More than 1,000 rallied Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians and calling for an end to US aid to Israel.
The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire that ended 11 days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip has so far held.
"We will stand against any politician that continues to fund weapons to Israel. We will oppose them, we will vote against them, we will fund their opponents, until we vote them out of office," said Silmi. "There is a huge change" going on in the US with regard to the Palestinian cause seeking a sovereign homeland, said Alahmad.
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