Over 60 black and Palestinian artists and activists affirm black-Palestinian solidarity in a new video that includes Lauryn Hill, Danny Glover, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, Yousef Erakat and Cornel West. “When I See Them I See Us” was released by a range of African-American and Palestine-solidarity groups and juxtaposes high-profile killings of unarmed blacks by police with the deaths of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces and settlers.

This AJ Plus video explains why Gaza and Ferguson are more interconnected than we might think:

And below, the original video “When I See Them I See Us.”

–Posted by Roisin Davis

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