Anti-Israel protesters gathered outside Washington, D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday, removing the American flag from a flagpole and replacing it with the Palestinian flag.
Video footage Posts “To X” refers to the Palestinian flag that was placed atop a flagpole outside the station after the American flag was removed.
Anti-Israel protesters took down an American flag outside Union Station and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. pic.twitter.com/Yli1tN6QSz
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 24, 2024
video picture ABC News footage showed “stun grenades” being used, and pro-Palestinian protesters were reportedly holding Palestinian flags.
BREAKING: Anti-Israel protesters in Washington have pulled down the American flag outside Union Station and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. pic.twitter.com/T4CEszv3RU
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 24, 2024
United States Park Police Officer Reportedly Police intervened to try to stop protesters from removing the American flag from the pole, and several protesters were reportedly arrested.
Chaos erupted at Union Station after the US Park Police intervened to stop anti-Israel protesters from taking down the US flag. Arrests were made. The Park Police retreated after securing the flag, but the mob pursued them. pic.twitter.com/ZE3Lp6PQHC
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 24, 2024
The protest outside Union Station came in response to a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of the US House of Representatives and Senate.
On Tuesday afternoon, anti-Israel protesters gathered in the rotunda of the Cannon House office building, and on Tuesday evening, protesters gathered outside the Watergate Hotel, where Netanyahu was staying, and projected a wanted sign with Netanyahu’s face onto the hotel’s exterior wall.
A pro-Palestinian group also posted video footage of maggots and mealworms on banquet tables at the Watergate Hotel.
Breitbart News reached out to the U.S. Park Police for a statement but had not received a response as of press time.
