(New York Post) Anti-Israel rioters burned the US flag, flaunted blood-red paint-soaked effigies, and even attempted to breach the US Capitol Police line in Washington, DC, Wednesday — as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress.
The hateful demonstration got so out of control that Capitol Police were forced to deploy pepper spray and other defensive measures to beat back the aggressive mob.
The rioters also tore down American flags flying outside of nearby Union Station before hoisting Palestinian flags up the poles and burning the Stars and Stripes.
A man saves a smoldering American flag from the center of the protest and is nearly tackled amidst shouts “get him!” pic.twitter.com/ZHexsEZbak
— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) July 24, 2024
The chaos began as Netanyahu was set to speak, with thousands of protesters flooding the streets of Washington, DC, just a few blocks away from the Capitol building.
At least one Hamas flag was spotted in the crowd.
Another pro-terror protester was captured with a chilling sign that read, “Allah is gathering all the Zionists for the final solution,” with a photo of a nuclear mushroom cloud over the Israeli flag.
The demonstration then devolved when the rioters began pushing against the security buffer zone.
One of the protesters who was pepper sprayed told The Post that officers unleashed chemicals because others around him were trying to break through the Capitol’s defenses — despite warnings to stop.
In anticipation of the upheaval, Capitol Police barricaded off a perimeter around the Capitol building, to give a buffer around the congressional domain fortified by metal fencing, concrete barriers, and officers.
Outside the Capitol:
“Allah is gathering all the zionists for the FINAL SOLUTION”
You need to understand these people are 100% serious. pic.twitter.com/AYkYb9HgYb
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) July 24, 2024
At one point in the mutiny, the mob also set a scowling effigy of Netanyahu ablaze near the station amid a cacophony of screeds against Israel from a bevy of anti-Israel protesters in the background.
Protesters also vandalized the Christopher Columbus statue outside the railroad and metro station, with one ominous piece of red graffiti reading, “Hamas is coming.”
Other pieces of graffiti outside Union Station read “F— Israel” and “Free Palestine.”
A sea of Palestinian flags dominated the protests.
Chants of “No justice, no peace,” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be freed,” and “Intifada” were shouted repeatedly.
“I never imagined seeing the flag of a terror group holding eight Americans hostage for 292 days waved in the streets of our nation’s Capitol,” Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) said on X. “Over a million Americans have given their lives to protect that right — including my own father.”
Initially, the storm of protesters converged on Pennsylvania Ave NW, right around the National Gallery of Art East Building, where they heard from an array of speakers including Green Party presidential hopeful Jill Stein. Protesters fashioned a paper mache, blood-soaked Biden, which was held above the crowd. Many others had signs accusing Israel of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
Others constructed a giant Netanyahu head accompanied by two crafted hands dripping with red paint representing blood.
“Prime Minister of Genocide,” one sign near the display read.
Another called the prime minister “Satanyahu.”
Overnight, hours before the main demonstration got underway, anti-Israel agitators dyed a city fountain located not far from the Capitol blood red — and unleashed a scourge of maggots and other creepy crawlers at the Watergate Hotel where the Israeli delegation was staying.
Video posted on X shows the bugs crawling across a table flanked by Israeli and American flags in the background — prompting questions about how the anti-Israel activists were able to access the area in the hotel being used by the visiting Israeli delegation.
“Palestine protestors manufactured chaos at the Watergate Hotel last night so that Netanyahu, Israeli Mossad agents, and the Secret Service had no peace as they continue to terrorize our people,” the Palestinian Youth Movement posted on X.
BON APPETIT!! MAGGOTS RELEASED ON THE CRIMINAL ZIONIST’S WAR TABLE!
Palestine protestors manufactured chaos at the Watergate Hotel last night so that Netanyahu, Israeli Mossad agents, and the Secret Service had no peace as they continue to terrorize our people. pic.twitter.com/hEc2HzL8Jb— Palestinian Youth Movement (@palyouthmvmt) July 24, 2024
