Arrest War Criminal Netanyahu!
Mass Demonstrations in Washington, DC and Canada Denounce U.S./Zionist Genocide and Demand Netanyahu's Arrest
On
July 24 tens of thousands of people
converged from across the U.S., pouring into the streets outside the
Capitol Building in Washington, DC for an 11:00 am rally, as the war
criminal Benjamin Netanyahu who is committing genocide of the
Palestinian people prepared to address the U.S. congress later in the
day. Demonstrators denounced Netanyahu’s
visit, demanded he be arrested as a war criminal and the immediate end
to
all U.S. funding and arming of the Israeli genocide. Organizers pointed
out “the politicians who claim to speak in our name
don’t represent the people of this country -- we
stand with Palestine!”
Protestors
took
over the intersections along the route Netanyahu was to take to the
Capitol building. Actions carried on throughout the afternoon. As the
mass assembly began to march towards Congress, protesters were brutally
attacked by police, but this did not stop them and the march militantly
carried on through the streets of Washington.
An
important development was the presence of seven U.S. unions
representing 6 million workers who together demanded the U.S.
immediately stop arming Israel. The unions were the Association of
Flight Attendants, American Postal Workers Union, International Union
of Painters, National Education Association, Service Employees
International Union, United Auto Workers and United Electrical Workers.
Brandon Mancilla, director of the United Auto Workers, Region 9A spoke
on their behalf at the rally.
The previous evening some 400
anti-Zionist Jewish people held a sit-in at the U.S. Capitol building
to protest the visit, with many being arrested. Demonstrations also
took place outside the hotel where Netanyahu was staying.
July
24
Protest
outside hotel where Netanyahu was staying, July 23
Occupation
of Capitol, July 23
Canadian Protests Against Netanyahu's Visit
In Toronto,
Montreal and Vancouver militant demonstrations also took place on July
24 against the unacceptable visit of Netanyahu to the U.S. and
demanding that Canada end its illegal support for Israeli occupation of
Palestine. They gathered at significant rallying places to vigorously
denounce the U.S./Israeli genocide in Gaza and Netanyahu's visit to
Washington, DC.
Torontonians gathered at the U.S. consulate
where speaker after speaker condemned the ongoing genocide and the
support of the U.S. and Canadian governments for Israel's unprecedented
crimes and aim of eliminating the Palestinian resistance and the
Palestinian people. Demonstrators occupied the intersection in front of
the consulate forcing police to block access to University Avenue,
sitting on the street for over an hour. The loudest shouts of
"shame" were heard when representatives of the Palestinian youth
movement reported on Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress and his
reception there.
The action was infused with the conviction that
the U.S./Israel will be defeated and Palestine will be free and that
peace-loving people in Canada and the world stand with Palestine until
victory.
In Montreal, the main banner affirmed that the
people are the red line determined to end Israel's impunity and end
Canada's arming and funding of genocide.
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
This article was published in
Volume 54
Number 44 - July 27, 2024
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2024/Articles/MS54441.HTM
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