Thousands gather outside White House to protest war in Gaza

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

June 8, 2024, 6:01 PM EDT / Updated June 8, 2024, 9:37 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — Thousands of people from cities across the country gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest the Biden administration’s policies toward the Israel-Hamas war, many dressed in keffiyehs and red clothes to symbolize what they say is a red line that Israel crossed.

Hundreds of protesters held a red banner that stretched around the White House, urging President Joe Biden to change his approach to the war in Gaza.

“Biden, Biden you can’t hide, we are your red line,” protesters chanted. NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment.

“The intention is to draw a red line where Biden won’t draw one when it comes to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and say we as the people are drawing the red line today to say enough is enough,” said Nas Issa, a protester from the Palestinian Youth Movement. “It’s time for an arms embargo, and it’s time to end this.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/thousands-gather-white-house-protest-war-gaza-rcna156186

[Lovie777]

1. Peaceful protest is the democracy way........................

but why did the protesters disrupt the LGBTQ parade?

And apparently doing so across the USA.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes exactly. Part of the plan.

Damage liberals.

[Pototan]

4. Once again, Irish Dem, you're on the mark

Whatever weakens Biden (and Liberals) strengthens Trump.

I'm afraid too many of our countrymen won't be happy until they have to learn the hard way. And a second Trump Presidency will be "the hard way".

[Irish_Dem]

6. Exactly. There will be some steep learning curves.

The HAMAS attack has Putin's fingerprints all over it.
Drawing the US into a no win situation.
Election interference.

Damage liberal colleges with protests.
Divide liberal voters.
And make life difficult for Biden who has been smart enough to dodge some GOP/Putin bullets.

Yes humans are experiential learners.
And will be facing some steep learning curves.
They already are with the SC and red states enacting draconian laws.

[Hope22]

2. Those flare burning fools got off easy.

The last Women’s March while TSF was squatting in the WH left a lasting impression. Behind the fences was a row of officers dressed in black gear holding long guns. As I remember it was a two handed hold. The only thing needed was to lift, aim a shoot the very dangerous families who marched for reproductive rights. So interesting that the SS is putting up with these posturing people. It only emboldens them!

[Hieronymus Phact]

5. if you're worried about them not voting for Biden in November

Don't: they didn't vote for him before, and they were never going to vote for him anyway.

[FBaggins]

8. That may or not be true...

… but there are lots of people who did that can be influenced by others supposedly on the left who buy into this nonsense

[red dog 1]

21. You don't know that, how could you? But you're entitled to your opinion.

[Hieronymus Phact]

23. 100%

[NoRethugFriends]

7. Dickheads

[LiberalFighter]

9. Tell the protesters that Trump is funding Hamas

[WiseElder]

10. They conveniently forget

They conveniently forget What started this war, The atrocities that Hamas committed in starting this war against Israeli civilians like the gang rapes, be-headings and babies in ovens.

I wonder how many of these "protesters" are calling for the release of the Israeli hostages which would bring about an immediate cease fire.

[EllieBC]

12. They didn't forget.

They have literally no problem with what happened on October 7. Not hours after it happened many of them were already making up excuses.

[womanofthehills]

18. Horrific as that day was, Israeli newspapers

Say there is no evidence of babies in ovens, babies being decapitated and no concrete evidence of mass rape. NYT article was proven to be false.

“Authorities have yet to provide an official breakdown on the victims. But the Walla news site has published data by age and gender for 756 of the murdered civilians for which information is available.”

“One of them was a baby under the age of one year — 10-month-old Mila Cohen, killed with her father and grandmother.”

“According to data by Haaretz, a Bedouin woman at the tail end of her pregnancy was shot in the abdomen while heading to the hospital to give birth, where doctors delivered the baby, but failed to save it.”

“Additionally, 12 children aged 1 to 9 — 10 boys and two girls — were murdered in the Hamas massacres, according to Walla.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/14-kids-under-10-25-people-over-80-up-to-date-breakdown-of-oct-7-victims-we-know-about/

[cstanleytech]

11. I would be protesting around the Israeli embassy rather than the White House .

[FBaggins]

16. Nowhere for thousands to protest around the Israeli embassy

In most areas, their property almost reaches the street.

