WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 rallied yesterday in Washington in support of Palestinians and calling for an end to US aid to Israel.
“We are hoping to send a clear message to the US government that the days of supporting the Israeli state without repercussions are over,” one of the demonstrators, 39-year-old Washington lawyer Sharif Silmi, said as he stood in the crowd where many protesters held red, white, green and black Palestinian flags.
Lama Alahmad, a resident of neighbouring Virginia who is of Palestinian origin, said US public opinion is turning in favour of the Palestinian cause. “We just want the world to recognise that we are human beings. We are not terrorists,” said Alahmad, a 43-year-old stay at home mother who grew up in the UAE before moving to the US around 20 years ago.
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