Dozens of pro-Palestine protesters were arrested outside Joe Biden's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" interview on Monday.
Hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace members staged a protest in the lobby of 30 Rockefeller Center, where the Late Night show is filmed.
"BREAKING: 50 Jewish New Yorkers were just arrested disrupting @POTUS appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers at NBC’s Famed 30 Rockefeller Center calling on President Biden to stop supporting the Israeli government’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza," the group wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. BREAKING: 50 Jewish New Yorkers were just arrested disrupting @POTUS appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers at NBC’s Famed 30 Rockefeller Center calling on President Biden to stop supporting the Israeli government’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. #LetGazaLive pic.twitter.com/HbLaVKhXg4
— Jewish Voice for Peace NYC (@jvpliveNY) February 26, 2024
The group called for a ceasefire and unfurled large banners, one of which read "JEWS TO BIDEN: END ISRAEL'S SIEGE ON GAZA."
"President Biden’s deadly foreign policy has expedited weapons sales to Israel, ignored the World Court’s determination that Israel is committing genocide, suspended funding to UNRWA, and vetoed three UN ceasefire resolutions," the organization continued in a subsequent post."The growing public consensus on the need to prevent further loss of life in Gaza as the death toll eclipses 30,000 cannot be denied. Yet President Biden has still pledged an additional $14.1 billion in military funding to Israel." The growing public consensus on the need to prevent further loss of life in Gaza as the death toll eclipses 30,000 cannot be denied. Yet President Biden has still pledged an additional $14.1 billion in military funding to Israel. pic.twitter.com/j0KWjVv2Ty
— Jewish Voice for Peace NYC (@jvpliveNY) February 26, 2024
The organization concluded, "The President needs to start answering to the American people – not the far-Right Israeli government indiscriminately bombing the people of Gaza, destroying 70% of infrastructure, including hospitals, universities and the electricity and water grids."
Biden has been facing increasing calls from his own party to reconsider foreign aid to Israel over the amount of civilian casualties since the war was declared in October.
The Hill reports, "Progressives have driven much of Biden’s opposition among Democrats regarding the conflict, with a coalition of pro-Palestine voters expected to carry out a protest campaign during the Michigan primaries on Tuesday."
