Overview
- Performers at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station staged a mock banquet with masks of Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Joe Biden, and Antony Blinken, posing with fake blood, doll limbs, and organ props beside a menu listing “Gaza children’s limbs” and “stolen organs.”
- Amtrak police removed the display inside the station within about five minutes, according to D.C. police, after which organizers set it up outside the building as videos circulated widely online.
- The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, and the Jewish Community Relations Council condemned the display as a dangerous echo of the historic blood libel against Jews.
- Organizers credited on social media included local activists Hazami Barada (Barmada) and Atefeh Rokhvand, with affiliations and participants linked to groups such as Teachers Against Genocide, Code Pink, and the Dear White Staffers account.
- Background on the organizers featured in coverage includes a federal judgment ordering Barada and Rokhvand to pay $182,000 to Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld after an assault suit, as well as hints from organizers of additional planned actions.