Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested after interrupting hearing on antisemitism on campuses
About a dozen pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested by Capitol officers from a House hearing on free speech and the rise of antisemitism on campuses of American colleges and universities after interrupting witness remarks on Wednesday morning.
The protest organizers said seven students were arrested and were taken to the Capitol Police Headquarters. Students attended the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Free Speech and Antisemitism on College Campuses, organized by local Justice in Palestine, or SJP, chapters, Dissenters, and the DC Young Communist League.
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