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Approximately 20 protesters gathered outside U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman’s field office in Old Town Eureka on Wednesday afternoon, holding handmade signs and waving a Palestinian flag as they chanted slogans demanding a “free Palestine” and decrying American support for Israel.

Billed as a “Ceasefire NOW” demonstration, the protest began on Third Street, and organizers said they planned to march from there to the Humboldt County Courthouse.

Protesters elsewhere in Huffman’s district have also gathered to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, and last week, Huffman apologized for voting against a House resolution that condemned the support of Hamas and Hezbollah on university campuses.

Huffman is currently in Washington, D.C., and the door to his Eureka office was closed and locked during the protest.