National Convention , pro-Palestinian voices, including the uncommitted delegates who have dedicated themselves to a ceasefire in Gaza and an arms embargo on Israel, have sought to have a Palestinian speaker included in the programming.
Since Hamas attacked Israel, the latter country has responded with a brutal military campaign that has killed a disproportionate number of Palestinians in an indiscriminate way. Officially,, more than 40 percent of whom are children. The figure is likely much higher, given the number who are missing and how conditions in Gaza are resulting in starvation and other health situations that are causing deaths.
“It is incredibly disappointing. … The whole point of any of this, it’s not about who is on that stage, it’s about being able to show there is room in the party for us, too,”
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