"ARREST NETANYAHU" in Washington, DC. The US Constitution protects flag burning.

The People's Forum, ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, CODEPINK, etc. held the rally and march "ARREST NETANYAHU" in Washington, DC; the U.S. capital, on July 24, 2024.

US democrat and republican politicians invited WAR CRIMINAL, genocide, corrupt, zionist Benjamin Netanyahu to address the US Congress on July 24, 2024. Thousands of people showed their support for Gaza and all of Palestine. Protesters demanded that democrats and republicans stop funding the GENOCIDE in Gaza. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party support the Gaza HOLOCAUST.

For many years I have covered pro-Palestine protests in NYC. I traveled to Washington, DC, on 11/4/2023 and 6/8/2024 to cover pro-Palestine rallies to STOP the Gaza GENOCIDE. I traveled to DC to cover the protest "ARREST NETANYAHU" at The Capitol, on July 24, 2024. On 7/24/2024, officers attacked PEACEFUL protestors with pepper spray and journalists, including me. Support my independent journalism work. DONATE: https://www.javiersoriano.com/donate/.

Benjamin stayed at The Watergate Hotel in DC. For three nights there were protests against Netanyahu outside the hotel.

There were thousands of barricades outside the Capitol, the White House and the The Watergate Hotel. Hundreds or thousands of police officers were protecting genocide Netanyahu. How much US taxpayers paid for the visit of genocide Netanyahu?

Zionist NYC mayor Eric Adams sent more than 200 New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers to join Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) cops and United States Capitol Police (USCP) cops in Washington, DC, to protect genocide Netanyahu. Cops arrested at least 23 protestors, pepper sprayed PEACEFUL Palestine supporters and members of the media, including me.

STATEMENT BY THE PEOPLE'S FORUM: "While a well-known War Criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the US Congress, tens of thousands of courageous young people alongside Labor Unions, Religious organizations and social movements overcame heavy repression by the Capitol police.

The mass protests in Washington, DC caught the attention of public opinion around the world as they echoed the call of millions to arrest Netanyahu and end the genocide against the Palestinian people. On July 24th, no amount of standing ovations by US Congress could hide the crimes of the Israeli war machine or the complicity of the US government which continues to sponsor it.

Despite the extensive barricades and a heavy police presence, including NYPD officers, to suppress protests, the mass mobilization could not be stopped. The raising of the Palestinian flag at Union Station near the US Capitol symbolized a significant shift in public opinion.

Attempts by some media and political figures like Kamala Harris to attack and demonize the protestors cannot reverse this transformation, and no amount of deflection can halt the growing support for Palestinian liberation and opposition to the genocide."
INFO: x.com/PeoplesForumNYC/status/1816535596841730159

"The Court has recognized that the First Amendment protects certain forms of symbolic speech. Flag burning is such a form of symbolic speech. When a
flag is privately owned, the owner should be able to burn it if the owner chooses, especially if this action is meant in the form of protest. So long as public and/or the property of others is not destroyed in the process (or there is a danger to others by setting the flag on fire), the government cannot prohibit this action without infringing upon free speech rights."_ www.uscourts.gov