Anti-war activists refuse to accept Kamala Harris' pro-Israel policy

The movement to end US support for Israel's war on Gaza will continue to pressure presidential candidate Kamala Harris to change track on Gaza despite the Democratic Party making it clear there would be no shift in US policy to Israel, should she become commander-in-chief.

In her speech last week at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Harris offered a mix of platitudes "to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done" while confirming that her priority remained standing up for Israel's right to defend itself.

Accompanying Harris' support for Israel came the DNC's refusal to allow a Palestinian speaker to address the plenary, culminating in a media spectacle and several pro-Palestine Democratic Party insiders in tears. 

Though the refusal to allow a Palestinian speaker to address the convention drew condemnation from several quarters, including liberal Zionists, activists and scholars say the way the DNC sought to bury its role in Israel's war on Gaza underlined the extent to which Palestinian Americans were no more than placeholders in American democracy.

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