The group Muslim Women for Harris-Walz disbanded after the refusal by the Democratic National Committee to allow a Palestinian-American to speak this week, the group announced Wednesday on social media.
Earlier in the week, a group of uncommitted delegates asked the campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris to give Abbas Alawieh, a delegate from Michigan, a speaking slot at the main stage of the convention. Alawieh, a Palestinian-American, was denied, leading to protests outside the United Center in Chicago.
"We cannot in good conscience continue Muslim Women for Harris-Walz, in light of this new information from the Uncommitted movement, that VP Harris' team declined their request to have a Palestinian American speaker take the stage at the DNC," the group said in a statement posted on Instagram.
The group noted that the family of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin showed "more empathy towards Palestinian Americans" than Harris or Tim Walz. On Wednesday night, Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin spoke before the crowd and pleaded for a cease-fire deal to be reached so that the remaining hostages may return home.
Tension has developed within the Democratic Party as leaders struggle to find a coherent message that offers support for Israel and its war against Hamas while offering empathy for American Muslims who traditionally vote Democrat.
In February, Arab and Muslim organizers staged a protest vote in the critical battleground state of Michigan in which over 100,000 Democrat primary voters chose "uncommitted" over President Joe Biden.
Since Hamas invaded northern Israel on Oct. 7 and killed 1,200 people, the conflict has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced millions, according to Gaza's Health Ministry.
"We pray that the DNC and VP Harris' team makes the right decision before this convention is over. For the sake of each of us," the group's statement concluded.
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