Pennsylvania State Police on Monday arrested more than 120 people protesting the state’s investment in Israeli bonds in the Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg on suspicion of genocide committed by Israeli leaders.
The Capitol Police falls under the Department of General Services, but the department said it was still collecting details such as the number of arrests and charges.
The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations, and organizers said the protest was because some of those arrested did not disperse. He was released shortly after, the Associated Press announced. report.
Many of the demonstrators who gathered outside the Capitol for the first time before moving to the Rotunda later that day wore T-shirts that read “Deceive the Genocide.”
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Police arrested some of the approximately 200 people detained in the State Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday, February 5, 2024. The arrests quelled demonstrations against the State Treasury’s investment of about $56 million in Israeli bonds. The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Palestine Coalition of Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations. ((AP Photo/Mark Scolforo))
During the protest, participants applauded and raised their voices as they directed their message to the country’s Treasury Department, calling for investment in Israeli bonds.
FOX 43 in York, Pennsylvania, reported that demonstrators held signs that read, “Stop Genocide, Invest in Pennsylvania,” and pledged to use the money invested in the Israeli bond to fund health care, housing, schools and climate change efforts. The report called on the state to reinvest in the
The department also reported that 126 people were arrested for trespassing.
Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacey Garrity, a Republican, told Fox News Digital that she supports Israel and Pennsylvania’s “longstanding tradition” of investing in Israeli bonds.
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On Monday, February 5, 2024, police arrested some of the approximately 200 people taken into custody in the State Capitol Rotunda in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The arrest halted a demonstration against the State Treasury’s investment of about $56 million in Israeli bonds. The protest was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, and the Pennsylvania Council on American-Islamic Relations. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
“Treasury secretaries of both political parties have proudly invested in Israeli bonds for more than 30 years,” she said. “Israel is America’s greatest ally in the Middle East. I stand in unequivocal solidarity with our allies following the horrific and deadly attack carried out against Israel by the terrorist organization Hamas.
“Simply put, if Hamas stopped fighting today, there would be no more wars,” Garrity added. “If Israel stopped fighting today, Israel would no longer exist.”
According to Garrity’s office, Pennsylvania has invested $56.4 million in Israeli bonds, including $20 million invested after the deadly invasion of Israel by Hamas-led terrorists.
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Pennsylvania also holds approximately $8 million in other Israel-based securities.
Garrity’s office added that these investments together represent about 0.14% of the funds directly controlled by the state treasurer.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
