Yesterday, Monday, a group of Jewish demonstrators demanded a ceasefire in… Gazain protest in front of White House In Washington, DC, to put pressure on the US President joe biden To stop the genocide against the Palestinians.
Some demonstrators chained themselves to the White House fence for about half an hour, before the police resorted to using iron cutters to break the chains and disperse the demonstrators.
Jewish activists light their holiday candles in front of the White House and demonstrate to demand a ceasefire in #Gaza #Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/3d2iCK1YfX
– Taysir Balbisi (@Taysirbalbisi) December 12, 2023
Dozens of activists also organized another protest inside the “Hart” building, which houses offices belonging to the…US Senate Demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, before the police ended their protest and detained dozens of them.
The protest was organized by groups including the American Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Jewish Voice for Peace, and its participants demanded that the US government allocate funds to local priorities. Such as: affordable housing and child care, instead of increasing the supply of American weapons to Israel.
Police arrested an activist after he climbed a 15.5-meter-high black steel statue by artist Alexander Calder.
Others chanted “Stop shooting now” while standing hand in hand, wearing T-shirts with the slogan “Invest in Life” written on them.
Congressional Police said they arrested a total of 51 protesters.
Sandra Tamari, executive director of the Adalah Project, which is among the groups participating in the protest, said, “Funding more death and destruction of human life does not make anyone safe, but rather fuels hatred and the continuation of war. The Senate must respond to our urgent demand to stop funding this military trend.” And invest instead in life.”
Congressional Police arrest demonstrators in Washington, DC, who demanded a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip#video #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/Yanh26fNSG
– Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) December 12, 2023
Activists also stormed the Christmas party organized by US Vice President Kamala Harris at her residence in Washington, raising a banner calling for a ceasefire, and chanting anti-war slogans, amid the astonishment of the politicians and public figures present.
US President Joe Biden confirmed that his country will continue to provide military support to Israel in its war on Gaza, until it gets rid of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation).
John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the US National Security Council, said that the United States still refuses to support a general ceasefire that might give Hamas control over Gaza, but it supports humanitarian pauses.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced yesterday, Monday, that the number of martyrs since the beginning of the Israeli war had risen to 18,205, while the number of wounded reached 49,645.