Police arrested six Jewish protesters who tried to enter Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s office in Boston, as they demand her to call for an “immediate ceasefire and de-escalation of the attacks in Gaza.”
The group, protesting during a pro-Palestine rally Wednesday evening, sat on the ground, arms locked, and refused to leave the JFK Federal Building, where Warren’s local office is located, before officers from the Department of Homeland Security handcuffed them.
As each one walked away handcuffed, a crowd of more than 250 chanted “Ceasefire now!” and sang “What side are you on?” Some attendees held signs bearing the message “Jews against genocide.”
The six protesters were released from custody after receiving a citation or court summons, according to officials.
Wednesday’s demonstration, held by a group of progressive Jewish organizations, came after a similar protest at Warren’s office in Springfield on Tuesday and another at the JFK Building, near Boston City Hall, last Friday.
Mira Revesz, a member of IfNotNow Boston, was arrested in the initial rally last week alongside six other members from the “movement to end the American Jewish community’s support for the occupation, fighting for freedom and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians.”
“Senator Warren has the power to call for the over 100 trucks of humanitarian aid stuck outside of Gaza to be allowed in,” Revesz said Wednesday. “But all Senator Warren has done so far is to call for Israel to minimize civilian harm. The past four days have demonstrated heartbreakingly that Israel is not minimizing civilian harm.”
Revesz singled out Warren’s post on X, the former Twitter platform, last Friday that read “As Israel responds to Hamas’s terrorist attacks, it must minimize civilian harm, including to Palestinian children, Israeli hostages, and U.S. citizens.”
Since then, Warren on Tuesday condemned the explosion at a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds, and on Wednesday, the senator posted that she is helping lead more than 100 lawmakers in “urging the Biden admin to address crypto-financed terrorism.”
“Hamas raised millions via crypto in the months leading up to their attack on Israel,” Warren said.
