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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was confronted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators while speaking during an event in Seattle on Thursday, January 25.

Video from Samidoun Seattle, the activist group that put out a social media call for protesters to rally outside the hotel where the event took place, shows several people shouting calls for a ceasefire.during Pelosi’s speech.

“It is a massacre,” one woman shouted at Pelosi, later saying, “Israel is committing war crimes.” In the video, several people can be seen being escorted out of the room.

Protesters rallying outside the event were later dispersed, according to local news reports. Credit: Samidoun Seattle via Storyful