Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Capitol Hill Senate office building
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the Hart Senate office building on Capitol Hill and scaled a massive sculpture Monday.
A protest for a cease-fire in Gaza led to over 40 arrests at the Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Monday, according to Fox 5 Washington D.C.
The pro-Palestinian protesters were demanding a cease-fire in Gaza while illegally demonstrating inside the Congressional space, according to authorities.
Just after 10 a.m., a Capitol spokesperson told Fox 5 that the demonstrators arrived, with one man even climbing a statue in the atrium, before being charged with resisting arrest.
Officers could even be seen using zip ties to restrain the protesters as they carried them away, according to reports.
More than 40 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at the Hart Senate Office Building on Monday by U.S. Capitol Police officers.
In total, 49 people were arrested and charged with crowding, obstructing, and disruption, according to capitol officials.
Earlier in the day, just hours before the annual White House Hanukkah party, 18 Jewish elders chained themselves to the White House gates to demand the U.S. to stop funding and arming the genocide in Gaza, according to a post on X by Jewish Voice for Peace.
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Protest for Gaza cease-fire leads to 49 arrests in Senate Office Building on Monday, December 11.
"As elders, our hearts are shattered watching the Israeli military murder thousands of Palestinians, destroying families and lives. Everyone should be able to grow old like we have. We chained ourselves to the White House to demand a permanent cease-fire in Gaza now," the group posted on X.
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People raise flags and posters during a rally held by American Muslims for Palestine calling for a cease fire in Gaza near the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 21, 2023. (REUTERS/Bonnie Cash)
18 citations were issued as a result and the demonstrators were cleared off the premises, according to U.S. Park Police.
The U.S. Capitol Police and the White House were not immediately available for comment.
