The American Muslim Task Force for Palestine today announced that Gazan Al Jazeera journalist Wa’el al-Dahdouh, who lost his wife, his daughter, two sons and a grandchild to Israeli airstrikes, plans to speak via video at the March on Washington for Gaza tomorrow.
al-Dahdouh’s wife, daughter, one son and a grandchild were killed by Israeli airstrikes in October. Another son was killed in an Israeli airstrike this month. al-Dahdouh was himself injured in an Israeli airstrike that also killed his cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa.
SEE: Al Jazeera journalist laments son killed in Israeli strike in Gaza: ‘He was my soul’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/al-jazeera-journalist-laments-son-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-gaza-he-was-my-soul/ar-AA1mLgPy
Other speakers at tomorrow’s event, which is set to begin at 1 p.m. ET at Freedom Plaza, include Dr. Cornel West, Jill Stein, Ms. Ilyasah Shabbazz (daughter of Malcolm X), Imam Omar Suleiman, Dr. Osama Aburishaid, Nihad Awad, Colorado state Rep. Iman Jodeh, Code Pink Director Medea Benjamin, and others.
Also tomorrow, six Palestinian-American families whose relatives have been killed, injured, displaced or abducted in the Israeli government’s assault on Gaza plan to speak on stage immediately before the start of the March on Washington for Gaza to share their personal stories, call on President Biden to secure a ceasefire to prevent further loss of life, and answer questions. The families are scheduled to speak on stage at 12:00 pm eastern before the formal rally and march begins.
SEE: DC: Impacted Gaza Families to Join March on Washington for Gaza, Share Stories of Lost Family Members Before March Begins
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