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Get ready for Pro-Palestinian demonstrations to spill over from universities and colleges onto city streets this summer.

Just days ago, we were the first to report that the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) group is planning to surround the White House this Saturday. Now, new reports indicate that a pro-Palestinian protester encampment was erected outside the Los Angeles City Hall in the overnight hours.

Let's begin with the news from the local media outlet KABC:

At 0124 local time, the Los Angeles Police Department wrote on X, "Central Bureau is monitoring a non-permitted demonstration occurring in the Civic Center portion of DTLA.  Please use caution in the area due to people in the roadway." 

Here are scenes from the ground:

We suspect there is a much larger plan for pro-Palestinian protesters to erect encampments outside numerous city halls in major metro areas. In just days, the ANSWER will surround the White House. 

Photo: Craig Birchfield

On flyers, ANSWER wrote, "Get on a bus to DC" and "Surround the White House for Palestine." 

"June 8 marks 8 months of US-Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people, and marks the 54th anniversary of the occupation of Gaza. A month ago, Biden said that the invasion of Rafah was a red line. But now, the invasion of Rafah has continued for weeks, has expanded to the entire Gaza Strip, Biden's red line is nowhere to be seen," ANSWER wrote on its website. 

The spillover from schools to city streets could be imminent, adding another challenge for the Biden administration.