Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities

Demonstrators protesting the struggle in Gaza shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge for round 5 hours Monday, as protests had been additionally held in different cities within the U.S.

Demonstrators on the well-known bridge held an indication that learn “cease the world for Gaza” in capital letters. They used automobiles and chained themselves collectively to dam journey lanes on the bridge, the California Freeway Patrol stated, including that round 20 individuals had been arrested.

NBC Bay Space reported that the bridge was closed for round 5 hours and that the visitors there was blocked starting at round 7:30 a.m. The bridge reopened at round 12:15 p.m., the freeway patrol stated.

It’s not the primary time pro-Palestinian protesters had blocked visitors on the Golden Gate Bridge to attract consideration to the struggle and their trigger. A bunch blocked visitors on the bridge in February, calling for a cease-fire and demanding the U.S. cease supplying weapons to Israel.

On Interstate 880 in Oakland, protesters chained themselves to 55-gallon drums crammed with cement, in line with the freeway patrol.

“They’re actively working to take away these people and lanes will likely be reopened,” the freeway patrol stated in a press release. “These people will likely be arrested.”

In Chicago, round 40 individuals had been arrested at O’Hare Worldwide Airport after a bunch of protesters obstructed visitors, police stated.

“Cease sending bombs,” learn the cease sign-like badges on the chests of protesters who blocked the expressway resulting in O’Hare by connecting themselves to at least one one other with pipes over their arms.

The group Chicago Dissenters stated the protest date was picked to coincide with the April 15 tax submitting deadline.

“O’Hare Worldwide Airport is without doubt one of the largest within the nation, and there will likely be NO enterprise as normal whereas Palestinians undergo by the hands of American funded bombing by Israel,” the group wrote on social media.

New York Metropolis police stated they had been making arrests after protesters blocked visitors on the Brooklyn Bridge.

In Seattle, an expressway resulting in Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport was additionally blocked, airport authorities there stated.

The Hamas assault on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent struggle in opposition to the group in Gaza have infected passions within the U.S. and in different components of the world.

Greater than 30,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza, together with 1000’s of civilians, in line with well being officers there. Greater than 1,200 individuals in Israel had been killed within the Hamas assaults, and hostages had been additionally taken.