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'It feels like I’m in an alternate world,' says one uncommitted delegate

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Rima Mohammad , an uncommitted delegate from Michigan , is wearing a black-and-white kaffiyeh imprinted with “ Democrats for Palestinian Rights” every day that she attends the convention.

She's stunned by the party’s response to the war in Gaza so far, and was feeling intense whiplash at the DNC .

There are 300 "cease-fire" Harris delegates who have signed on to the group.

The group wants to push for an arms embargo and a cease-fire on the ballot.

But not everyone is ready to sign on, with some saying they find this topic difficult because of financial pressures.

Two different attendees raised their fists and shouted “ Am Yisrael Chai !” One woman who identified herself only as “a Chicagoan ” engaged the delegates-turned-protesters.

Ruby Chen , a delegate from New York and an Israeli American who lost his son in the Oct. 7 attack, exchanged numbers.