# Palestinian Americans meet US lawmakers as Trump seeks $2.8bn for Israel

https://mins.news/en/item/69694

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-22 21:30 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/22/palestinian-americans-meet-us-lawmakers-as-trump-seeks-2-8bn-for-israel?traffic_source=rss

> More than 300 Palestinian American constituents from 26 states met with the offices of over 100 US lawmakers at an advocacy day on Capitol Hill. Organisers urged a policy shift over Israel’s war in Gaza, settler violence in the occupied West Bank and attempts to restrict Palestinian advocacy through immigration law, amid reports of a $2.8bn US military package for Israel.

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