Columbus, OH showed up with great numbers to support Palestine and to Free Palestine! They are at the Ohio Statehouse making their voices heard now.

Thank you. But to your point I think it's the same as any oppressed or suppressed group, just having a conversation or knowing someone from that minority can have a huge impact. My Hebrew School had a partnership post-9/11 (not sure if they do still) with a local mosque and not that all Palestinians are Muslim but there were several refugee children I interacted with through it and we weren't supposed to talk about P/I funnily enough but when you ask a kid where they are from or why they are a refugee, it'll come up.

This girl I was partnered with made me realize as an 11 year old that what's happening is wrong, she told me her family member is/was a doctor (maybe dentist) in Gaza. She told me about how his electricity and water would be cut off mid-procedure unexpectedly, she told me her cousins would be stopped from going to school especially during exams. I know there's worse that's going on but having those interactions, putting real faces and people to it all, it made a difference for me and I know it did for others in that program. More partnerships like that should exist.

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