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(The Guardian) Pro-Palestinian protesters 'have a point', Biden says as thousands join Gaza demonstrations
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the Democratic national convention on Monday to demand that the US end military aid to Israel for its ongoing war in Gaza. Activists have branded Joe Biden “Genocide Joe” and called for the vice-president, Kamala Harris, to change course.
The Democrats have been eager to avoid any repeat of their Chicago convention in 1968, when anti-Vietnam war protests and a police riot led to scenes of chaos that stunned the nation and contributed to the party’s defeat in November.
The biggest protest group the Coalition to March on the DNC planned demonstrations for Monday and Thursday to coincide with Biden and Harris’s speeches. Organizers said they expected at least 20,000 activists to demonstrate, including students who protested against the war on college campuses.
On Monday, dozens of protesters appeared to break through one security fence near the convention site and several demonstrators were handcuffed and detained. During Biden’s speech, demonstrators unfurled a “Stop Arming Israel” banner, but the speech continued uninterrupted.
There was limited talk of Gaza on the convention floor, though Biden reiterated his efforts to secure a ceasefire and said: Those protesters out in the street, they have a point – a lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the Democratic national convention on Monday to demand that the US end military aid to Israel for its ongoing war in Gaza. Activists have branded Joe Biden “Genocide Joe” and called for the vice-president, Kamala Harris, to change course.
The Democrats have been eager to avoid any repeat of their Chicago convention in 1968, when anti-Vietnam war protests and a police riot led to scenes of chaos that stunned the nation and contributed to the party’s defeat in November.
The biggest protest group the Coalition to March on the DNC planned demonstrations for Monday and Thursday to coincide with Biden and Harris’s speeches. Organizers said they expected at least 20,000 activists to demonstrate, including students who protested against the war on college campuses.
On Monday, dozens of protesters appeared to break through one security fence near the convention site and several demonstrators were handcuffed and detained. During Biden’s speech, demonstrators unfurled a “Stop Arming Israel” banner, but the speech continued uninterrupted.
There was limited talk of Gaza on the convention floor, though Biden reiterated his efforts to secure a ceasefire and said: Those protesters out in the street, they have a point – a lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides.
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