Anti-Israel agitators protest against Vice President Harris’ nomination near the DNC and distribute leaflets calling for a global “intifada”
CHICAGO – Anti-Israel protesters marched to the United Center – where the Democratic National Convention ends Thursday night – and left a message for Vice President Kamala Harris: Democrats are funding a “genocide” against the Palestinian people and are not doing enough to reach a ceasefire agreement.
Amid the sea of anti-Israel agitators – most of whom covered their faces – there were also scattered groups protesting for their own causes in the security areas of the DNC. Pro-lifers also spoke out against abortion, while others protested against corporations and former President Trump.
Almost all groups, however, were strongly against Israel. The activist group Healing Our Homeland distributed leaflets with the slogan “Globalize the Intifada.”
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“Israel is a terrorist state,” a protester shouted through a megaphone near one of the DNC’s security checkpoints. “Stop funding Israel.”
“As they officially appoint murderer Kamala as head of the pyre, we are here to say that nothing they say or do at this gathering will wash the blood of Palestinian men, women and children from their hands,” one protester said through a megaphone to the park filled with demonstrators.
The protesters met around 5 p.m. and began marching, led by Chicago Police Commissioner Larry Snelling and several police officers.
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The demonstrators waved signs and Palestinian flags and chanted through megaphones: “There is a solution: the Intifada revolution” and “Long live Antifada.”
“Absolutely not,” protester Cole Bennett told Fox News Digital when asked if he supported Vice President Harris’ Israel policy. “That’s why we’re here… The fact is, the policy we’re actively pursuing is a ceasefire agreement. That means nothing when you have the option to cut off aid and turn off the bombs on Israel. They could do that tomorrow and they should do it, and they shouldn’t count on our vote until they do it.”
Another protester, Evan, held a sign that read, “Joe Biden, be a man and save the children” and “Hold back the guns.”
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“A ceasefire should be forced. I don’t think Joe Biden would feel too much impact from that,” he told Fox News Digital. “And he’s not running for re-election anyway, so he should stand up for the team if that’s what they’re worried about. That would clear the way for November and get a whole lot of people on board.”
“This is still Joe Biden’s game,” he added.
Other anti-Israel groups marching to the United Center burned American flags later that evening.
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Vice President Harris accepted the DNC’s nomination Thursday night as the party’s nominee to run against Trump in November.
Bradford Betz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.