Protesters aim to #ShutDownAIPAC ahead of Netanyahu speech
Freezing rain and dangerously icy sidewalks on Sunday afternoon didn’t deter protesters gathered outside the Washington Convention Center, where a sit-in was staged to block one of the entrances to the annual AIPAC conference underway inside.
Demonstrators sat cross-legged, linked arms and held up their hands clad in red gloves, while wearing masks made with cutouts of Netanyahu’s face.
“Stop using our tax money to bomb Palestinians,” one of them shouted, while a hundred or so protesters huddled on the front steps chanted, “Stop the killing, stop the hate.”
They waved Palestinian flags, signs urging an end to policies of Apartheid in Israel, and others calling for diplomacy with Iran, as well as a large banner with a painting of an Israeli flag splattered with blood.
Source: mondoweiss.net