Anti-Israel Protesters Release Maggots, Mealworms and Crickets at Watergate Hotel Hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu

The attack is part of a larger ‘day of rage’ in which thousands of demonstrators descend upon D.C. to protest Mr. Netanyahu’s Congressional address.

AP/Jacquelyn Martin
The Watergate Complex at Washington. AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Anti-Israel activists have defiled Washington’s historic Watergate Hotel — infesting the establishment with vermin that appear to be maggots or mealworms — in protest against a guest of the hotel, Prime Minister Netanyahu, who’s in town to address a joint session of Congress. 

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