On the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Muslim Women for Harris announced its disbandment in response to the Harris-Walz campaign’s decision not to include a “Palestinian” speaker on the main stage.
The announcement coincided with a sit-in organized by the Uncommitted National Movement, which secured 30 delegates for the convention. The demonstration, which saw participation from Ilhan Omar and a FaceTime call from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was sparked by the campaign’s refusal to allow a Palestinian speaker—despite earlier uncertainty about the possibility of such a speech.
In their statement, Muslim Women for Harris expressed their discontent, saying, “We cannot in good conscience continue Muslim Women for Harris-Walz, in light of this new information from the Uncommitted movement, that VP Harris’ team declined their request to have a Palestinian American speaker take the stage at the DNC.”
The Uncommitted movement had earlier supported the inclusion of the family of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who spoke on Wednesday, while calling for a similar opportunity for a Palestinian speaker. “Uncommitted delegates urge the Democratic Party to reject a hierarchy of human value by ensuring Palestinian voices are heard on the main stage,” their statement said. “We strongly support the decision to have Israeli hostages’ families speak and hope that Palestinians, who have faced significant civilian casualties, will also be given a platform.”
During the convention, Goldberg-Polin’s father, Jon Polin, called for the return of hostages and an end to the suffering in Gaza. While speakers like Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders addressed the ongoing conflict, some critics felt the party’s response was insufficient.
Muslim Women for Harris criticized the Democratic Party, stating, “The family of the Israeli hostage that was on the stage tonight has shown more empathy towards Palestinian Americans and Palestinians than our candidate or the DNC has. This is a terrible message to send to Democrats. Palestinians have the right to speak about Palestine.”
Alana Zeitchik, who has family members among the hostages, also supported the call for a Palestinian American speaker. On X, she stated, “Rachel and Jon deserved every second on that stage. I also believe a Palestinian American voice deserves to be heard on that stage. I’d love to hear from @Ruwa4Georgia and I hope the DNC will give her the chance to be heard.”
Chicago, host city for this year’s convention, is home to one of the largest Palestinian communities in the U.S. Muslim Women for Harris has not yet responded to requests for further comment.
Harris—Walz are hypocrites…this is all part of the sick “Woke” culture in which people are expected to buy their entire agenda or be made invisible. As a first generation American Serbian, now the Palestinians got a taste of their own Islamic medicine. Serbs were denied human rights in the 1990s as NATO divided Yugoslavia into 5 new countries without a single vote of the 8 Million Serbian majority…minority Muslims got everything they wanted including the U.S. and NATO fighting their war? This convention has been orchestrated with a high level of false “excitement” along with character assassination and name calling. It was obvious Democrats did not dare have anyone talk about the ugly economy, inflation, high food and gas cost. Trump’s name was mentioned “297 times” while the border was mentioned only twice. For an organization that preaches ‘equal rights’ it sure is interesting that black who represent 14% in the U.S. were 71% of the speakers at this convention? Blacks never learned their lesson as Democrats since Pres. Johnson promised them the moon in every election only to pull the rug out from under them when they got elected—So what is different about Harris-Walz…NOTHING, EXCEPT THE ADDITION OF SOCIALIST IDEAS!