The Palestinian community where US Democrats held their convention last week takes pride in its identity and rallies for Gaza.
Bridgeview, Illinois – Standing outside his local mosque in suburban Chicago, Robhi Gharallah said Israel’s war in Gaza is on everyone’s mind in his neighbourhood.
“We’re praying. We’re protesting. We’re raising funds. We’re doing all we can for Gaza,” he told Al Jazeera after Friday prayer.
But Gharallah said there is one action he and his neighbours are uncertain about — and that is how to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Gharallah lives in Bridgeview, Illinois, an area informally known as Chicago’s Little Palestine. It sits in Cook County, home to an estimated 22,518 Palestinian Americans — one of the largest Palestinian communities in the United States.
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