John,

Throughout this week’s Democratic National Convention, 30 delegates from eight states representing some 700,000 voters from the Uncommitted movement have kept up their organizing efforts to elevate Palestinian voices and demand not only a permanent ceasefire in Gaza but an immediate arms embargo with Israel.

While we heard multiple calls for a ceasefire on the national stage receive thunderous applause, the Democratic Party has yet to give any Palestinian speakers the representation they deserve.

Family members of Israeli hostages were given a platform to address the nation last night, and they used it to call for a ceasefire. By excluding Palestinians from making their voice heard at the Party’s convention, the DNC is suggesting that Israeli and Palestinian lives are NOT equal — this is racist and goes against our very values as Democrats.

The only Palestinian American in Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, put it perfectly:

Later in the evening, Uncommitted delegates then confirmed there would not be a Palestinian speaker invited to the main stage. Since then, they have bravely staged a sit-in outside the convention center until their request is met.

There's no excuse to justify excluding a Palestinian American voice from the DNC stage.

This Party has an opportunity to show that it's different than Republicans, that it believes in democracy that includes Palestinian voices and opposes genocide—like a majority of its voters.

Rashida and fellow Justice Democrats Cori Bush, Summer Lee, Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, Delia Ramirez, Ayanna Pressley, and AOC are demanding Party leadership right this wrong by giving even a single Palestinian voice a platform on the final night of this convention.

Justice Democrats stands in solidarity with the Squad and the Uncommitted movement calling for the Democratic Party to do the right thing by inviting a Palestinian to speak on the main stage, pledging to enact an arms embargo, and urging the Harris-Walz campaign to commit to a permanent ceasefire.

If you’re with us, add your name to build public pressure on the Party to stand up for ALL human rights in this pivotal moment →

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We will not rest as long as Netanyahu’s brutal genocide against Palestinians continues, and we firmly stand with our progressive allies in demanding #NotAnotherBomb.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats