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Al Jazeera
Ali Harb

‘They want to erase us:’ How DNC rejected demand for Palestinian speaker

'Uncommitted' delegates stage a sit-in outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22 [Ali Harb/Al Jazeera]

Chicago, Illinois – Abbas Alawieh sat cross-legged on the ground outside the Democratic National Convention in an almost meditative posture.

Stretched out on the concrete in front of him were signs that read “Not another bomb” and “Arms embargo now”, their four corners pinned down by water bottles.

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