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400 Jewish Protesters Arrested in U.S. Capitol Demanding U.S. End Support to Israel

HeadlineJul 24, 2024

On Tuesday, ahead of Netanyahu’s address to Congress, hundreds of demonstrators organized by Jewish Voice for Peace flooded the Cannon Rotunda at the Capitol. They wore red T-shirts reading “Not In Our Name,” unfurled signs reading “Let Gaza Live!” and “Jews say stop arming Israel.” This is protester Talia Eraester.

Talia Eraester: “We’re here to say that we don’t want our tax dollars funding genocide. We are willing to put our bodies on the line to say that our Jewish values and our values as people mean that we cannot be funding this.”

Four hundred Jewish activists, including over a dozen rabbis, were arrested. With more large-scale protests planned for today, the U.S. Capitol Police swore in 200 New York police officers who deployed to Washington, D.C., ahead of Netanyahu’s speech. We’ll have more on the protests after headlines.

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