WASHINGTON, Sunday, November 5, 2023 (WAFA) – US rapper Macklemore was present at the pro-Palestine massive protest who took place in Washington, DC, and even gave a speech before thousands of people who attended the rally.
The rapper, 40, found himself taking the stage and speaking to a crowd of thousands of people who came to show support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing brutal aggression by Israeli occupation forces, which claimed the lives of over 9800 Palestinians, mainly children.
“First and foremost, this is absolutely beautiful to observe today,” the rapper said when he took the stage. “I didn’t expect to be on a microphone,” said Macklemore. “There are thousands of people here more qualified to speak on the issue of a free Palestine than myself.”
“But I will say this,” Macklemore added. “They told me to be quiet. They told me to do my research, to go back, that it’s too complex to say something, right? To be silent in this moment. In the last three weeks I’ve gone back and I’ve done some research … I’m teachable. I don’t know enough. But I know enough that this is a genocide.”
In the wake of the devastating Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has surged to at least 9,883, with over 26,000 individuals wounded, the Ministry of Health said in an update this afternoon.
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