Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian protest
Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian protest
Police use pepper spray as demonstrators unfurl red banner to symbolize Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s war on Gaza
This article is missing some information. CNN-News18 has had live coverage for the past six hours. Things started off well. White House staff installed anti-scaling fencing, which is normal. They were waving flags, holding signs and a red border signifying a red line. The chants were loud and all seemed well organized.
As the crowd grew, a few protesters began spray painting a statue and throwing smoke bombs, obviously discrediting to the cause. Park Police began taking spray cans from the protesters, who in turn started throwing objects at the Park Police. That’s when the pepper spray came out. Bad actors were ejected and the protest continued.
The vast majority of protesters are civil and facing no resistance in their protest.
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Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s ongoing military strikes on Gaza.
Footage posted to social media showed police using pepper spray on protesters, who faced arrest at the mass demonstration.
The protest comes after criticism aimed at the president over his handling of Israel’s continued strikes on Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas.
Saturday’s demonstration featured a coalition of groups including Code Pink and the Council on American Islamic Relation, Reuters reported.
Biden has claimed that Israel’s latest attacks on Rafah do not violate the US’s red line – or, limit – with respect to support for its ally.
The Biden administration has continued to provide American weapons to Israel, even as the Israeli military launched an airstrike against a tent city in Rafah two weeks earlier that killed at least 45 people.
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