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2023-12-12 Home Front: WoT
Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire protest in US Senate office building
[Jpost] US Capitol Police said they arrested 51 people in total as a result of the demonstration.

Several dozen activists calling for the United States to push for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas briefly protested in a US Senate office building on Monday before police ended the protest and took dozens into custody.
Only several dozen? Pathetic.
Groups, including the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Jewish Voice for Peace organized the protest, which called for the US government to divert funds to domestic priorities such as affordable housing and childcare instead of further arming Israel with US weapons.

ARRESTS MADE DURING THE PROTEST
One activist was arrested after he climbed up onto a 51-foot (15.5 m) high black steel sculpture by artist Alexander Calder. Others chanted "ceasefire now" and wore shirts with the slogan "invest in life" as they linked arms.

US Capitol Police said they arrested 51 people in total as a result of the demonstration. Reuters images show activists engaging in civil disobedience in Hart Senate Office Building, part of the US Capitol complex where many senators and committees have their offices.

"Funding more death and destruction of human life...makes no one secure, and instead fuels hatred and continued war," Sandra Tamari, executive director of the Adalah Justice Project, one of the groups involved in the protest. "The Senate must heed our urgent demand to stop funding militarism and instead invest in life."

The Gaza health ministry said 18,205 people had now been killed and 49,645 wounded
...numbers Hamas pulled out of thin air...
in air strikes on Gaza since Israel attacked the territory in retaliation for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, which led to the deaths of roughly 1,200 Israelis.
Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ]  Top
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#1 But was it an Insurrection?
Posted by Cesare 2023-12-12 08:11||   2023-12-12 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Given all the beefed up Congress Security after Jan 6th. we were told about. How was this possible unless it was in part politically coordinated?

BTW: In reading the JVP press and media position releases. The name "Jewish Voice for Peace" is a misleading name, as it is a 180 of what they actually are, PRO Palestinian & HAMAS.
Posted by NN2N1 2023-12-12 08:18||   2023-12-12 08:18|| Front Page Top

#3 lock them up with the J6's
Posted by irish rage boy 2023-12-12 14:38||   2023-12-12 14:38|| Front Page Top

#4 RE: Jewish Voice For Peace

The voice is what the speakers believe speaks to a Jewish ethos – and a few of the speakers are actually of Jewish ancestry, to give the thing a proper astroturf figleaf. It’s not actually a Jewish group and never was.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-12 16:09||   2023-12-12 16:09|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by badanov 2023-12-12 16:55||   2023-12-12 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 But I thought Hamas was taking ass and kicking names?
Posted by swksvolFF 2023-12-12 17:05||   2023-12-12 17:05|| Front Page Top

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