Local organizers of recent largely peaceful demonstrations calling for an end to the war in Gaza told ABC7 that at least three marches are planned during the DNC.
As the Hamas-Israel war continues, Muslim leaders called on politicians going to the Chicago DNC 2024 to do more to finalize a Gaza cease-fire.On Navy Pier Monday, leaders of several Islamic organizations sought attention and action from elected officials coming to Chicago for the"The people's voices will be clear and unified, and Palestine will be on the agenda at the DNC.
"We demand immediate actions, not just words. Our political leaders cannot longer morally justify the unprecedented death and destruction that is allowed by our nation's complicity in this war," said Abdulghany Hamadeh with the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago. "We call for an immediate and permanent cease-fire to save these innocent lives, and there must be accountability for every rogue state actor in the world that targets child and innocent civilians," said Ahmed Rehab with CAIR Chicago.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the groups behind recent violent incidents in both Philadelphia and Washington D.C., where monuments were defaced and police officers injured, are coming to Chicago and are behind a protest being called for on Aug. 20 outside the Israeli consulate. Its tagline is "Make it great like '68."
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