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Banner displayed during protest containing 7500 names of Palestinians who have died

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Ruqayah Coburn and her son Yaqoub Abdul Rahim, right, take part in a protest outside the federal building in Santa Fe on Nov. 1. Around 100 demonstrators took part in the protest demanding a cease-fire.
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A 130 foot long banner containing the names of 7500 Palestinians killed since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, was displayed in front to the federal building Santa Fe, Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The banner was produced by Earth Care/YUCCA, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, and was part of a protest that included Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, Women in Black, Southwestern Coalition for Palestine and Veterans for Peace. Around 100 people took part in the protest outside the building that contains offices for U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan. A copy of the names was delivered to people from the offices of Rep. Fernandez, Sen. Lujan and Sen. Heinrich. The group is demanding a ceasefire in the war. The activist said the banner was printed last week and over 1000 people have been killed since.
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A 130 foot long banner containing the names of 7500 Palestinians killed since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, was displayed in front to the federal building Santa Fe, Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The banner was produced by Earth Care/YUCCA, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, and was part of a protest that included Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, Women in Black, Southwestern Coalition for Palestine and Veterans for Peace. Bianca Sopoci-Belknap, right, and around 100 people took part in the protest outside the building that contains offices for U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan. A copy of the names was delivered to people from the offices of Rep. Fernandez, Sen. Lujan and Sen. Heinrich. The group is demanding a ceasefire in the war. The activist said the banner was printed last week and over 1000 people have been killed since.
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Jonathan Juarez, left, from Albuquerque, and Jeffrey Haas, with Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, take part in a protest outside the federal building in Santa Fe last week. The group was demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
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Amara de la Cruz, 4, helps unroll a 130-foot-long banner containing the names of 7,500 Palestinians killed since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, in front of the federal building in Santa Fe on Wednesday. The banner was produced by Earth Care/YUCCA, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, and was part of a protest that included Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, Women in Black, the Southwestern Coalition for Palestine and Veterans for Peace. Around 100 people took part in the protest outside the building that contains offices for U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández and Sen. Ben Ray Luján. The group is demanding a cease-fire. The activists said the banner was printed last week and over 1000 people have been killed since.
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Dozens of people touch and pray around a 130-foot-long banner containing the names of 7,500 Palestinians killed since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, in front of the federal building in Santa Fe on Wednesday. The banner was produced by Earth Care/YUCCA, Youth United for Climate Crisis Action, and was used during a protest that included Santa Feans for Justice in Palestine, Women in Black, Southwestern Coalition for Palestine and Veterans for Peace. Around 100 people took part in the protest outside the building that contains offices for U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández and Sen. Ben Ray Luján. The group is demanding a ceasefire in the war. The activists said the banner was printed last week and over 1,000 people have been killed since.
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