As Gaza mourns, support builds to condition US aid to Israel

Palestinian rights groups are seeking to translate shifting attitudes among US voters and progressive lawmakers to place conditions on the $3.8bn in aid the US sends to Israel annually.

Los Angeles, California, the United States — For 66-year-old Mariam Sbeitan Ali, the latest escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine has reawakened traumatic memories. Ali was only 12 years old and living in East Jerusalem when the 1967 Arab-Israeli war began. She remembers washing dishes in the courtyard of her home when the bombs started to fall. Several days later, Israeli forces occupied East Jerusalem, later going on to annex it in defiance of international law.