Pro-Palestinian voices both inside and outside the Democratic National Convention plan to make sure their complaints are heard at this week's gathering in , starting with a major march on Monday. In addition to the , 30 delegates elected to represent the "uncommitted" movement will be inside the convention advocating an anti-war agenda. They will not endorse Harris without assurances that her administration will embrace an arms embargo on .
According to a source familiar the matter, Harris-Walz campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, as well as other top campaign officials, met with local Arab American and Jewish American leaders in Michigan this past week, including Deputy Wayne County Executive Assad Turfe. He described the meeting as "incredibly productive," noting that "these meetings underscored the Harris team's commitment to ensuring that our community has a meaningful seat at the table." March on DNC, the group leading multiple organizations in the protests, said it has not been swayed by Vice President Kamala Harris' rise to the top of the Democratic ticket.
The group, which adamantly disagreed with President Joe Biden's handling of the U.S. response to the war against Hamas in Gaza -- and the deaths of Palestinian civilians -- sees Harris' and Biden's rhetoric as one and the same.
"Some folks thought that it would change things a tiny bit, but not one organization said they were going to leave the coalition," Hatem Abudayyeh, the national chair of March on DNC, tol.