Over 120 former US military personnel have occupied the Cannon House Office Building of the US Congress, in a demonstration against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its joint war with the US on Iran.
US veterans take action
The US Veterans against Genocide group, some of them holding folded US flags signifying fallen comrades or loved ones and others wearing keffiyehs, stood silently:
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Yet despite the protest being peaceful, authorities came in and began arresting them:
The building, often referred to as the ‘Old House Office Building’, is the oldest office in the congressional complex and links by tunnel to the Capitol.
In September 2025, five US Veterans against Genocide members were jailed after blocking a key road outside a US military base. Others have resigned reserve posts in protest against the genocide and, more recently, the illegal US-Israel attacks on Iran. The group demands the end of all arms shipments to the genocidal colony:
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