Thousands of anti-Israel protesters, who have received praise from Vice President Kamala Harris for their "human emotion," descended on Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon where they waved terrorist flags, clashed with law enforcement, and called for armed resistance.
"There is only one solution, intifada revolution," the keffiyeh-clad demonstrators can be heard yelling in video taken by the Washington Free Beacon. One protester, meanwhile, displayed a sign reading, "Arrest Netanyahu Stand With Hamas."
"Arrest Netanyahu
Stand with Hamas" pic.twitter.com/9CSJDbuH7D— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
The demonstrators burned an American flag outside Union Station and raised a Palestinian one. At one point, law enforcement pepper sprayed a group of protesters clashing with police. Some were arrested, according to an Instagram post by a local anti-Israel group.
Pro-Palestinian protestors have burned our American flag and put up a Palestinian flag.
This photo should be on the front page of every single news outlet. pic.twitter.com/HqSJnPlyyN
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 24, 2024
The demonstrators, some of whom were bused in, blocked traffic for several hours as they marched around the Capitol complex, climbing on vehicles and waving Hezbollah and Hamas flags.
Hezbollah flag pic.twitter.com/ad2l2B7J6W
— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
In addition to the burned American flag, protesters at Union Station vandalized public statues and monuments with messages such as "Hamas is Comin," "All Zionists Are Bastards," and "Long Live The Resistance."
Union Station: Protest aftermath @FreeBeacon
"Hamas is Comin" pic.twitter.com/pXqmLWyB0Q
— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
"All Zionists are bastards"
&
"Long live the resistance" pic.twitter.com/jfJ5mRTjLQ— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
On the Freedom Bell:
"Crush Zionism"
"U.S. Empire will burn"
"Israel will fall" pic.twitter.com/Fo83zUCzXA— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
The highly organized demonstration reflects the far-left wing of the Democratic Party’s embrace of terrorists amid their dissatisfaction with the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The pro-Hamas protest coincided with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s joint address to Congress, which took place just blocks away and was boycotted by dozens of Democrats.
Altercation: Protestors grab a pro-Israeli’s activist Israel flag, throw it on the ground and stomp on it pic.twitter.com/3oMxBLPmKT
— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) July 24, 2024
Prior to marching in the streets and violently clashing with law enforcement, protesters convened to thank Democrats for skipping Netanyahu’s address.
Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee who didn’t attend Netanyahu’s speech, defended anti-Israel protesters in a July 8 interview.
"They are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza," Harris said. "There are things some of the protesters are saying that I absolutely reject, so I don’t mean to wholesale endorse their points. But we have to navigate it. I understand the emotion behind it."
The vice president’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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