Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather outside Biden fundraiser
LOS ANGELES — They rattled and swayed the wire fence installed to separate them from the world’s most powerful man. Faced with the barrier, the 1,200-1,500 pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered Friday at Holmby Park shouted louder — calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. financial and military aid to Israel. They charged President Joe Biden and others attending the heavyweight ...
by James Rainey, Jeremy Childs and Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times
Dec 08, 2023
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — They rattled and swayed the wire fence installed to separate them from the world’s most powerful man.
Faced with the barrier, the 1,200-1,500 pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered Friday at Holmby Park shouted louder — calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and an end to U.S. financial and military aid to Israel.
They charged President Joe Biden and others attending the heavyweight fundraiser across the street with supporting Palestinian “genocide,” and chanted against Israel, the Israel Defense Forces and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Some protesters carried signs that read, “End all U.S. aid
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