Anti-Israel Protesters Gather in Front of White House

Some 30 demonstrators gathered in front of the White House Wednesday to denounce Israeli raids on the Gaza strip, asking President Barack Obama for "leftover mercy."

Published

7 months ago

Categories

US, World

Topics

United States, Middle East & North Africa

People

Barack Obama

Places

Israel, Palestine, Washington, D.C., Gaza Strip

Transcript

SHOTLIST: WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 21, 2012, SOURCE: AFPTV VOX POP 1 Protester (woman, English, 20 sec): "We hope to get more American support. We hope to educate Americans who are busy right now about the early shopping for Christmas and the Black Friday and the turkey and food, that our people in Gaza, they don't even have water. So we are trying to remind them that, be human a little bit during this holiday." VOX POP 2 Protester (woman, English, 10 sec): "Well, we would like to make Americans aware that we are partners in this, we are not the brokers in this. We provide three billion dollars in military aid every year to Israel." VOX POP 3 Protester (woman, English, 15 sec) : "What I don't really understand in what's going on now is this idea that Israel can come in and just keep bombing its way to peace. It doesn't work that way, it causes hatred. It causes suffering. And that means this is gonna keep festering again and again and again." - VAR of 30 odd protesters in front of the White House - VAR of the protesters and the press -------------------------