Pro-Palestinian demonstrators on Sunday desecrated the Los Angeles National Cemetery, the national cemetery where more than 80,000 veterans of World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and other wars are buried.
Demonstrators spray-painted “Free Gaza” at the monument’s entrance, and chanted “Long live Palestine,” “There is only one solution,” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and “Biden, Biden, you. is a liar,” video footage from the event said. Hundreds of protesters held placards reading “ceasefire now,” “stop the bombing of Gaza,” “stop the occupation now” and “stop the genocide.” The sign read “Zionists = Nazis.”
Protests also shut down Wilshire Boulevard between Interstate 405 and Glendon Avenue Sunday afternoon.
“People who hate #Israelhate America,” said California Congressman Brad Sherman. Said “Here in my district, at the Los Angeles National Cemetery, the graves of those who gave their lives to end slavery and protect the world from fascism are being desecrated.”
Below the statement “Liberate Gaza” spray-painted at the entrance to the cemetery is a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, “We care for him who fought, and for his widows and orphans.” Also from the US Department of State. Veteran’s motto. The ministry’s website says the statement affirms “the government’s obligation to care for those injured during war and to provide for the families of those killed on the battlefield.”
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“We are demonstrating here to commemorate the third month of the genocide in Gaza that claimed over 22,000 lives in 92 days,” said one masked demonstrator wearing sunglasses. told Key News Network. “What we are standing in front of now is the Federal Building, the closest monument to the United States federal government, which currently spends $3 billion a year to support Israel’s genocidal activities against the Palestinian people. You’re sending money. It’s your money that’s going to be used as a weapon of war to kill my family.”
Pro-Palestinian activists called on the Biden administration to withdraw aid to Israel after Hamas terrorists killed 1,200 Israelis on October 7. Biden has expressed solidarity with Israel since the Hamas attack, but in recent weeks has also criticized the scope of Israeli military operations in Palestine. Gaza.
Protesters in the U.S. have rallied at various other U.S. landmarks to denounce U.S. support for Israel, including demonstrators planning to attack the Holocaust Museum. These include Washington, D.C., and New York City, where demonstrators disrupted events, where events were canceled following social media outcry. New Year’s Eve Celebration in Manhattan. In London, demonstrators calling for a ceasefire blocked a bridge outside Britain’s parliament on Saturday.
The Los Angeles cemetery is where 14 Medal of Honor recipients are buried, as well as more than 100 Buffalo Soldiers, African American soldiers who served in black regiments during westward expansion in the 1800s. At the time of his 1888 establishment, the monument cared for “disabled Union veterans of the Civil War,” and in 1889 it was designated as the National Pacific Branch Cemetery for Disabled Volunteers, according to the National Park Service. It was consecrated as.
California Penal Code prohibits the destruction of graves, monuments, monuments, or markers in cemeteries and is punishable by imprisonment in county jail.
