November 3rd, 2023
Seattle, Washington
In a demand that Senator Patty Murray call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, hundreds of activists with Jewish Voice for Peace and their allies shut down the Henry M. Jackson Federal building at 8am on November 3rd, 2023.
Activists blocked entrances on 1st Ave and 2nd Ave while one activist made it to the awning, hanging a banner demanding Senator Patty Murray call for a ceasefire.
Homeland Security and Federal Police pushed down several activists while attempting to remove the ladder used, injuring at least two. No arrests were made.
From the Jewish Voice for Peace – Seattle Facebook page…
“In the last three weeks, over 9,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed. Over 3000 children have been killed in Gaza. This week, the Israeli military has hit Gaza’s only hospital for cancer patients. They struck Gaza’s largest refugee camp, killing 100 people and burying others under rubble. Israeli warplanes have flattened entire neighborhoods. Shell-shocked children are left to search for their parents under the rubble. Millions of Palestinians have once again been made refugees, bombed as they tried to flee. Surgeons are operating by the light of their cellphones, increasingly without anesthesia. Over half the hospitals have been forced to shut down. In the West Bank, 120 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war. Jewish settlers are burning down houses with families in them after they come with warning notes for the Palestinians who have not yet fled to do so immediately or they will be killed. Israel has doubled the number of Palestinian prisoners to 10,000 in the last two weeks. Every bomb dropped on Gaza threatens the lives of 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza and 200 Israeli hostages. But the Israeli government has made it clear that they do not value life and will not negotiate, as it would rather continue its genocidal attack against Palestinians.
“In the last three weeks, over 9,000 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis have been killed. Over 3000 children have been killed in Gaza. This week, the Israeli military has hit Gaza’s only hospital for cancer patients. They struck Gaza’s largest refugee camp, killing 100 people and burying others under rubble. Israeli warplanes have flattened entire neighborhoods. Shell-shocked children are left to search for their parents under the rubble. Millions of Palestinians have once again been made refugees, bombed as they tried to flee. Surgeons are operating by the light of their cellphones, increasingly without anesthesia. Over half the hospitals have been forced to shut down. In the West Bank, 120 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war. Jewish settlers are burning down houses with families in them after they come with warning notes for the Palestinians who have not yet fled to do so immediately or they will be killed. Israel has doubled the number of Palestinian prisoners to 10,000 in the last two weeks. Every bomb dropped on Gaza threatens the lives of 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza and 200 Israeli hostages. But the Israeli government has made it clear that they do not value life and will not negotiate, as it would rather continue its genocidal attack against Palestinians.
In Seattle, we need to demand that Senator Murray call for a CEASEFIRE NOW. We cannot stand for business as usual. We cannot stand by as a genocide is carried out in our names.
Join Jews and ALL people of conscience to cry out as loudly as we can: Ceasefire now to save lives. End the siege on Gaza. End Israeli apartheid. B’tselem Elohim: Every life is precious.”
The Dignity Virus 
Thank you so much, Alex, for your amazing documentation of this demonstration, particularly the police violence. Very grateful to you.