Cornel West Addresses Israel-Gaza War Like a President During Dearbon Rally
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On Tuesday, Cornel West, the presidential candidate and renowned political activist teamed up with Michigan Task Force for Palestine. Their event, Gaza Endures Interfaith Rally, took place in Dearborn, and West demanded an end to the siege of Gaza as well as a permanent cease-fire.
There were several hundred participants, including Muslim, Christian and Jewish faith leaders who described the war on Gaza as genocide.
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He added, “We’re bringing out the injustices that have been rendered invisible ... when you have nearly 8,000 precious Palestinian babies who are being killed ... and almost 20,000 as a whole ... how can I not raise my voice, how can I not be concerned about that?”
West, who is running as an Independent, has been under scrutiny when it comes to his financial dealings. In an alarming article published by Forbes earlier this month called the scholar broke and stated that his net worth is zero.
The Isreal-Hamas war has resulted in the deaths of almost 20,000 Palestinians, displaced some 1.9 million of them and destroyed much of northern Gaza.
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