Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a number of Gaza warfare protesters who held a sit-in at a congressional workplace constructing, previous to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress.
The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, with demonstrators carrying purple T-shirts with the slogan “Not In Our Identify” taking up the Rotunda of the Cannon Constructing, chanting “Let Gaza Reside!”
US Capitol Law enforcement officials after roughly half-hour of clapping and chanting, issued warnings earlier than beginning to arrest them, tying their fingers with zip ties and escorting them away individually.
“I’m the daughter of Holocaust survivors and I do know what a Holocaust seems like,” mentioned Jane Hirschmann, a local of Saugerties, New York, who attended the protest along with her two daughters, each of whom had been arrested. “After we say ‘By no means Once more,’ we imply by no means for anyone.”
The protesters demanded that the Biden administration instantly cease all arms shipments to Israel.
“We’re not specializing in Netanyahu. He is only a symptom,” Hirschmann mentioned. “However how can (Biden) be calling for a cease-fire when he is sending them bombs and planes?”
Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Monday for a multi-day go to, which incorporates conferences with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday tackle to a joint session of Congress. On Monday night, dozens of protesters gathered exterior his resort.
In the meantime, Mitchell Rivard, chief of employees for Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., mentioned that his workplace requested Capitol Police intervention after the demonstrators “grew to become disruptive, violently beating on the workplace doorways, shouting loudly, and trying to drive entry into the workplace.”
Netanyahu’s go to to the USA has sparked a collection of protests, with some demonstrations denouncing Israel and others expressing help however urging Netanyahu to barter a cease-fire settlement and safe the discharge of the remaining hostages held by Hamas.
The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, with demonstrators carrying purple T-shirts with the slogan “Not In Our Identify” taking up the Rotunda of the Cannon Constructing, chanting “Let Gaza Reside!”
US Capitol Law enforcement officials after roughly half-hour of clapping and chanting, issued warnings earlier than beginning to arrest them, tying their fingers with zip ties and escorting them away individually.
“I’m the daughter of Holocaust survivors and I do know what a Holocaust seems like,” mentioned Jane Hirschmann, a local of Saugerties, New York, who attended the protest along with her two daughters, each of whom had been arrested. “After we say ‘By no means Once more,’ we imply by no means for anyone.”
The protesters demanded that the Biden administration instantly cease all arms shipments to Israel.
“We’re not specializing in Netanyahu. He is only a symptom,” Hirschmann mentioned. “However how can (Biden) be calling for a cease-fire when he is sending them bombs and planes?”
Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Monday for a multi-day go to, which incorporates conferences with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday tackle to a joint session of Congress. On Monday night, dozens of protesters gathered exterior his resort.
In the meantime, Mitchell Rivard, chief of employees for Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., mentioned that his workplace requested Capitol Police intervention after the demonstrators “grew to become disruptive, violently beating on the workplace doorways, shouting loudly, and trying to drive entry into the workplace.”
Netanyahu’s go to to the USA has sparked a collection of protests, with some demonstrations denouncing Israel and others expressing help however urging Netanyahu to barter a cease-fire settlement and safe the discharge of the remaining hostages held by Hamas.
