After a tense night of protests outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, demonstrators again descended on Capitol Hill demanding a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, though in much smaller numbers.
“We are here … because we cannot imagine what’s going on back in Gaza,” said Mona Sadeq, executive director of the American Palestinian Women’s Association, standing outside the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “We have people there. We keep contacting them. … There is no water, there is no food.”
Members of the media and Capitol Police officers outnumbered the roughly 30 protesters who assembled Thursday afternoon in the Hart Senate Office Building. Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the progressive anti-war group Code Pink, said many protesters were struggling to gain access to the building because of security protocols that closed some entrances to the public.
