Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted a high-profile Senate hearing Tuesday and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, accusing the U.S. of 'funding genocide' in the Palestinian enclave as Israel responds to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, after an overnight meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ** FILE **Demonstrators repeatedly disrupted a high-profile Senate hearing Tuesday and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, accusing the U.S. of “funding genocide” in the Palestinian enclave as
The protesters on multiple occasions cut off Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s opening statement, sparking chaos just as the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing started. The activists yelled, “Save the children of. … The world is calling for a cease-fire,” adding that Mr. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have “blood on your hands” for backing
As protesters were removed from the hearing room, others quickly took their place to disrupt the proceeding. At one point, multiple demonstrators joined in a chant of “cease-fire now.” As Mr. Blinken tried to deliver his opening remarks, an activist seated behind him held up hands covered in a red substance apparently meant to look like blood.“I do recognize that people feel very passionately, but I ask we have order in this hearing room and respect our speakers,” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, said during a brief pause in the disruptions.
Mr. Blinken and Mr. Austin appeared before the panel to defend the Biden administration’s $105 billion funding bill that includes money fortargets in the Gaza Strip. Critics have taken aim at the Israeli response and said the civilian deaths on the Palestinian side are unacceptable. The death toll inmilitants, not civilians, but that the group routinely bases its operations in schools, hospitals and other locations where innocent women and children can be used as human shields.
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