Chanting “From DC to Palestine, we are the red line”, the demonstrators held a long banner scribbled with the names of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.
In London thousands of people marched through the city centre to parliament calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The demonstration was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Marchers waved Palestinian flags and chanted: “End the genocide” and “Free, free Palestine”.
While Biden has faced criticism for playing a balancing act on key ally Israel’ actions in the conflict, the White House said last month that a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah did not cross a “red line” that Biden had seemingly set two months earlier when asked about a potential invasion of the southern Gaza city.
“I no longer believe any of the words that Joe Biden says,” said protester 25-year-old Zaid Mahdawi from Virginia, whose parents are Palestinian.
“This `red line’ in his rhetoric is rubbish… it shows his hypocrisy and his cowardice,” Mahdawi said.
Nursing assistant Tala McKinney, 25, said: “I think we all hope it’s going to stop soon, but clearly our president is not living up to the words he is speaking to our country. It’s outrageous.”
The protesters — almost all wearing red clothing — held Palestinian flags and signs saying “Biden’s red line was a lie” and “Bombing children is not self-defence.”
The White House stepped up security with an anti-scale perimeter fence ahead of the demonstration.
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