Hundreds gather in the Loop to mark two years of the Israel

A few hundred people gathered Saturday in the Loop to mark two years of the Israel-Hamas war.

Noura Ebrahim with the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)-Chicago and coordinator of Boycott Divest and Sanctions Chicago told the crowd of about 300 that protesters have been demonstrating every week in support of Palestinians and that they “will never surrender our right to exist as a people.”

“We continue to march week after week for Palestine and in solidarity with immigrant rights groups fighting [President Donald] Trump’s agenda because our liberation is bound together with the liberation of all oppressed people,” Ebrahim said. “But marching is not enough. Statements are not enough. We are not just fighting genocide abroad. We are confronting the corruption, white supremacy and col