US EditionDemocratic lawmaker’s town hall repeatedly interrupted by audience members shouting about Gaza
AURORA UNIVERSITY, ILLINOIS, JUL 29 – About 800 attendees disrupted Rep. Foster's town hall to protest U.S. support for Israel amid Gaza's starvation crisis, with multiple protesters removed by police, officials said.
- On Tuesday, July 29, Democratic Rep. Bill Foster’s town hall at Aurora University’s Crimi Auditorium was repeatedly interrupted by audience members shouting about Gaza.
- Many interruptions echoed Democratic divides over US support for Israel, with the UN-backed food security agency warning that the worst case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza.
- Shortly after, a Palestinian American audience member also yelled out and Aurora University police removed a half dozen protesters, disrupting the event.
- A half dozen protesters were removed by Aurora University police, and the town hall concluded after an hour despite repeated interruptions.
- Amid their district work period, attendees warned of genocide-level starvation in Gaza, declaring `Our people are dying in a genocide & they have been starving to death` during Foster's town hall.
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