Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after flooding into the Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill with signs and chants. Here's what protesters had to say.
Protesters from across the country descended on Capitol Hill Wednesday to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, with hundreds ending up in handcuffs. 'We were raised saying 'Never again.' Never again is right now. It's this very moment,' Liv, a member of the activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, told Fox News as demonstrators sang and clapped in the background.
More than 5,000 people have been killed since war broke out between Hamas and Israel. Thousands of demonstrators swarmed the area in and around the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday, many wearing black T-shirts reading, 'Jews say ceasefire now!' About 300 protesters were arrested, including at least three who face charges of assault on a police officer, U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News.
He added that the U.S. government has 'a lot of power' and should de-escalate the conflict. 'We need to stop sending money, stop stationing troops,' he said. Protesters said the crowd included dozens of rabbis and children of Holocaust survivors. Some demonstrators compared Israel's actions – past and present – to a 'genocide.' 'It is a moral catastrophe and rather than joining us, they're arresting us,' Liv said.
We are rising up in the way that we wish others would have spoken up for our own community to do everything that we can, to risk everything that we have to stop a genocide from unfolding in real time against the Palestinian people in Gaza,' Jay said as other protesters were arrested nearby. The demonstrators also included members of the activist group IfNotNow.
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