Protesters packed an event at Bill Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas, thinking they could talk to the former president about a Middle East ceasefire.
The small group of about two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters converged on the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum in downtown Little Rock and eventually entered, according to KATV.
But efforts to reach the Democrat, who served two terms as governor of Arkansas before becoming president, were unsuccessful, as Clinton did not attend the event due to an “emergency “.
An official at the Clinton Presidential Library confirmed he would not be there, but seconds after a taped message from the former president, protesters triggered their disruption with chants of “cease fire,” he said. KATV.
They disrupted the event and made their way around the room before security removed them from the event and the building.
“I think his staff and everyone involved with the library will tell a lot about the story of when a group of protesters interrupted his speech,” one protester, identified as Stephanie Gray, told KATV.
Demonstrators in the city center @CityLittleRock, #Arkansas demanding a renewed ceasefire in the #Middle East made his way inside the William J. @ClintonCenter Friday in hopes of speaking with the former president @BillClinton. https://t.co/UN31APD6hB | #arnews #arpx pic.twitter.com/Zh31K9ZX1h
— KATV News (@KATVNews) December 2, 2023
“I think it was very emotional to see so many people visibly shocked, because I think especially in Arkansas, we can be complacent that this is not something that happens here, that's not important to us here,” Gray said. “I think we're capable of a lot, so we're going to put it in your face and make you pay attention.”
Hadeel Abuelhaja, a Palestinian protester, told KATV, “We know that President Clinton has a good history of improving Israeli-Palestinian relations in the past.”
“Because of his relationship with Mandela and how he made things better for South Africa, so hopefully he can step up, he can say a word and choose a side,” he added, referring to the South's first president -Africa who shared a close friendship with Clinton.
The protester expressed to the media the personal effect of Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
“I text my cousins almost every night to make sure they're safe and okay,” she said.
“Sometimes I don't hear an answer immediately and I'm thinking that they are definitely dead. I already have five men in my family who have been killed in the West Bank and not in Gaza,” he added.
According to Abuelhaja, the group has been protesting the conflict every Saturday for seven weeks and fully intends to continue until there is a permanent ceasefire.
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