During an anti-Israel protest outside the White House on Saturday, a man wearing a Hamas headband held up a bloody mask depicting President Biden.
Others wearing similar headbands chanted “Down with the occupation, down with the occupation!” while another man set fire to an American flag and others held up Palestinian flags.
Other agitators at the protest threw objects at National Park Service rangers, yelled “Pigs, pigs!” and defaced statues in Washington, D.C.
After security was stepped up at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in preparation for the planned demonstration, protesters rallied at the White House on Saturday morning, carrying signs accusing Biden of being “on the wrong side of history.”
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A man wearing a Hamas headband holds up a bloody mask depicting President Biden during an anti-Israel protest in front of the White House on Saturday. (FNTV)
Anti-Israel protesters defaced a statue near the White House, threw objects at National Park Service guards and climbed the statue. (FNTV)
Anti-Israel protesters defaced a statue near the White House on Saturday. (FNTV)
Protesters waved Palestinian flags, chanted “Free Palestine!” and held up signs calling on Biden to end support for Israel.
The protest started peacefully, but soon hostile demonstrators began targeting park rangers, yelling “Fascists!” and “Pigs, pigs, boo boo boo!”
More peaceful protesters began forming a human chain around the White House, which they called the “People's Red Line,” a reference to Biden's statement that Israel had not crossed any “red lines” in the war.
A man wearing a Hamas headband holds a blood-stained Biden mask. (FNTV)
Two members of Hamas' military wing wear Hamas headbands during a press conference in Gaza City on January 19, 2009. (Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images/File)
“May the screams of our bombed children haunt you,” read a sign held by another protester.
Anti-Israel demonstrators rallied near the White House in Washington DC on Saturday to protest Israel's actions in Gaza. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Several more barricades have been erected around the White House ahead of demonstrations planned for this weekend, where activists will be calling for an end to US support for Israel as it continues its war with Hamas militants.
Anti-Israel protesters stand over the defaced statue. (FNTV)
A small group of activists, including CODEPINK and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said they planned to demonstrate in the nation's capital this week to mark the eighth month of the Middle East war.
Anti-Israel protesters throw objects at park rangers in Washington DC (FNTV)
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The White House protest, organized by ANSWER (Act Now to Stop the War and End Racism), was the most significant of Saturday's demonstrations in Washington DC.
Anti-Israel protesters chanted slogans and held signs as they rallied near the White House on Saturday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anti-Israel protesters marched in formation bearing “red lines” and rallied near the White House on Saturday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Several barricades and anti-scalding fencing were set up ahead of planned demonstrations this week, with additional barricades expected to be erected ahead of a demonstration early Saturday morning.
Anti-Israel protesters deface statue in Washington DC (FNTV)
Anti-Israel protesters deface statue in Washington DC (FNTV)
Biden has been in France since Wednesday, arriving Saturday to attend a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Normandy landings and for a state visit with French President Emmanuel Macron. A White House spokesman said the president respects the right to protest but believes supporting terrorism is “abhorrent.”
“President Biden has always been clear that all Americans have the right to peacefully express their views,” spokesman Andrew Bates said, “but he has also always been clear that anti-Semitism, violent rhetoric and support for murderous terrorist organizations like Hamas are abhorrent, dangerous and antithetical to everything we stand for as a country.”