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We don’t want condolences or speeches. We want to be treated like human beings, and we want less trauma in our lives.
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Israel-Gaza War
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Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”
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