Nine months into the Zionist onslaught on the Gaza Strip, various organizations and activist groups among minority communities in the United States are increasingly express solidarity with the oppressed Palestinian nation.
In a significant gesture, some 6,000 Black activists, artists, scholars, students and over 225 organizations throughout the US signed the Black Solidarity with Gaza #CeasefireNow statement.
The statement emphasized: “We make this statement as Black people in solidarity with Palestinian people, committed to our collective liberation, in grief and in outrage at the catastrophic violence that the state of Israel is enacting on Gaza.”
It added: “We demand an immediate ceasefire; the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid and services, medical teams, supplies, and trauma care; the immediate restoration of water, food, fuel, electricity, and internet; end of the US obstruction of Palestinian protections against genocide under international law; the prevention of forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza outside of Palestine; end to the siege on Gaza; and the occupation of Palestine.”
African American groups supporting Palestine:
1. African Americans for Palestinian Rights
2. Black Solidarity with Palestine
3. Afro-Palestinian Alliance
4. Black Voices for Gaza
5. African American Palestine Advocates
6. African Diaspora for Palestine
7. Black Unity for Palestinian Liberation
8. African American Coalition for Palestine
9. Black Lives Matter Palestine
10. Pan-African Support for Palestine.
According to the statement, “We call on Black youth, elders, students, artists, workers, people of faith, activists, teachers and politicians to fearlessly mobilize and speak out for Palestinian freedom, to organize our communities and institutions to do the same. We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and we will stand here until Palestine is free.”
A poll shows that 40 percent of Latino adults say the US should push for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, per the latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo. Just 16% of respondents said the US should continue to support Israel with arms and funds. 39% said the US should not be involved in the conflict.
Latino and Hispanic American groups supporting Palestine:
1. National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL)
2. Latino Jewish Leadership Council
3. Latinx Palestine Solidarity Network
4. Latinxs for Palestine
5. Alianza de Acreedores de Puerto Rico - Pro Palestina (APRPP)
6. National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) - Palestine Solidarity Campaign