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Here's what you need to know ahead of your commute home.
WASHINGTON — Drivers are facing unexpected roadblocks as demonstrators have shut down key D.C. streets on Thursday, as they continue to rally against the visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Anyone near the White House is asked to take precaution.
Here's what streets have closed:
- H Street, NW between 15th and 17th Street, NW
- 17th Street, NW between H and K Street, NW
- K Street between 15th and 17th Street, NW
- 15th Street, NW between H and K Street, NW
- I Street, NW between 15th and 17th Street, NW
- 16th Street, NW between H and K Street, NW
- Connecticut Ave, NW between H and I Street, NW
- Vermont Ave, NW between H and I Street, NW
- Constitution Ave 14th to 17th Street, NW
On Wednesday, at least 23 people were arrested in connection to the protests. The arrest charges range from crowding, obstructing, and incommoding to assault on a police officer and crossing a police line.
WUSA9 spoke to protesters Wednesday who said they are just as upset at Netanyahu as they are at American members of Congress who invited the Israeli prime minister to address Congress.
"It is a slap in the face for this administration and for both parties to be hosting someone who is wanted by the international criminal courts for the role that he's played in the massacre of Palestian people in Gaza," Kaleem Hawa, an organizer of the Palestinian Youth Movement, said. "Our responsibility today is to show mass grassroots anger at this administration's ongoing funding and arming of this genocide."
The crowds appeared to be a diverse group made up of people with Palestinian roots, members of the Jewish community and others who say they are outraged at what's going on in Gaza.
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