An effigy of the Israeli PM was paraded through the streets of Washington DC as protesters called for an e...
The protesters poured red liquid onto the street, saying it symbolised the blood of those killed in Gaza.More than 39,000 people have died in Gaza since the start of the war. About 1200 were killed in Israel during the October 7 Hamas attack that started the war, and dozens of Israeli hostages remain in Hamas captivity.
In an address to Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu defended Israel's conduct during the war, as thousands of demonstrators massed near the Capitol, marching through city streets carrying Palestinian flags and calling for Netanyahu's arrest.Outside Washington's Union Station, protesters removed American flags and hoisted Palestinian ones in their place to massive cheers in the crowd.
Hazami Barmada, who described herself as a grassroots activist, spoke through a megaphone of Biden's decision not to see reelection and to pass the baton to Harris."Biden did not voluntarily leave the race, Joe Biden was pushed out of the race," she said. "And Kamala Harris still needs to prove her humanity" before earning the trust of pro-Palestinian voters.
"I'm not going to give you my vote until you show you share the ideals that the Democratic Party is supposed to believe in."At one point, a young man with an Israeli flag draped over his shoulders walked into the middle of the protest circle and posed for the journalists' cameras as the crowd jeered.As police cleared the way, the protesters later marched through city streets toward the National Mall.
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