The US president spoke to the Israeli prime minister on Wednesday in a call that included vice-president Kamala Harris, according to the White House
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on Democratic convention organizers to make space for a Palestinian speaker.
“Just as we must honor the humanity of hostages, so too must we center the humanity of the 40,000 Palestinians killed under Israeli bombardment,” the New York lawmaker wrote on the X platform. “To deny that story is to participate in the dehumanization of Palestinians.”
