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100 Arrested at Schumer, Gillibrand Offices Over Israel Arms
Police arrested nearly 100 demonstrators Monday outside the Manhattan offices of Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand after protesters blocked traffic and attempted a sit-in to demand the senators vote against a proposed $600 million U.S. bomb sale to Israel, AP News reported. The demonstration, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, drew hundreds to midtown Manhattan. When security blocked the crowd from entering the…
NEW YORK, April 15.— About 90 protesters were arrested on Monday during a protest urging the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to block the proposed sale of American weapons to Israel, according to organizers and the police. The protest, led by the pacifist Jewish Voice for Peace group, brought together hundreds of protesters who initially attempted to sit in the offices of the two New…
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