US EditionDozens arrested as protesters demand Schumer and Gillibrand block sale of bombs to Israel
Jewish Voice for Peace said more than 600 million dollars in bomb sales to Israel could be blocked by pending Senate resolutions.
- Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration urging Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to block a proposed US weapons sale to Israel.
- The protest, led by the antiwar group Jewish Voice for Peace, aimed to pressure the senators to support legislation halting the sale of bombs to Israel.
- Demonstrators, including Chelsea Manning and Hari Nef, blocked traffic chanting 'fund people, not bombs' as they were arrested and loaded onto buses.
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Dozens arrested as protesters demand US blocks sale of bombs to Israel
Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration on Monday calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of US bombs to Israel. Led by the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, the crowd of hundreds initially attempted to stage a sit-in inside the Manhattan offices of the two Democratic lawmakers they accused of abetting Israel’s intensifying attacks in Lebanon and the …
Over 80 arrested during Middle East wars protest outside Senators Schumer and Gillibrand’s Midtown offices
Police arrested dozens of protesters in Midtown on Monday afternoon who stopped traffic while railing against the wars in the Middle East outside the offices of New York's Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. Over 300 people, in all, gathered outside the offices at the corner of 3rd Avenue and East 50th Street just after noon on April 13, seeking entry to the senators' quarters — but they were denied by the building's head of security.…
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