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July 24, 2024

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