Over 30 Jewish anti-war protesters were arrested outside of the White House, as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues to cause division and controversy across the globe.
The protests were executed by Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow Movement.
“Protesters were seen wearing articles of Jewish religious clothing and holding signs citing their Jewish faith as a reason to oppose the war.
Demonstrators were arrested by Secret Service agents, who told the outlet the arrests were due to them crossing safety barriers or blocking entrances near the White House,” reports stated.
“With every passing day, hour, and minute, the Israeli military is making good on its promise to ‘open the gates of hell’ on the 2 million Palestinians trapped under Israeli siege in Gaza,” pressed a Jewish Voice for Peace group statement.
“The loss of life over the last week has been staggering — almost too big to hold. But we must act now, because the Israeli government is plowing forward toward a fully genocidal attack on Palestinians in Gaza. We must demand a ceasefire now,” they added.
“You know, there are moments in this life — and I mean this literally — when the pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed on this world,” President Joe Biden said following the Hamas attacks.
“The people of Israel lived through one such moment this weekend. ”
“The bloody hands of the terrorist organization Hamas — a group whose stated purpose for being is to kill Jews.”
“This was an act of sheer evil,” he added. “More than 1,000 civilians slaughtered — not just killed, slaughtered — in Israel.”
“Among them, at least 14 American citizens killed. Parents butchered using their bodies to try to protect their children. Stomach-turning reports of being — babies being killed. Entire families slain.”
“Young people massacred while attending a musical festival to celebrate peace — to celebrate peace. Women raped, assaulted, paraded as trophies.”
“Families hid their fear for hours and hours, desperately trying to keep their children quiet to avoid drawing attention,” he went on. “And thousands of wounded, alive but carrying with them the bullet holes and the shrapnel wounds and the memory of what they endured.”
“You all know these traumas never go away. There are still so many families desperately waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones, not knowing if they’re alive or dead or hostage,” Biden added. “Infants in their mothers’ arms, grandparents in wheelchairs, Holocaust survivors abducted and held hostage — hostages whom Hamas has now threatened to execute in violation of every code of human morality.”
“It’s abhorrent. The brutality of Hamas — this bloodthirstiness — brings to mind the worst — the worst rampages of ISIS,” he concluded. “This is terrorism. But sadly, for the Jewish people, it’s not new.”
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