(24 Jul 2024)
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Washington – 24 July 2024
1. Various of demonstrators
2. Close-up of sign
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Zaid Khatib, demonstrator:
"I can’t imagine what the mood is going to be directly at the protest. I think people are angry. I think people are sorrowful. I think people are rageful that the United States government has the gall, after months and months of genocide, not to hold Benjamin Netanyahu accountable, but to continue to roll out the red carpet for him."
4. Signs on the ground with demonstrators in the background
5. Person leading a chant
6. Pan of demonstrators
7. Various of security fencing installed outside the White House
STORYLINE:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before Congress on Wednesday in hopes of bolstering U.S. support for continuing Israel’s offensives against Hamas and other adversaries.
But boycotts of his appearance by some Democratic lawmakers and crowds of protesters outside are highlighting how his hard-line government’s conduct of the devastating war in Gaza is opening fissures in longstanding American support for his country.
Tall steel barriers ringed entrances to the Capitol complex Wednesday, and security officers deployed by the score on foot, bicycle and with dogs. Overnight, hundreds of protesters organized by a Jewish group staged a sit-in at a congressional office building, crying, “Not in our name.”
Outside the Capitol, large protests are expected over the deaths of more than 39,000 Palestinians and over Netanyahu’s inability to free Israeli and American hostages taken by Hamas and other militants during the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war.
"I can’t imagine what the mood is going to be directly at the protest. I think people are angry. I think people are sorrowful," said Zaid Khatib, as he attended the protest.
Some leading Democrats and political independent Bernie Sanders plan to boycott Netanyahu’s appearance. But the most notable absence will be behind him: Vice President Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the Senate and traditionally would sit behind whatever dignitary is speaking, says a long-scheduled trip will keep her away. The next Democrat in line, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, is declining to attend. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would be meeting with families of Israeli victims of Hamas instead.
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