Credit Justin Hicks / IPB News Earlier this month, the Israeli army and Palestinian militants had their worst clash since 2014. In the wake of the cease-fire declared late last week, protesters in support of Palestine rallied in South Bend on Monday.
A crowd of a little more than 50 gathered at the federal courthouse in downtown South Bend to protest Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which killed about 200 Palestinians earlier this month.
Credit Justin Hicks / IPB News Mohammed Sirajuddin, an Imam with the Islamic Society of Michiana, said the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine isn’t simply an issue of religion or ethnicity.