(VINnews) — A group of pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protesters have been camping out at the mansion of Secretary of State Antony Blinken for nearly a month, in protest of what they perceive as the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel.
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Signs at the encampment read, “Bloody Blinken lives here,” “Caution: War Criminal Inside” and “Secretary of genocide.”
The group calls its effort “Occupy Blinken,” with roughly 100 people participating over several weeks, according to The New York Times. Some of the activists have been sleeping in tents, but at any given time of day, there are no more than a dozen people.
According to NBC News, the activists disgracefully labeled the site “Kibbutz Blinken.”
In January, the protesters splashed fake blood on Blinken’s motorcade.
The activists have also targeted the homes of National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in addition to heckling President Joe Biden at appearances.
In reality, Blinken has expressed dismay at the (highly exaggerated) number of Palestinian civilian casualties reported by the fake Hamas-run Gazan health ministry, saying the civilian toll has been “gut-wrenching” for him.
Hamas supporters have decided to use more direct forms of protest than in the past, directly confronting people in power in DC. Several activists have described these tactics as similar to the ones used to stop the war in Vietnam.
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At any given time there are almost always well over a dozen of us. The neighbors have joined us. State Department staffers sent us pizzas.
Most people don’t like genocide. We just don’t live in a democracy so keep funding one