Detroit — Pro-Palestinian activists are making headway with Americans and in Congress, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib said during a sweeping speech to thousands gathered for a weekend conference in downtown Detroit.

She said her colleagues in Congress are "scared" by protesters at their district offices and town hall attendees questioning U.S. arms sales to Israel. She said activists are "winning" outside of Washington, D.C., and encouraged them to continue mobilizing for Palestinian rights, boycotting companies that support Israel's war and protesting the U.S. support of Israel.

"The tide is turning in a way that it can never be turned back," she said. "Palestine will be free."

Tlaib was the closing speaker at the People's Conference for Palestine, a weekend conference at Huntington Place th

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