Protesters outside Pelosi’s home demand Israel-Hamas cease-fire

Protesters rallied outside former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) home in San Francisco on Sunday, demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The demonstration was organized by Code Pink, an anti-war advocacy group, to call on Pelosi and President Biden to back a cease-fire in the war, which is approaching its two-month mark.

Organizers wrote it was “crucial” for Pelosi to support a cease-fire “to heed the voices of her constituents and stand in solidarity with her colleagues advocating for peace.” The rally was scheduled to last three hours starting at 9 a.m. Sunday.

“Our government must not be complicit in genocide and other war crimes. Congress enabling huge profits for the U.S. war industry is wrong. There is no military solution to this conflict. The U.S. should support diplomacy, not revenge,” organizer Cynthia Papermaster said in a statement.

Papermaster noted in a press release that thousands marched in San Francisco over the weekend in support of a cease-fire, arguing that Pelosi should stand with her constituents.

Video broadcast by Fox affiliate KTVU showed several dozen protesters gathered outside Pelosi’s home, holding signs in support of a cease-fire.

Separate footage aired by NBC Bay Area showed protesters marching in a circle outside the former Speaker’s home, with some holding the Palestinian flag.

The Hill has reached out to Pelosi’s office for comment.

The demonstration follows numerous other protests calling on congressional Democrats to support a cease-fire. A growing number of Democrats have been outspoken about supporting a cease-fire, but the Biden administration has not backed it. It instead urged more targeted “humanitarian pauses” as Israel pushed to secure the release of hostages.

Hundreds of people protested outside the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters last month to demand that Democratic leadership support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Demonstrators also shut down a convention held by the California Democratic Party last month in Sacramento, Calif.

The war is approaching two months of fighting this week, with Israel launching a campaign to defeat the Palestinian militant group in response to its Oct. 7 surprise attack. About 1,200 people were killed in Israel during the October attack by Hamas, and more than 15,000 people have since died in Gaza amid Israeli strikes, according to a recent update from Hamas’s Gaza Health Ministry.

A weeklong truce to release some hostages from Hamas ended Friday.