A few hundred demonstrators have gathered in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress.
Anti-Israel demonstrators descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress. Fox News estimates that a few hundred protesters have gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street, outside the Gallery of Art. They have a stage set up in front of the Capitol building and are currently chanting. The protest organizers include Answer Coalition and Code Pink.
' The crowds have chanted 'Free Palestine' and 'From the river to the sea…,' an antisemitic phrase that calls for the elimination of the state of Israel. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers were also seen clearing anti-Israel protesters who were blocking traffic in the nation's capital on Wednesday. Police have taken people into custody near the U.S. Capitol, the Associated Press reported.
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