10 GROUNDCOVER NEWS POLITICS NOVEMBER 3, 2023 Palestine rally at Congresswoman Dingell's office calls for ceasefire, no more funds for Israel MIKE JONES Groundcover vendor No. 113 Monday October 23, a pro-Palestine rally — organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, U-M Graduate Employees' Organization and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality — took place in front of Congresswoman Debbie Dingell’s Washtenaw County Office. The main message from the participants at the rally was a call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to denounce the United States' support and aid to Israel. The rally was peaceful and informative. It was one of the many rallies and protests that took place these last few weeks around the world following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. These protests showed support in solidarity with the people of Palestine and set the stage for a major protest and demonstration in Washington D.C on November 4. Heidi, a participant at the rally, said, “This is an obvious injustice, we all know that colonialism and ethnic cleansing are wrong, and yet our government sends money every year to aid and abet it and now we sit by and watch innocent people die en masse.” Another participant at the rally, Galen, said, “This term the Israeli called ‘mowing the lawn’ is a euphemism for murder and another iteration of what we have seen for decades now, the end game is the same innocent people dying, and I’m not for that.” Top image: Speaker from Yemeni Liberation Movement addressing crowd at rally. Bottom images: Protestors standing in solidarity, listening to speakers and preparing to shut down Washtenaw Avenue in nonviolent protest. by Izzy Hedin-Urrutia
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