In Washington, DC: Celebrating Ramadan, protesting Israel’s siege of Gaza

Protesters say iftar at long-haul demonstration is a chance to connect, show depths of outrage over Gaza war. Washington, DC – Forty-eight folding chairs, but will it be enough? “It’s OK, some of us will stand,” said 60-year-old Haitham Arafat, a soft-spoken, bespectacled man in a keffiyeh and a canary yellow shirt. But soon, more chairs arrived, and were quickly lined up along 40 metres (131 feet) of table that stretched along a street facing the Israeli embassy in the northwest corner of this US capital city. A row of...