民主党全国代表大会内外的支持巴勒斯坦的声音计划确保他们的抱怨在本周的集会上被听到芝加哥从周一的大游行开始。
除了数以万计的人计划在现场附近抗议，30名代表当选代表“未承诺”运动将在大会内倡导反战议程。他们不会支持哈里斯，除非保证她的政府会支持武器禁运以色列.
据知情人士透露，哈里斯-瓦尔兹竞选经理朱莉·查韦斯·罗德里格斯(Julie Chavez Rodriguez)以及其他高级竞选官员过去一周在密歇根州会见了当地的阿拉伯裔美国人和犹太裔美国人领袖，包括韦恩县副行政长官阿萨德·图尔特(Assad Turfe)。他称这次会议“非常有成效”，并指出“这些会议强调了哈里斯团队的承诺，即确保我们的社区在会议桌上拥有一个有意义的席位。”
领导抗议活动的多个组织的民主党全国委员会(DNC)表示，它没有因副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯成为民主党候选人而动摇。该组织坚决反对乔·拜登总统处理美国对加沙地带打击哈马斯的战争以及巴勒斯坦平民死亡的反应，认为哈里斯和拜登的言论是一回事。
“一些人认为这会稍微改变一些事情，但没有一个组织说他们会离开联盟，”DNC游行的全国主席Hatem Abudayyeh告诉ABC新闻。“每个人都说她是政府的代表;没有理由相信在她的领导下会有任何政策改变。”
当来自全国各地的约200个社会正义组织的联盟在周一和周四举行游行时，这一点可能会很明显。
在会议大厅里，尚未表态的代表将来自密歇根州、密苏里州、明尼苏达州和华盛顿州。他们说，他们将采取不同于公约之外的方法，因为他们的唯一重点是履行他们“作为代表的职责”
“未表态的全国运动没有参与民主党全国委员会的游行，”密歇根州未表态的代表阿巴斯·阿拉维赫(Abbas Alawieh)谈到抗议活动时说。
“我是来参加大会的。我在那里是为了提高选民的声音，他们希望看到我们的政府停止送钱和炸弹去杀害巴勒斯坦儿童。”
阿拉维和密西根州民主党众议员拉希达·特莱布的妹妹蕾拉·埃拉贝德在上周的底特律集会前与哈里斯进行了简短的交谈。据该团体称，这两人要求与她会面，讨论对以色列的武器禁运问题，他们说，她表示对此持开放态度，并将这两位领导人介绍给她的工作人员。
他们已经向竞选团队和民主党全国委员会提出了几项请求，要求在日程中安排一名巴勒斯坦发言人。该组织仍然希望哈里斯会“做正确的事情”，并将他们的政党团结在他们所谓的“更人道的加沙政策”周围。
“我们认为让巴勒斯坦裔美国人上台是至关重要的，也是一个重要的机会，可以开始修复与感觉被民主党深深背叛的美国人之间的紧张关系，”阿拉维赫告诉美国广播公司新闻。
美国广播公司新闻已经联系了哈里斯-瓦尔兹竞选团队和民主党全国委员会进行评论。
星期二。抗议团体还将在联合中心外为自哈马斯10月7日袭击以色列以来丧生的巴勒斯坦人和以色列人举行纪念活动。一名发言人告诉ABC新闻，他们认为这是“为所有受过去几年暴力影响的人哀悼的机会。”
在过去的一周里，加沙的死亡人数达到了一个严峻的里程碑超过4万人死亡据加沙哈马斯控制的卫生部称。
哈里斯显然试图在加沙战争上穿针引线，试图弥合党内对以色列-哈马斯战争的分歧。虽然她一直与拜登结盟，誓言坚定不移地支持以色列，但在7月25日与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡会晤后，她特别表示，“以色列有权自卫，以及如何自卫——这很重要”——特别是在保护平民方面。
亲巴勒斯坦的抗议者出现在底特律的哈里斯-瓦尔兹集会上。他们高呼“卡玛拉，卡玛拉，你不能隐藏，我们不会投票支持种族灭绝。”人群发出嘘声，并高喊“卡玛拉”，淹没了抗议者的声音
她打趣道:“我在这里是因为我们相信民主。每个人的声音都很重要，但我现在在说话。我现在正在发言，”但补充了一个更直截了当的回答:“你知道吗，如果你希望唐纳德·特朗普赢，那就说出来。否则，我说话。”
未承诺运动的成员向美国广播公司新闻表示，哈里斯在未来几个月关于加沙的言论对获得他们的支持至关重要，他们曾表示，他们不可能给拜登支持。
阿拉维赫说，他不会参加民主党全国委员会以外的抗议活动。
周一的游行将包括女权草根组织Code Pink和关注气候变化的Climate Defiance等团体。
在最初被三月份拒绝了举行两次抗议游行的许可在民主党全国委员会的几个街区内，芝加哥市在法庭上告了几个月之后，于周四做出了让步，但有所限制。许可证不允许他们搭建任何舞台或平台或使用音响设备，也不允许他们带任何便携式厕所。
没有适当的许可，许多人担心1968年芝加哥民主党大会上出现的暴力和动荡会重演，但伊利诺伊州民主党州长JB Prtizker认为这些比较CNN周日，说这是一种“不同的情况”普利兹克推测，抗议活动大体上将是“和平的”
普利兹克说:“抗议者抗议的东西离这里很远。“这不是关于人们从这里被征召，去国外。所以情况完全不同。老实说，我预计我们会有和平的抗议。我们将保护抗议者。”
