 We're outside the PLO delegation in Washington, D.C. that President Trump has ordered to be shut down as part of his attacks on Palestinians, their statehood, their rights. Today is the last day that it'll be opened and they're going to be lowering the flag today. So we have like a very massive group out here to document it and to protest it. We're going to be building large offices. We're going to try something totally different because the timing is going to be horrible. The flag will come down today. Everybody's doing the same two weekends. So we're trying to change something this year. Come along with me. That's OK. Do you want to go? Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe. Do you want to go under here? Would you like to be interviewed? I'm sorry? Would you like to be interviewed? Regarding why we're here? Yeah, why are you here? Sure, why not? Right. One more, please. One more. One more. Thank you. It's when the accordion is going to be released. Thank you. Do you want to hear it? Do you want to hear it? Do you want to hear it? Do you want to hear it? Do you want to hear it? OK. Can you tell us why you're here today? Yes, we are here in consolidation for the Palestinians because we believe that this embassy should not be closed. The administration of Trump did not give us any reason to shut down the yellow office. They're just shutting it down for the heck of it because they're trying to bully us and put pressure on the Palestinians in order to do whatever the Israelis want. And that is not justice. So we're standing up for justice and for peace. We want peace in the Middle East and we want to be able to express ourselves and shutting down the office is not going to scare us That's not a tactic to take it people to go to the table. If you want people to go to the table you need to talk and you need to use diplomacy not shutting down the offices. What does this mean to you when they're shutting down? It means that they are disregarding me as an American Arab a Palestinian Arab so that there's regarding my wishes and my heritage and they have no business doing that There was no reason for them to do that Thank you very much And here we have Graylin Hagler and Graylin can you tell us what this is about here? So what this is about is basically the so-called presidents and his administration ordering entities like the Palestine Liberation Organization out of the United States over basically a refusal of them to cow town to the demands of this administration and the Netanyahu government to want to impose on Palestinians and so we're here obviously to decry the situation but also to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and that the Palestinian people have a right for self-determination and to control their own governance What's the connection between the issues facing the black community in this country and the Palestinians? It's basically the same thing Deprived in franchisement it's all historical issues of Jim Crow that took place in this country that basically relegated the lives of black folks to basically nothing or non-citizenship Same thing is happening in Palestine so there's a clear relationship in terms of people fighting for self-determination to be heard and to be respected Can I interview you a little bit about why you're here? Oh yeah I am Amal and I am just very disappointed with what's going on in terms of the treatment of the Palestinians and the full support of Israel without consideration of the Palestinian self-determination homeland and this action the closing of the mission the move of the embassy and the expansion of the settlements and the cut of money for Palestinian children and refugees and Palestinian livelihood this is a will not in any way help the situation for peace we want peace with dignity and justice and all these actions it just heading for dissatisfaction for oppression for the demonstration for revolution and for war and this is here we are protesting these administrations un thoughtful I don't know what to say other than the actions that are very dangerous and I'm happy to be here I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am I am Look at the Arabic Come on, give me your hand Should we put this here? Take it with you Arabic, guys Okay It's so big It's been an hour I'll take it with me It's so big It's so small I don't know what it's going to be I'll put it on the water Ahmad Ahmad Do you have my light? Yes, I have it