Activists from the feminist group Code Pink held a speech Wednesday afternoon at the Hart Senate Building ahead of a scheduled vote on a clean national security supplement package that would provide billions of dollars in aid to Israel and Ukraine. yelled Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri). , Taiwan and Gaza residents.
In a video provided to FOX News Digital, one of the protesters can be heard saying, “Don’t give us a talking point… bulls, you’re unbelievable.”
“The state of Israel has the right to defend itself,” Hawley responded to applause.
“That’s not defense,” the protester responded. Code Pink called on Israel to ceasefire in the conflict with Hamas that began on October 7th.
In the video, Hawley can be heard saying, “We will not call for a ceasefire until Hamas is eliminated.”
“Hamas will never be eliminated,” the demonstrator said.
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Code Pink activists yelled at Sen. Josh Hawley in the Hart Senate Building Wednesday ahead of a vote that would allow billions of dollars in funding to go to Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and Gaza. (Senator Josh Hawleys Office.)
“You are an anti-Semite,” Hawley replied. “If you have your way, there will be a second holocaust…that’s what you want, pro-terrorists.”
This is not the first time Code Pink activists have mobilized to the Senate. last month, senator thom tillis R.N.C. anti israel On Thursday afternoon, a woman followed a protester in the stairwell of the Senate building, claiming that Hamas had been voted “legally” by the Palestinian people.
In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tillis tells demonstrators: “This massacre was caused by Hamas. Hamas must stop representing the Palestinian people. “Then we can save and protect the Palestinian people,” he is heard saying.
Tillis hit back at the protesters, saying, “They have canceled future elections.”
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An Israeli artillery unit fires into the Gaza Strip from southern Israel at a position near the Israel-Gaza border on November 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
“These are dictators who raped and murdered Israelis,” Tillis said. “If the Palestinian people elect someone in free elections, I will insist on a ceasefire.”
An unidentified Code Pink protester then said, “Israel won’t let them hold elections,” to which Tillis shot back: “Hamas won’t let them hold elections.”
“No, Israel. Israel is the occupier, sir,” she said.
Sen. Thom Tillis confronts protesters. (Screenshot/Sen Thom Tillis Office)
According to its website, Code Pink has a “network of local organizers, online supporters, and generous donors, and we focus on joy and humor, and our tactics include satire, street theater, creative It involves visual visuals, civil resistance, and directly challenging powerful decision-makers, whether in government or business. ”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Code Pink for comment. In an earlier statement, the group referred to a statement on its website praising “the firm stance taken by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its preliminary judgment in South Africa v. Israel.”
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“The court orders Israel to cease all acts amounting to genocide and to urgently facilitate humanitarian assistance to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis. This is an important step toward justice,” the statement said. There is,” he said.
In January, South Africa A lawsuit was filed in the United Nations Supreme Court alleging that Israel’s military operation in Gaza amounted to genocide.
