Demonstrators swarmed Washington from all over the country to protest what they believe is unjustified and excessive military interference from Israel.
Hundreds of protestors flooded the streets around the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., to speak out against Israel’s response to a bombardment of deadly rocket attacks from Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas.
Attendees could be heard shouting anti-Israel slogans throughout the day, including “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
Another chant heard throughout the afternoon was far more direct in calling for the end of Israel. In unison, hundreds of attendees shouted, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Israel has got to go.”
Some of the attendees openly questioned Israel’s right to exist.
One protester named Sam, who traveled to the event from New York and asked to be identified by his first name only, said he was at the rally to “finally put an end to the [Israeli] occupation” and that “Israel as it exists, as a settler colony, does not have the right to exist.”
Another protester, who commuted from Maryland, said she was there to oppose U.S. policies toward Israel. “Our tax dollars are going to fund Israel murdering children and we need to stand up and stop that,” she said.
The same protester argued that her race made it difficult to say whether Israel has the right to exist. “I personally do not have a specific opinion on [Israel’s right to exist]. I think that that is the thing of Palestinian people whose land has been occupied to decide, and not me. My place as a person, as a White person and as a person of the United States, is to support them in what they’re doing, and they’re doing amazing.”
It has been reported that Israel has really taken a beating with more than 3,400 rockets in the week since the conflict began resulting in 28 deaths so far.
