Pro-Palestinian advocates and lawmakers are calling for a Palestinian American to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, especially because the parents of an American taken hostage by Hamas spoke on Wednesday.
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin spoke for eight minutes on Wednesday evening. Their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was taken hostage more than 10 months ago. The couple pleaded for the release of their son and the other hostages, saying it was “not a political issue.”
Hours before they took the stage, members of the progressive “Squad,” including Jamaal Bowman (D‑NY), Cori Bush (D‑MO), Ilhan Omar (D‑MN), Rashida Tlaib (D‑MI), and even actor Mark Ruffalo called on the DNC to include the testimony of a Pale …