Protesters have taken to Capitol Hill to demand a ceasefire amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Protesters moved to the inside of the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday demanding a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.Footage of the protest inside the Cannon building has circulated online, with participants heard chanting 'ceasefire now.'On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history.
'Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, shared on X her own footage of the protest in a 14-minute video, saying: 'There's an insurrection happening now on Capitol Hill.'Jewish Voice for Peace, a progressive Jewish anti-Zionist organization, said it is holding a sit-in at Congress, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.'HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of American Jews are holding a sit-in at Congress—and we won't leave until Congress calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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