Thread by @FordFischer

"Stop Israeli terrorism now!"

Pro-Palestine protesters marched today from the White House to #AIPAC to demand "End AIPAC now!"

#AIPAC2020 #Palestine

Some of what you'll see includes anti-Semitism. This is both a content warning and a caution against generalizing the protest on this basis.

Some using those words were asked to quit it by their own side.

This is the livestream of what happened: facebook.com/N2Sreports/vid…

Protesters chanted "Free free Palestine!" as they approached AIPAC, where police had multiple layers of barriers erected.

One took it further, yelling "death to Israel!"

Things got a little intense as some #AIPAC2020 attendees confronted them. Police seperated what looked like it was about to be a fight.

"This is America, not Israel," one protester said. "You will get fucked up badly, motherfucker!"

Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss spoke out, and then did a brief interview with me.

"AIPAC is a crime," he explained, because he sees it as inconsistent with the Torah. "Zionism, the state of Israel, causes death of Jews" he added.

Police formed a line separating the two sides.

One activist held a peace sign✌️ and said into my camera, "Let them know, this doesn't mean peace. This means victory. That's what's coming!"

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" they chanted on.

"The Holocaust will come back to you," one yelled at AIPAC attendees. "You're going to get burned if you don't give us the land!"

"Hitler will come back! Burned, all of you!"

Others tried to cool him down and keep him away from the frontlines a bit during this.

"Judaism, yes! Zionism, no," led a young man with Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss's group. "The state of Israel must go!"

"One, two, three four, Zionism no more!"

Here's the full, HD video summary of what happened today outside #AIPAC2020 when pro-#Palestine protesters came and confronted the conference.

All footage available for license.