Demonstrators said that if President Biden would not draw a “red line” after Israeli forces began an assault on Rafah, they would draw the red line for him.
Demonstrators hold up a red banner, representing a red line, near the White House on Saturday to protest the treatment of Palestinians by Israel.
“They told me, ‘We go to sleep knowing we might not wake up in the morning. The sun rises and we hope Gaza is still there,’"recalled Mohammad, who did not share his last name for safety reasons.Palestinian authorities have estimated more than 36,000 civilians, many of them women and children, have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war, drawing escalating international condemnation.
“Seeing how the students experienced backlash for standing up for the innocent, it struck a deep nerve with me,” Goodwin said.“He chooses to keep silent to please Israel,” said Arianna Streeter-Floyd, who took a 20-hour bus ride from Des Moines to join the march. “I’m not going to vote someone in who’s committing genocide,” added Jonna, 25. “I don’t want to pick one evil over another evil.”
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