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(NewsNation) — A fig of pro-Palestinian protesters person been arrested by U.S. Capitol Police aft they gathered successful the Cannon Rotunda to protestation the Israeli government.
Organizers of the objection accidental they are from Jewish Voice for Peace, an American anti-Zionist Jewish advocacy enactment that is "critical of Israel's concern of the Palestinian territories," according to its website.
Video from the protestation shows dozens wearing reddish shirts sitting successful circles successful the Cannon House Office Building's rotunda. The demonstrators wore shirts speechmaking "Stop Arming Israel" and "Not successful Our Name."
The protestation comes arsenic President Joe Biden is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Thursday, a U.S. authoritative confirmed to NewsNation. Netanyahu volition besides code Congress during his U.S. visit.
Capitol Police person cleared retired each the demonstrators from the rotunda, writing connected X that, "We told the people, who legally entered, to halt oregon they would beryllium arrested. They did not stop, truthful we are arresting them."
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