US veterans occupy Congress building in protest over Gaza/Iran

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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Helen Waine says:

2 months ago

Disabled soldiers arrested but what for? Condemning atrocities or for appearing in public with visible disabilities Trump and his cronies do not want the public to see – the human cost to their own, who he considers ‘losers’. And he had the audacity to portray himself as Jesus healing someone when he is sending out men and women to die, get disabled and to maim and kill children. These men have seen the horrors of war and will continue to spend the rest of their lives living with it. The real courage they have shown is to publicly condemn war and risk arrest for doing so. I hope in doing so they feel a measure of inward peace that gets them through each day and that those who know them value their integrity.