US police arrest hundreds of pro-Palestine activists
A US-based Jewish peace group says Capitol police have arrested hundreds of Jewish activists protesting against Washington’s military support for the Zionist regime inside a congressional office building, as the occupying regime’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip continues apace.
Tehran, Qodsna - The demonstrators gathered inside the Cannon House Office Building on Tuesday to urge an end to weapons transfers to the Zionist regime, as they chanted slogans and carried banners reading "ceasefire now" and "let Gaza live.”
The protesters were dressed in red T-shirts bearing the phrases "not in our name" and "Jews say stop arming Israel."
Jewish Voice for Peace, which organized the protest, wrote on social media, "For the past 9 months, we've witnessed countless horrors in Gaza, committed in our names and funded” by our regime.
Tuesday’s demonstration comes a day before Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to deliver a speech to Congress.
Protests are planned to coincide with Netanyahu's visit to the US, during which he will meet President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
The activist group further noted that 400 people took part in the demonstration, adding that the protesters were arrested after US Capitol Police started a crackdown and broke up the rally inside the building.
"We told the people, who legally entered, to stop or they would be arrested. They did not stop," the police said, stressing, "Demonstrating inside the Congressional Buildings is against the law."
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