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Pro-Palestinian protests in U.S. Capitol end in arrests

Posted on AllSides October 18th, 2023
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More than 300 pro-Palestinian protesters were in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, leading to several arrests by Capitol police officers. A large group of demonstrators, who say they were with the groups Jewish Voice for Peace, and IfNotNow, gathered in the rotunda in the Cannon House Office Building where they staged a sit-in, according to multiple reports. Hundreds of other protesters gathered outside. They chanted “Ceasefire now.” The Anti-Defamation League calls Jewish Voice for Peace is a “radical anti-Israel activist group that advocates for a complete economic, cultural and academic boycott...

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https://deseret.com/2023/10/18/23923095/protests-us-capitol-palestine

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