The flag burning, terrorist supporting anti-Israel protesters are proving Netanyahu rightBy
Social Links forDouglas Murray
Published July 25, 2024, 10:37 p.m. ET
Graffiti covers the Columbus Memorial Fountain at Union Station during a anti-Israel protest on the day Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.REUTERS
On Wednesday I was down in DC at the US Congress to hear Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu give his address to the joint session.
I don’t think I have ever seen a case made so forcefully — not just by the speaker but by the people who had come to town to oppose him.
As I waited to get into the heavily guarded Capitol, I chatted with two very friendly and professional police officers.
5Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pictured before a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.AP
As we were there a number of groups of “anti-Israel protestors” started to march past.
Many of them were so proud of their views that they covered their faces — as usual — with COVID masks.
“You c–k-sucking mother-f–ckers. Get the f–k out of our city” they screamed at the policemen.
“White supremacists” they also screamed through megaphones at the boys in blue who were (incidentally) black.
The protestors continued on their way, screaming abuse and profanities everywhere they could.
Common enemies Inside Congress the Israeli prime minister made many points, but one was especially relevant to the American public.
Netanyahu addressed the complete moral inversion that we have seen from some people in America since
the attacks of Oct. 7.
Referring to those people who immediately turned on Israel when its citizens had been raped, butchered and burned alive he said that people have to be able to make the moral distinction “between those who target terrorists and those who target civilians, between the democratic State of Israel and the terrorist thugs of Hamas.”
He mentioned the fact that the US director of national intelligence recently confirmed that Iran is funding anti-Israel protests in America.
This explains why the surge in radical anti-Israel protests — from the streets of our cities to the nation’s campuses — has been so coordinated and organized.
“They want to disrupt America,” Netanyahu said.
“These protestors burned America flags even on the 4th of July. If you remember one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be your victory.”
5Anti-Israel demonstrators burn a US flag and a puppet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Union Station.ZUMAPRESS.com
Prominent Democrats — including Nancy Pelosi, who had boycotted the prime minister’s speech — promptly took to social media to denounce Netanyahu for these words.
How dare the Israeli prime minister suggest that these protestors are bigots, useful idiots of the Iranians and much more?
As if on cue the mobs outside on the streets of Washington immediately proved Netanyahu right.
Outside of Union Station, these terrorist supporters ripped down the American flags that were flying there.
And then the mob burned them.
Right on the streets of the nation’s capital.
The flag that American servicemen throughout the generations, and to this day, have fought for, bled for and died for, was burned and trampled upon by people who no longer even pretend that their problem is with Israel.
5Demonstrators gather atop the Freedom Bell at Union Station during a pro-Palestinian protest on the day Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.REUTERS
Festival of hatred The Liberty Bell replica outside of Union Station was another object of their rage. “F–k Israel,” “F–k capitalists” and “Abolish the USA” the protestors graffitied all over it.
Another inanimate object on which they concentrated their fury was the Christopher Columbus monument. By the end of the afternoon, the monument was completely covered in graffiti.
Were the people who attacked it interested in peace?
Did they simply want a cease-fire in Gaza?
Apparently not.
The biggest legend written in red graffiti on the monument was simple: “Hamas is coming.”
These terrorist supporters even had the temerity to hoist up a Palestinian flag in Washington where the American flag had once flown.
5Demonstrators display signs against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war in Gaza, on the day he addresses a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.REUTERS
At the end of the day, when the business of democracy was done, a group of members of the House, fresh from voting, went to Union station.
There the speaker of the House, Rep. Dan Crenshaw and many other veterans raised the American flag once again.
Thank goodness they did.
It was a moment of cleanliness after a day of pollution — literal and moral.
There are still some people — like
Kamala Harris (who also boycotted the speech) — who seem to think that they can pander to these extremists on their side.
They imagine that if they just give into them a bit, and let down their allies a lot, the situation will de-escalate and right will prevail.
Events in Washington on Wednesday suggest otherwise.
What concessions can you possibly make to people who act like this?
5Demonstrators react next to police officers on the day of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 24, 2024.REUTERS
At the Watergate Hotel, where the Israeli prime minister was staying, protestors gathered day and night.
“Jewish motherf–kers. We’re gonna kill all of you” said one.
“We’re gonna burn you. Allahu Akbar. Hamas!” shouted another.
Other “activists” decided to make their views even clearer.
The evening before the speech they let loose a swarm of maggots and cockroaches into the Watergate Hotel.
That is some lovely dehumanizing behavior right there.
I wonder if the “Love is love” brigades have anything to say about it?
What do Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi imagine they can do to placate these people?
I am sure that they do deplore the people who walked around Washington on Wednesday openly flying the flag of the terrorist organization Hamas.
I am sure they do disagree with the people who burned a Jew in effigy in the heart of DC.
‘Despicable acts’ Or who carried signs saying “Allah is gathering all the Zionists for the ‘FINAL SOLUTION’ ” and depicting a mushroom cloud above the Israeli flag.
Harris herself issued a statement yesterday criticizing some of the “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors.” But these extremists couldn’t be clearer in what they want. And there is no compromising with them.
If someone is condemned for saying “Kill all Jews” does anyone think they will settle for just killing “some” Jews?
If people say “Abolish the USA” do Kamala and others think these extremists might settle for just abolishing “some” of the USA? Anyone who thinks that these protestors are merely anti-Israel or anti-Netanyahu really have another thing coming.
On Wednesday one protester wrapped in a keffiyeh was filmed screaming, “We don’t like white people.”
I’d have thought that’s an example of divisive racism right there.
But the people who would normally call out such things are silent.
Netanyahu gave an important speech to the joint session on Wednesday.
But it was the protestors outside who really proved his point.
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