Hundreds of Jewish activists protesting US military support to Israel and calling for an end to the attack on Gaza were arrested on Capitol Hill.
![Rabbis in Philadelphia lead a protest against Israel's war in Gaza on the last night of Hanukkah. [Brooke Anderson/The New Arab]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-12/400400599_3200403263587460_3386722225959408504_n.jpg?h=70c1f537&itok=IsW2nWnz)
![Jewish elders chain themselves to the White House gate in protest of Israel's war in Gaza. [Photo courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-12/155d16044444ea1ebc885deaf8c7a7d9384cf7d3caed2fc461.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=KVFW5WzH)
![Activists are staging a five-day hunger strike in front of the White House in support of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. [Photo by Eman Mohammed]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-11/Hunger%20Strike.JPG?h=ac778ff2&itok=ClE2kWde)
![Activists outside of Senator Jeff Merkley's office in Washington, DC on 3 November chant "ceasefire now" and carry signs calling for the senator to stop arming Israel. Activists were arrested shortly after. The sit-in was one of eight held at progressive Democratic senators' offices. [Laura Albast for The New Arab]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-11/Senate%20protest.jpg?h=d668167d&itok=325eaegW)
![Jewish activists congregating in the US Capitol prior to their arrests. [Photo courtesy of Jewish Voice for Peace]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-10/Jews_Against_Genocide_DC_044-CREDIT-ZACHARY_SCHULMAN.jpg?h=b243e465&itok=akVifJNI)
![Progressive Jews lead a march to the White House to advocate for Gazan civilians. [Brooke Anderson/The New Arab]](/sites/default/files/styles/image_156x88/public/2023-10/393502740_179013398581079_4949551902472000784_n.jpg?h=ff8c3fa3&itok=dXqlaLOY)
