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Protesters spilled a red liquid on the streets, saying it symbolized the blood of those killed in the Gaza Strip and shouted “Arrest Netanyahu”, according to the Associated Press (AP) description.

They also took an image of the head of the Israeli Government in an orange prisoner’s overalls with an inscription: “Wanted for crimes against humanity”.

Images of the protest also showed protesters performing a ‘die-in’, pretending to be dead, in reference to the approximately 40,000 victims, mostly civilians, of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip since October 7 against the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

In a speech before both chambers of Congress on Wednesday, Netanyahu defended Israel’s conduct during the war, as thousands of protesters gathered near the Capitol, marching through the city’s streets with Palestinian flags and calling for the Israeli leader’s arrest.

In his intervention in Congress, Netanyahu accused the protesters of being “useful idiots from Iran”, which he said sponsors an “axis of terror” in the Middle East and which also affects the United States.

At the door of Union Station, in Washington, protesters removed American flags and raised Palestinian ones in their place, to the applause of the crowd and ‘graffiti’ a monument to the discoverer Christopher Columbus.

In a statement today, the American Vice President, Kamala Harris, who took over the Democratic presidential candidacy in the November 5 elections, spoke vehemently about the actions of the protesters.

“The ‘graffiti’ and pro-Hamas rhetoric are abhorrent and we should not tolerate them in our nation,” she criticized. “I condemn the burning of the American flag. This flag is a symbol of our highest ideals as a nation and represents the promise of America. It should never be desecrated in this way”, said the Democratic politician who today has scheduled a separate meeting with Natenyahu,

The number of protesters today was significantly lower compared to the previous day’s protests, reports the AP.

Hazami Barmada, who described herself as a grassroots activist, spoke through a megaphone about Biden’s decision, announced on Sunday, not to run again and to hand over the testimony to Harris in the November presidential election.

“Biden did not voluntarily drop out of the race, Joe Biden was kicked out of the race,” she lamented, adding that “Kamala Harris still needs to prove her humanity” to win the trust of pro-Palestinian voters.

“I will not give you my vote until you show that you share the ideals that the Democratic Party should believe in,” she said.

Before meeting at the White House with the US President, the Israeli Prime Minister expressed to Joe Biden his satisfaction at the opportunity to work together in the coming months until the end of the Democratic politician’s term.

“I want to thank you for your 50 years of public service and support for the State of Israel and I look forward to engaging in dialogue today and working with you in the coming months,” declared the Israeli Prime Minister, at a time when Biden is being challenged by his Republican opponents to leave the White House before the end of his term due to his health.

According to the White House, Biden plans to use the meeting with Netanyahu to pressure Tel Aviv and Hamas to seal a US-backed proposal to release the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, who have been detained in the enclave since the attack on October 7. , from the Palestinian Islamist group in southern Israel, which caused almost 1,200 deaths and triggered the current conflict.

The three-phase agreement aims to end the conflict in the enclave, which would be an achievement for the 81-year-old Democratic politician’s legacy.

On Friday, Netanyahu will travel to Florida, where he will meet with the former US President and Republican candidate for November’s presidential election, Donald Trump.

Benjamin Natanyahu gave an energetic speech on Wednesday before both chambers of the US Congress, in which he asked the United States for more weapons to “accelerate the end of the war” in the Gaza Strip and defended a demilitarized zone in the enclave with an administration civil society in the post-conflict.