White House smeared with red paint by pro-Palestine supporters
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Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi relays to reporters that “the attempted gate trespass from earlier was handled without incident,” and added that no arrests were made.
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Pro-Palestine protesters outside the White House in Washington, DC, November 4, 2023. (AFP)
Saturday in Washington, DC, witnessed a crowd marching toward the White House in solidarity with Occupied Palestine and attempting to break through the security gates in denunciation of US President Joe Biden's support for "Israel".
The protesters smeared red paint on the White House security fence while waving Palestinian flags and shaking the fence as personnel stood by and looked.
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi relayed to reporters that “the attempted gate trespass from earlier was handled without incident,” and added that no arrests were made.
The White House’s NW entrance has been smeared with red paint and protesters are pushing on gate #March4Palestine pic.twitter.com/D4cFNOCyiU
— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) November 4, 2023
This was part of the "National March on Washington. Free Palestine" march which began at Freedom Plaza, only blocks away from the White House in which around 30,000 people took part.
Participants held banners that read "Resistance against the occupation is a human right," "Stop the Palestinian genocide," "Israel bombs hospitals, Biden funds it," "Biden, we will remember in November [of 2024)]," and "Stop the war."
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Weapons to massacre children
A day earlier, Pro-Palestine protesters stopped a ship docked at the Port of Oakland from leaving with weapons supplies for “Israel”, as videos have circulated on social media showing some of the protesters physically putting their bodies on the ladder of the ship to stop it from undocking.
Protest at Oakland’s port blocks a ship, the Cape Orlando, reportedly carrying weapons and military equipment eventually headed to Israel. pic.twitter.com/yXnyIWG8jD
— Amir Aziz (@amirazizphotos) November 3, 2023
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who only yesterday claimed he was pained by images of innocent Palestinian children, reiterated the US' support for the Israeli occupation by expressing that so long as the US stands, "Israel will not stand alone.”
Hundreds of activists staged a demonstration at the 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States, calling on US officials to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
At least 200 protesters waved banners that read "Ceasefire Now" and "End the Occupation." The police arrested several protesters for refusing to end the demonstration.
Protests continue in cities worldwide against the brutality of the Israeli occupation and its ongoing aggression on Gaza, which has been ongoing for 28 days, resulting in thousands of Palestinian civilian casualties and a massive humanitarian crisis.
