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Delegates for an anti-war, pro-Palestinian voting bloc are calling for Democratic National Convention organizers to allow a doctor whos been on Gazas front lines to speak at the presidential nominating event about the humanitarian crisis.

The uncommitted delegation represents a movement of Democratic voters who oppose the Biden administrations support for Israels military offensive in Gaza. The movement sprang from the frustration of voters many of whom are Muslim and Arab American who refused to cast their Democratic primary ballot for President Joe Biden because of his Gaza policy.

What started as a statewide protest vote in Michigan spread across the country, garnering hundreds of thousands of votes and resulting in what the movement said is 30 uncommitted delegates for the DNC, where thousands of delegates will formally nominate the Democratic presidential candidate.

The delegations hope is that having Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan address DNC attendees from the convention floor about what she has witnessed in the Palestinian enclave will help the Democratic Party face the human devastation of Israels U.S.-funded siege, which is entering its 10th month.

The Democratic National Convention is a chance to declare our values to the American public, to set the tone for the next four years, June Rosenbaum, an uncommitted delegate from Rhode Island, said on a call set up Thursday morning by the delegation. The Democratic Party cannot espouse the values of freedom, justice and equality at home while being the party of death and destruction abroad. The Democratic Party cannot oppose fascism at home while enabling genocide abroad.

For 18 years of my life, I never heard a single person speak up for Palestine, they said. With a DNC speaker with experience on the ground in Gaza, we can make it so no American can ever say the same.

Dr. @Tanyaalih, who we are asking to be given a speaking spot at the [@DNC], is uniquely positioned to speak to the pain that has been kept hidden from us. Shes seen it up close. - @Junesfinalrose #NotAnotherBomb pic.twitter.com/eb0J42RxAu

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Dr. @Tanyaalih , who we are asking to be given a speaking spot at the [@DNC ], is uniquely positioned to speak to the pain that has been kept hidden from us. Shes seen it up close. - @Junesfinalrose #NotAnotherBomb pic.twitter.com/eb0J42RxAu
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The delegation said it sent written requests to Democratic National Committee representatives and convention planners nearly a month ago but has yet to hear back. The request includes for Haj-Hassan, an American pediatric intensive care physician, to have five minutes of speaking time on the convention floor during evening programming.

The group asked for one of its delegates to have speaking time as well as language in the DNC platform that calls for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and an immediate embargo on U.S. offensive weapons to Israel.

We have been trained to protect human lives. We have been trained to preserve human life, Haj-Hassan said on the Thursday call. But what has become incredibly and absolutely clear is that it is impossible to do amidst a military campaign that is not only targeting civilian life wherever it is in the Gaza Strip but also targeting everything thats indispensable to human life, from water to fuel, food, health care and infrastructure.

Im not a politician. In fact, Im not even an activist. My life prior to this year has been spent primarily doing clinical work, she said. But Im hoping to provide moral witness to the delegates of the Democratic National Convention because an end to this military campaign is the only way to preserve human life under the current circumstances. And so it is vital that the most powerful decision-makers globally hear firsthand accounts from myself and from my colleagues that can impact our foreign policy.

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