Hundreds of activists with Jewish Voice for Peace are protesting in Capitol Hill's Canon rotunda, calling for an arms embargo to Israel amid its ongoing ground assault in Gaza.
Some wear Tallitot w/the slogan “never again for anyone.”
Netanyahu speaks to Congress tomorrow.
"For the past 9 months, we've witnessed countless horrors in Gaza, committed in our names and funded by our government," Jewish Voice for Peace wrote on social media.
It said over 250 protesters were arrested and that there were 400 demonstrators in attendance.
Police did not immediately give arrest figures.
A police statement said: "We told the people, who legally entered, to stop or they would be arrested.
They did not stop, so we are arresting them."
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