Palestinian Supporters Demonstrate at US Congress

Oct 19, 2023 - 12:50
Palestinian Supporters Demonstrate at US Congress
Palestinian Supporters Demonstrate at US Congress


A group of Americans who support the Palestinians began a sit-in at the US Congress building. Over the past few days, in response to the Zionist regime's humiliating military, security and intelligence failures facing Palestinian resistance in the Al-Aqsa Storm operation, the Israeli military has targeted housing and vital infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals with brutal attacks using bombs. very powerful and sophisticated. A group of pro-Palestinian Americans staged a sit-in at the US Congress building on Wednesday (18/10/2023) and asked US authorities to support a ceasefire between the Zionist regime and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

In this meeting, more than 10,000 Americans participated in action against the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine by the Zionist regime. Protesters shouted slogans in support of the people of Gaza and tried to enter the US Congress building, ignoring warnings from police forces stationed at the US Congress complex. About 300 people were arrested after police attacked these protesters, but a group of people managed to get inside the US Congress and sat on the ground in the administration building as a sign of their sit-in. Protesters shouted slogans such as "ceasefire now" while carrying banners bearing the slogan "Let Gaza live". The sit-in was organized by the organization "Jewish Voice for Peace". On Monday, American police arrested pro-Palestinian Jews who joined a demonstration supporting Palestine in Washington DC to protest the United States government's pro-Israel policy, by blocking the entrance to the White House.

CNN