Palestinian moms and a Jewish grandmother gathered in Brooklyn on Wednesday to urge Vice President JD Vance to check in on their West Bank families during his trip to Israel, where a truce in the Gaza Strip is threatened by increasing violence.

While Vance met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian mother Najla Khass met with the daughter of a Holocaust survivor in a joint plea for peace and protection.

“Just recently, Israel broke the ceasefire, and our vice president, for me, remains silent,” Khass said. “As we speak, Palestinians are being deprived of everything, deprived of food, deprived of education, the right to live, and even the basic recognition of the value of their lives. My family is now reduced to skin and bones. My family went from somewhat healthy

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