Thousands of people supporting Palestinians plan to march in Washington D.C. Saturday, including demonstrators from Chicago.
Chicago area Palestine supporters are joining thousands of people to march in Washington D.C. Saturday to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
They left the Chicago area on buses Friday evening. Hundreds of Palestinian supporters in Bridgeview and downtown Chicago boarded the buses headed to the nation's capital."The least we can do is support them by putting pressure on our government, our politicians," said Ghada Morrar.The D.C. rally is apart of a push from people across the world who have demanded a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
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