A protester shakes her sign as she chants pro-Palestinian messages while marching through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A Palestinian flag hangs from an apartment window as protesters holding Palestinian flags and chanting pro-Palestinian messages march through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A protester places a heart-shaped Palestinian flag sticker to a construction sign as the group marches through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Giselle Herzfeld leans against a pole and balances a sign on her head while leaning to a speech with pro-Palestinian messages outside of Byron White United States Courthouse in Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Protesters holding Palestinian flags and chanting pro-Palestinian messages march through the street in front of Byron White United States Courthouse in Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A silhouetted protester holds up a peace sign in support of Palestinians as the group marches through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Katie Leonard speaks to a crowd of protesters as she calls for the arrest of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the César E. Chávez Memorial Building in Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A protester holds a "CEASEFIRE" sign and watermelon umbrella as the group marches through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A procession of marching protesters holding signs displaying pro-Palestinian messages follows a truck and protest organizers through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A protester records a speaker as the group stops outside of Senator John Hickenlooper's office in Byron Rogers Federal Building in Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Abdullah Elagha, who spoke earlier in the evening to condemn the violence against Palestinians in Gaza, leads the groups through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A protester holds a sign calling for the arrest of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the group marches through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Protesters holding Palestinian flags and signs with pro-Palestinian messages pass in front of a building displaying dozens of American flags as the group marches through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
Eric Dombrosky holds a Palestinian flag as blue and red lights from a Denver Police vehicle illuminate the backdrop outside the César E. Chávez Memorial Building in Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
A protester shakes her sign as she chants pro-Palestinian messages while marching through the streets of downtown Denver on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Photo by Zachary Spindler-Krage/The Denver Post)
ExpandA large crowd gathered outside the César E. Chávez Memorial Building before marching through the streets of downtown Denver in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Protesters waved Palestinian flags, carried signs with pro-Palestinian messages and performed pro-Palestinian chants, calling on Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, among other national politicians, to cease aid to Israel and condemn Netanyahu for his handling of the war in Gaza.