WASHINGTON – Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roads, highways and bridges across the US on Monday, snarling traffic and sparking arrests from coast to coast in what some activists declared to be a coordinated day of economic blockade to push leaders for a ceasefire in Gaza, The Washington Post reported.
The disruption appeared to span the country over several hours. Protesters in San Francisco parked vehicles on the Golden Gate Bridge, stopping traffic in both directions for four hours Monday morning, while hundreds of demonstrators blocked a highway in nearby Oakland, some by chaining themselves to drums of cement.
In New York, dozens of protesters stopped traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge and held demonstrations on Wall Street.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were also reported in Philadelphia, Chicago, Miami and San Antonio.
The growing death toll and the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza have spurred different pro-Palestinian groups into a forceful protest movement, with demonstrators confronting the country’s top leadership: from President Joe Biden to members of Congress.
At least 33,797 Palestinians have been killed and 76,465 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
The United States has given more aid to Israel than any other country since World War II, The Post reported this month, and it may give more if Congress approves.
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