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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Protesters in Washington climb flagpoles to replace US flags with Palestinian ones, burn effigy of Netanyahu
Protesters climb the flagpoles outside Washington’s Union Station and replace the American flags with Palestinian flags.
Dozens of officers wearing helmets and carrying riot shields walked in a line down a street outside Union Station, which is one of the nation’s busiest railroad terminals. Protesters cheer as a fire burned what appeared to be a paper-mache likeness of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
An Associated Press reporter saw at least four people taken into custody by police during the confrontation outside Union Station.
Thousands of demonstrators had gathered in Washington to protest as Netanyahu spoke in front of Congress
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