Pro Palestine Demonstrators Stage Sit In at US Capitol
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Protesters were arrested after staging a sit-in demonstration outside senators’ and representatives’ offices at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Wednesday, October 25, organizers said. IfNotNow, an American-Jewish organization supporting Palestine, said its members were demanding senators Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders and congresspeople Hakeem Jeffries and Katherine Clark call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The organization said 49 of its members were arrested. Video shows people singing with their hands behind their backs as they’re led away by police. Credit: IfNotNow via Storyful