Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg leads the crowd in a chant as people gather for an Israeli-Palestinian unity event to promote peace on May 19, 2024, at Fountain Square in Evanston. About 100 people gathered Sunday in Evanston’s Fountain Square to listen to speakers, sing and call for a cease-fire in Gaza and for the return of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The event was organized by Standing Together, a group that aims to mobilize Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel to fight for peace.
Faisal Alabsy, who is originally from the West Bank, followed Ratzabi, speaking about his experience growing up in the Israel-controlled territory. In 2001, he said, his sister died after Israeli police refused her access to a nearby city and she was not able to get dialysis treatment. Alabsy urged the crowd to continue seeking out Palestinian voices in the news, films and in books, and asked attendees to demand a Gaza cease-fire in their local communities. He also asked people to contact their U.S. House and Senate representatives to ask for humanitarian aid and health care in northern Gaza, where the United Nations has said millions of people are at risk of starvation.“What we are witnessing today is not normal,” Alabasy said.
“What’s happening in Gaza and Israel is antithetical to what I believe as an American and what I believe as a Jew,” Frolichstein-Apple said. “But there’s a lot more nuance here than I’ve seen other places, and I was grateful for that.”
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