WASHINGTON, (PIC)-- An American activist was ”brutally attacked” by Jewish lobbyists after she interrupted a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to US Congress.
The woman, Rae Abileah, a member of the group Codepink: Women for Peace countered Netanyahu's claims that 1967 borders are indefensible and that Palestinians enjoy equal rights by saying: “No more occupation, stop Israel war crimes, equal rights for the Palestinians, occupation is indefensible,” according to the group's home page.
Abileah said in statement that followed that members of the audience wearing badges from the conference of American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) attacked, and police dragged her out of the House Gallery. She was taken to the George Washington University Hospital and later arrested after she was treated for neck and shoulder injuries.
Commenting on the incident, Netanyahu pointed out that such acts could only be practiced in free democratic societies such as the US and Israel.
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