芝加哥民主党市长布兰登·约翰逊(Brandon Johnson)周日向美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)“本周”联合主播玛莎·拉达茨(Martha Raddatz)保证，芝加哥警方和美国特勤局(U.S. Secret Service)一直在努力“确保一个安全、和平但充满活力、令人兴奋的大会”。
“我们已经为这次大会做好了准备。看，我们当地的警察部门已经与特勤局以及其他当地机构合作，以确保一个安全、和平而又充满活力、令人兴奋的大会，”约翰逊说。“芝加哥市被评为第一名，因为它与会议中心以及我们如何确保我们保护人们有关，同时也提供了一个机会来看到我们的美丽和灵魂。”
周五，法院同意抗议者在联合中心游行之前，可以在联合公园组装一个演讲舞台和音响系统，为像阿布达耶这样的抗议者开辟一条道路，这些抗议者担心，尽管他们被允许在大会的视野和声音范围内抗议，但他们不会被听到。
“他们知道这在法庭上站不住脚，但他们也知道我们一直在夜以继日地组织，争取芝加哥的重要支持者，他们也帮助为我们辩护，”Abudayyeh说。
现在，该组织希望将他们获准行进的1.1英里路线延长至2.4英里。他们告诉ABC新闻，他们将与芝加哥官员合作，直到他们开始游行，让他们的要求得到批准。
Unmoved by Harris replacing Biden at top of ticket, pro-Palestinian protesters plan to march on DNC
Pro-Palestinian voices both inside and outside the Democratic National Convention plan to make sure their complaints are heard at this week's gathering inChicago, starting with a major march on Monday.
In addition to thetens of thousands who plan to protest near the site, 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 onIsrael.
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, told ABC News. "Everyone said she is representative of the administration; that there's no reason to believe that any policies would change under her leadership of the ticket."
That will likely be clear when the coalition of some 200 social justice organizations from across the county move ahead with marches on Monday and Thursday.
Inside the convention hall, uncommitted delegates will hail from states such as Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota and Washington state. They say they will take a different approach from those outside of the convention in that their sole focus is to fulfill their "duty as a delegate."
"The Uncommitted National Movement is not involved in the March on the DNC," Michigan uncommitted delegate Abbas Alawieh said of the protest effort.
"I'm there to participate in the proceedings of the convention. I'm there to lift up the voices of the voters who want to see our government stop sending money and bombs to kill Palestinian children."
