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Related: About this forumAbout 200 arrested in Cannon Rotunda for protesting Gaza war
About 200 arrested in Cannon Rotunda for protesting Gaza war
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/23/dc-protest-israel-gaza-war-jewish/
The protest comes a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to Congress.
y Ellie Silverman
Updated July 23, 2024 at 9:42 p.m. EDT|Published July 23, 2024 at 4:14 p.m. EDT
U.S. Capitol Police arrested around 200 people protesting U.S. weapons sales to Israel inside the rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday afternoon, just a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to Congress.
The protest, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, a national Jewish anti-Zionist organization, included rabbis, students, Israeli Americans and descendants of Holocaust survivors. The group is horrified and dismayed that elected officials will meet with Netanyahu, said Sonya Meyerson-Knox, a group spokeswoman.
Inside the building at about 3 p.m., hundreds of protesters sang let Gaza live and stop genocide and sat in a circle around a banner that read NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE. They wore red shirts that read JEWS SAY STOP ARMING ISRAEL and clapped as they sang not in our name. Protesters unfurled banners, including one that said: TIKKUN OLAM = FREE PALESTINE, referring to the Hebrew phrase that means to repair the world. Several protesters wore handmade prayer shawls with poppies, a national symbol for Palestinians, and the words NEVER AGAIN FOR ANYONE.
After about 20 minutes, Capitol Police told protesters to stop demonstrating. While some protesters left, many remained. About 10 minutes later, officers then began clearing the area, using zip ties to remove protesters from the rotunda. As Capitol Police officers zip-tied protesters, the group recited the Shema, a Jewish prayer, and chanted free Palestine and let Gaza live. By about 4:30, police had cleared out all the protesters from the rotunda.....................
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Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators and others protest the war in Gaza on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post)
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About 200 arrested in Cannon Rotunda for protesting Gaza war (Original Post)
riversedge
Jul 2024
OP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's convoy has arrived at Congress ahead of his speech at 2 p.m. ......
riversedge
Jul 2024
#1
ELON MUSK confirms he is attending today's joint meeting of Congress as a guest of Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu.
riversedge
Jul 2024
#4
whow!! Barricades are up around Union Station in D.C. amid ongoing protests as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
riversedge
Jul 2024
#5
anyone know? If these huge barricades were just set for Israel PM meeting today??
riversedge
Jul 2024
#7
riversedge
(73,132 posts)1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's convoy has arrived at Congress ahead of his speech at 2 p.m. ......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus convoy has arrived at Congress ahead of his speech at 2 p.m.
#Netanyahu #ProtestNow #Congress #WashingtonDC
Link to tweet
riversedge
(73,132 posts)4. ELON MUSK confirms he is attending today's joint meeting of Congress as a guest of Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu.
ELON MUSK confirms he is attending todays joint meeting of Congress as a guest of Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu.
Link to tweet
Deep State Witch
(11,258 posts)2. If Anyone Should Be Arrested
It should be Netanyahu.
riversedge
(73,132 posts)6. There is an arrest warrent out for him but I really do not know if the USA
finds it legal???
riversedge
(73,132 posts)3. tweet........
https:/twitter.com/moonbreeze2/status/1816167957283660253
riversedge
(73,132 posts)5. whow!! Barricades are up around Union Station in D.C. amid ongoing protests as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
not too many people--maybe afraid of any violence??
Barricades are up around Union Station in D.C. amid ongoing protests as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak in Congress. #Netanyahu #Protest #Congress #WashingtonDC
Link to tweet
riversedge
(73,132 posts)7. anyone know? If these huge barricades were just set for Israel PM meeting today??
riversedge
(73,132 posts)8. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu entered the American Congress..........
riversedge
(73,132 posts)9. HUGE sign says: SAVE ISRAEL FROM BIBI" .....