Pro-Palestinian have made their presence known around the Capitol on Wednesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress, scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT.
A group of Jewish protesters was arrested in the Cannon office building Tuesday afternoon, and thousands of demonstrators are expected to turn out for a rally Wednesday, demanding the arrest of Netanyahu, who has been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
A number of Democrats have said they will boycott the speech, which comes at the invitation of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), as anger boils over Netanyahu’s refusal to end the war and inability to secure the release of hostages taken during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
Johnson sent a letter to House members Tuesday warning against “any disruption of the proceedings of the rules and may subject the offenders to prosecution.”
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