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Tuesday marked one month since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Now, U.S.-based Jewish groups are calling for a “March for Israel” in D.C. on Nov. 14.
WUSA9 spoke with the CEO and President of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut, to discuss the focus of Tuesday's rally.
"We want to communicate that we support the work that President Biden has been doing and that Congress has been doing," said Fingerhut.
On Nov. 2, the Jewish Federations of North America filed for a special permit with the National Park Service to hold a demonstration.
Organizers expect between 40,000-to-60,000 participants to show up for this rally. The purpose is to show solidarity and support for Israel and the Israeli people.
According to the Jewish Federations of Greater Washington's website, the rally will take place on the National Mall from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Gates for the event will open at 10 a.m., with a pre-event program beginning at 11:30 a.m.
As the weeks pass and tensions continue to grow, the Jewish Federations wants to remind people of the hostages that were taken over a month ago.
"Hamas still holds over 240 hostages for over a month. We must keep the focus on freeing the hostages," explained Fingerhut.
There is a growing concern in the increase of antisemitic threats that have been happening on university and high school campuses across the DMV. Fingerhut says the Jewish community as a whole has expressed feeling unsafe.
"There has been a rise in antisemitism on our college campuses and high schools in our communities, it is an attempt to intimidate people for their support of Israel...and we are going to march to show that we are not intimidated and we're standing strong and we are going to continue our support," said Fingerhut.