Thousands of Pro-Palestine protesters descended on Washington on Wednesday in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before and during his speech to a joint meeting of Congress. The demonstrators held effigies of a blood-stained Netanyahu, waved Palestinian flags and chanted “free Palestine.”
Protesters against the war in Gaza and US weapons sales to Israel gather outside the US Capitol before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an address to a joint session of Congress in Washington, DC, US, on July 24, 2024 [Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA]
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest near the US Capitol as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday [Andrew Thomas/AFP]
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US Park Police officers scuffle with pro-Palestinian protesters [Seth Herald/Reuters]
A crowd protests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's presence in D.C. on Wednesday. (Robb Hill for The Washington Post)
Hasan Isham, 34, of Silver Spring, Md., with his 3-month-old daughter, Amelia, at the protest near the Capitol. (Jenny Gathright/The Washington Post)
A pro-Palestine man confronts a line of Capitol Police officers. (Robb Hill for The Washington Post)
A scene from Wednesday's protests. (Robb Hill for The Washington Post)
Demonstrators gather near the Capitol. (Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post)