And, of course, the protestors know that they can't directly influence the Israeli government. They hope to do so by influencing our government to then exert influence on Israel.

[cstanleytech]

17. They can hope all they want but the truth is that the US has little sway with Israel.

[Jim_S]

19. What Hamas did was a horrific act of terror. What Israel is doing is Genocide

Our tax dollars are supporting this genocide of the Palestinian people. The protestors are saying STOP! If we turned off the spigot of cash and arms Israel would listen—they would have to—I’m sorry but to say we have little sway with Israel—well let us just shut the arms down and the cash flow and see how it goes.

[sarisataka]

20. What do you suppose the protesters mean by

"Death to Israel"
"Kill another Zionist now"

[womanofthehills]

25. That's a rare occurrence

You will get one or two crazy people in most groups. Many at the protests are Jewish groups.

[sarisataka]

32. A century ago, a similar small group was dismissed

As crazy radicals. Their antisemitism was particularly vehement.

The Jewish population still has not fully recovered from that mistake.

[murielm99]

30. This is not genocide.

Everyone does not get their own definition of genocide.

[betsuni]

31. +1

[WiseElder]

13. More detailed article

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/b1rvlx7sa

[sarisataka]

14. Israel needs to stop rescuing hostages

It upsets those who don't like Zionists*

[sarisataka]

29. Israel is beheading babies? Strange how when it was Israeli babies it was immediately dismissed as "propaganda"

And sadly I can say that is not the worst I have seen. I would like to believe this child pulls through but I have only seen such happen once.
He will be on my mind.

[oldsoftie]

15. There's also a guy in a Hamas headband holding a bloody Biden mask.

Among other useful idiots.

[red dog 1]

22. Kick, but with reservations

I'm glad you posted this, BumRushDaShow, and I agree with those who say these protesters should be over at the Israeli Embassy, not at the White House.

However, as a lifelong Democrat, I have to worry about the fact that most of the Gaza War protests around the country consist mostly of ordinary, young, college students, who just want the war in Gaza to end.

All the polls show President Biden is essentially tied with "Stinky" right now, and he needs the millennials and the college students' votes in order to win in November.

I want President Biden to win....Period!

(From the OP)
"The messages from protesters ranged from pushing for an end to the war and a change in U.S. policy to calls against a two-state solution."

So, the more moderate ones are calling for an end to the war, which President Biden wants too. (Netanyahu doesn't want that)

But the really crazy, "radical" ones are yelling "We don't want no two-state, we're taking back '48'."
And, "Say it loud, say it clear, we don't want no Zionists here!" (those whackos would never vote for Biden anyway).

We can't paint all the Gaza War protesters with the same brush. They're not all pro-Hamas.
(From the OP)
"The vast majority of the protesters did not espouse pro-Hamas views."

For example, (From the OP)
"Sometimes it feels a little helpless because everyone talks about the fact that it started October 7.
Meanwhile, there's been decades of oppression, illegal detentions, illegal occupations, illegal settlements," said Ibrahim Dabdoub, who drove to D.C. from Nashville, Tennessee.
Dabdoub attended the protest with his two sisters. The three siblings of Palestinian descent travelled from Canada, Tennessee and North Carolina for the protest.
Dabdoub and his sister Diana voted for Biden in 2020....but neither plans to support him this November.
"I regret everything," Diana Dabdoub said of her 2020 vote, adding that she "will never vote for him again."

(Also from the OP)
"Just days ago, Biden said in an interview with Time magazine that there was 'every reason' to believe that Netanyahu was prolonging the war for political gain."

[BumRushDaShow]

24. You might recall the "Occupy" movement

that started during Obama's last year of his first term (2011). It ballooned like this, and this is actually using many of the tactics (e.g. tents and "occupying" open spaces of institutions) from that time over a dozen years ago.

[RandySF]

26. Winning hearts and minds.

[RandySF]

27. Winning hearts and minds.

They’ve lost American public opinion.