Alawieh -- along with Layla Elabed, the sister of Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib -- was able to briefly speak with Harris before her Detroit rally last week. According to the group, the two asked to meet with her about an arms embargo on Israel, and they said she indicated that she was open to it and introduced the two leaders to members of her staff.
They've put in several requests with both the campaign and the DNC to have a Palestinian speaker on the schedule. The group remains hopeful that Harris will "do the right thing" and unite their party around what they call "a more humane Gaza policy."
"We think putting someone from the Palestinian-American community on stage is critical and an important opportunity to begin to repair a deeply strained relationship with Americans who feel deeply betrayed by the Democratic Party," Alawieh told ABC News.
ABC News has reached out to both the Harris-Walz campaign and the DNC for comment.
On Tuesday. the protest groups will also hold a memorial outside the United Center for the both Palestinians and Israelis who have been killed since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. A spokesperson told ABC News they see it as an "opportunity to get a moment of mourning for all the people who have been impacted by this past years violence."
The death toll in Gaza passed a grim milestone this past week withmore than 40,000 dead, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry.
Harris has noticeably tried to thread the needle on the war in Gaza in an attempt to bridge divides within the party over the Israel-Hamas war. While she has been aligned with Biden in vowing unwavering support for Israel, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 25 she notably said, "Israel has a right to defend itself and how it does so -- matters" -- specifically with regard to protecting civilians.
Pro-Palestinian protesters were present at the Harris-Walz rally in Detroit. They chanted "Kamala, Kamala you can't hide, we won't vote for genocide." The crowd booed and drowned out the protesters with chants of "Kamala."
She quipped, "I'm here because we believe in democracy. Everyone's voice matters, but I am speaking now. I am speaking now," but added a more blunt reply: "You know what, if you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking."
Members of the uncommitted movement have indicated to ABC News that Harris' language regarding Gaza in the coming months is crucial to gaining their support, something they've said they would not have been able to give to Biden.
Alawieh said he will not be participating in the protests outside of the DNC.
The United Center, the host venue of the Democratic National Convention is seen in front of the skyline...Show more
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The march on Monday will include groups like Code Pink, a feminist grassroots organization, and Climate Defiance, which focuses on climate change.
After initially beingdenied a permit in March to hold a pair of protest marcheswithin blocks of the DNC, on Thursday the city of Chicago relented after months in court -- but with restrictions. The permit didn't allow them to put up any stages or platforms or use sound equipment and they weren't allowed to bring any portable toilets.
Without proper permits many feared a repeat of the violence and unrest seen at 1968's Chicago's Democratic convention, but Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Prtizker wrote off those comparisons toCNN on Sunday,saying that it's a "different situation." Pritzker surmised that the protests would by-in-large be "peaceful."
"The protesters are protesting something that is very far away from here," said Pritzker. "It's not about people getting drafted from here, going abroad. So it's a whole different situation. And honestly, I expect that we're going to have peaceful protests. We're going to protect the protesters."
Chicago's Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson assured ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that Chicago police along with the U.S. Secret Service have worked to "ensure a safe, peaceful yet vibrant, exciting convention."
"We're ready for this convention. Look, our local police department has worked with the Secret Service as well as other local agencies to ensure a safe, peaceful yet vibrant, exciting convention," Johnson said. "The city of Chicago has been rated number one as it relates to convention centers and how we make sure that we protect people, while also providing an opportunity to see the beauty and the soul of who we are."
On Friday, the court agreed the protesters could assemble a stage and sound system for speeches in Union Park prior to their marches on the United Center opening a path for protesters, like Abudayyeh, who feared that although they had been given a permit to protest within sight and sound of the convention, they wouldn't be heard.
"[They] knew it wouldn't hold up in court, but they also knew that we have been organizing day and night to line up important supporters in Chicago who helped advocate for us too," said Abudayyeh.
Now the group is looking to extend the 1.1 mile route they've been granted to march on to 2.4 miles. They told ABC News, they'll be working with Chicago officials up until they start marching to get their request approved.
