Thousands gather in Washington, DC to protest Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as the Israeli premier prepares to address the US Congress. "We're here today to say that the American people reject the presence of this war criminal here and that really the only place that he should be is behind bars," organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement Miriam Osman tells AFP. Kamala Harris's absence "speaks more to the fact that the Democrats know how deeply unpopular it makes them to associate themselves with Netanyahu," she adds. "I felt betrayed when I found out that my House Speaker decided to invite him to this place," says Roosevelt Cochran, traveled from Daytona Beach, Florida to attend the protest. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES