Alwaght- Hundreds of Protesters descended on the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC, where Israeli regime's extremist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was giving a speech on Sunday.
The hundreds of protesters seen in the US capital echoed the mass demonstrations seen in the occupied Palestinian territories that have witnessed some 200,000 protesters rallying for nine consecutive weeks.
The left-wing If Not Now organization said 13 of its members were attacked by security at the hotel, seen in tweets praying inside the building. The group said that seven of them were arrested.
Smotrich recently came under fire for comments suggesting that Huwara, a Palestinian village in occupied West Bank, should be “erased.” This drew condemnation domestically and internationally, particularly after terrorist Israeli settlers attacked Huwara, killed a Palestinian man and torched villagers homes and vehicles.
While Smotrich later apologized for his remark, US officials shunned him during the visit, and even mulled denying him a diplomatic visa.
French officials will likewise not meet with the finance minister in an upcoming visit to France, according to Israeli media.
