I just can’t get the sounds of the parents finding out
that their kids would not make it
out of my mind. As Jewish people,
as Democrats, we can stand for freedom and justice for everybody.
We want Vice President Harris to step into her leadership
and present us a policy that will save the lives of Palestinians
in this moment. I’m one of many doctors that are here today,
and the mission is to confront the Democratic Party with what we saw.
Born and raised in Chicago,
but in the Palestinian diaspora.
Grew up in little Palestine.
Uh, I went to Gaza when I was, uh,
in January. We saw horror and devastation every single night.
Five year olds and six year olds on the ground,
some of whom already been killed and are already dead,
and others who are shrieking in pain,
who have had a limb blown off,
and we don’t even have any pain medicine to be able to give to them.
I’m here to let people know that we have a role to play,
that we failed in our, uh,
responsibility, that we,
our policies have failed us far,
and it’s time to change that.
It’s time to set a new course.
I grew up in Orthodox Jew,
and for two thirds of my life,
I believed that the occupation of Palestine
was necessary to protect my safety.
And then I went to Palestine.
I met the people. I saw their humanity that had been shielded.
From us for so long.
And I realized that not one single child needs to die
in order to keep me safe. I realized that Palestine needs our voices.
Jews can be free, and Palestinians can be free.
And the bombs and the killing.
I started the uncommitted movement in Minnesota
because I was seeing children who look like my son
they massacred. When Kamala Harris became a candidate,
I found some hope. And right now,
what I’m doing is working to ask her for a permanent ceasefire
and an arms embargo. Because without an arms embargo,
we can’t have a ceasefire.
I’m here because I want Palestinians to have the right to live.