Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, holds hands with his aunt at left, Amal Jadallah, and father to his right, Kareem Zeitawi, as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, sits on his father Kareem Zeitawi’s shoulders as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
“Hands Off Rafah” is written on a wall below a marcher whose hands are painted blood red during a march of more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Demonstrators hold a large Palestinian flag that says “Stand Up For Palestine” as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Mikayla Vestal holds up a fake dead baby while marching with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Malak Khweis, 17, chants as she marches with her mother at left, Nadia Khweis, and more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Sarah Karoussa, left, and Mariam Graoui dance together as they advertise kaffiyehs and Palestinian flags for sale to benefit the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund after a march of more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Organizer Meera Alul, who is Palestinian, leads chants as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Demonstrators hold up a large Palestinian flag that says “Stand Up For Palestine” as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Gabe Giles shows the Palestinian flag pinned to their shirt as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Someone watches in a building above as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Thousands of white flags flap in the wind, representing the more than 13,000 children killed, as people gather at James N Manly Park before marching through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, sits on his father Kareem Zeitawi’s shoulders as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Demonstrators hold up a large Palestinian flag that says “Stand Up For Palestine” as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
People take a deep breath before at James N Manly Park before marching through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Reema Wahdan, who is from the West Bank, drums as she marches with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. The drum’s beat represents the heartbeat of Indigenous people around the world, she says. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, sits on his father Kareem Zeitawi’s shoulders as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
A Palestinian flag is fastened to a marcher’s hair during a march of more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Some of the more than a thousand participants march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Organizer Meera Alul, who is Palestinian, leads chants as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
A marcher and his dog watch as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, sits on his father Kareem Zeitawi’s shoulders as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
People listen to speaks during a break in the march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which they called a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Luna Strasser sports watermelon earrings while marching among more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. The fruit, which shares colors with the Palestinian flag, came about as a symbol of Palestinian solidarity in 1967 after the Six-Day War to get around the Israeli governmentap ban on the actual flag. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
An activist leads chants as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Luna Strasser shows her watermelon earrings while marching among more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. The fruit, which shares colors with the Palestinian flag, came about as a symbol of Palestinian solidarity in 1967 after the Six-Day War to get around the Israeli governmentap ban on the actual flag. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
More than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Demonstrators hold up a large Palestinian flag that says “Stand Up For Palestine” as they march and chant with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Sam Zeitawi leads a chant as he marches among more than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
A protestor holds up a sign that saying “Palestinian Lives Matter!” during a march of more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Dakota Dexter plays the base drum alongside more than a thousand other people marching through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Chants are led as more than a thousand people march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Malak Khweis, 17, chants as she marches with her mother at left, Nadia Khweis, and more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
Aseel Shehadeh, a Palestinian-American from the West Bank, chants and marches with than a thousand people through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
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Four-year-old Taj Zeitawi, who is Palestinian, holds hands with his aunt at left, Amal Jadallah, and father to his right, Kareem Zeitawi, as they march with more than a thousand others through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide, and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver. (Photo by Eli Imadali/Special to The Denver Post)
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A large crowd gathered to march through the Cherry Creek neighborhood in support of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, characterized by many there as a genocide and calling for broader Palestinian liberation on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.
