Protesters rally in Washington calling for end to US support of Israel

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Washington, May 30, 2021: Protesting the supply of US aid to Israel, more than 1,000 pro-Palestine supporters rallied Saturday in Washington in support of the Palestinian cause.

The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire that ended 11 days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip has so far held. Holding the red,white,green and black Palestinian flag, one protester, a Washington based lawyer, Sharif Silmi said, “We are hoping to send a clear message to the United States government that the days of supporting the Israeli state without repercussions are over, we will stand against any politician that continues to fund weapons to Israel. We will oppose them, we will vote against them, we will fund their opponents, until we vote them out of office,” said Silmi.

A resident of neighbouring Virigina, Lama Alahmad, who is of Palestinian origin, said US public opinion is turning in favor of the Palestinian cause. “There is a huge change going on in the US with regard to the Palestinian cause seeking a sovereign homeland, we just want the world to recognize that we are human beings. We are not terrorists,” said Alahmad, a 43-year-old stay at home mother who grew up in the United Arab Emirates before moving to the US around 20 years ago.

Silmi insisted there was now broad opposition in the US to how Israel treats the Palestinians, which he likened to apartheid in South Africa. “People have now woken up, and we’re resisting. Whether young Jews, young Muslims, young Blacks, young whites, there is a generational shift. And people are working across ethnic groups, racial groups, to work for change and freedom and liberation for Palestinian people.”

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