On the night of Saturday the 4th, “proPalestinian” militants vandalized the White House, the residence and workplace of the President of the United States.
They shook the gate of an entrance to the mansion and shouted insults at the president Joe Biden, and committed vandalism with handprints with red paint. According to Fox News, they also attempted to scale the gates.
Protesters also covered the statue of General Marquis de Lafayette near Lafayette Park with graffiti and Palestinian flags. They were protesting the US government’s support for Israel, which was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7. The group killed 1,400 people that day.
US intelligence resolved the situation
The protesters waved the Palestinian flag and climbed halfway up the White House fence. Many shouted “Free Palestine” in unison. Others shouted “Now ceasefire!”
There were also militants shouting “Allahu akbar,” which means “Allah is great” in Arabic and has been used by Islamic fundamentalists in terrorist attacks on democratic nations.
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“We came here to make our voices and our hearts heard and to hope that we change the way people see this conflict,” protester Manar Ghanayem told the Washington Post.
U.S. intelligence said everything was resolved without incident. “Protesters are beginning to disperse from the area and the attempted breach of the previous gate was managed by Secret Service Uniformed Division officers and support personnel without incident,” said Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service’s communications chief Fox News.
Ron Halber, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Group, said the protesters “fully support a murderous terrorist organization that coldbloodedly massacred 1,400 Israelis and took countless civilians hostage, including from our own country.” He said the militants were ” misinformed and reactionary, and history will condemn them for taking their side.” Terrorists rather than supporting a democracy that is trying to defend itself.”