Wednesday, July 24, 2024

US police arrest hundreds of Jewish activists during Gaza war protest in Congress building

from PressTV

A US-based Jewish peace group says Capitol police have arrested hundreds of Jewish activists protesting against Washington’s military support for Israel inside a congressional office building hours before Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a speech to Congress.

The demonstrators gathered inside the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday to urge an end to weapons transfers to Israel , as they chanted slogans and carried banners reading   "ceasefire now" and "let Gaza live.”

The protesters were dressed in red T-shirts bearing the phrases "not in our name" and "Jews say stop arming Israel."

Jewish Voice for Peace, which organized the protest, wrote on social media, "For the past 9 months, we've witnessed countless horrors in Gaza, committed in our names and funded” by our regime...

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