From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Philip Weiss was published by Mondoweiss on July 28, 2016.
For those who care about Palestine, the most exciting moment of the Democratic convention took place Monday when a young delegate jumped on to his chair on the convention floor and unfurled the Palestinian flag. He was soon surrounded by a crowd holding up Hillary Clinton signs to make his demonstration disappear. But the incident quickly went out on social media — ‘a very human moment in a very dark time,’ as Laila Abdelaziz put it.
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