Pro-Palestine protesters in America closed the highways leading to airports – Dainik Savera Times

Chicago: Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked roads in the US states of Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down traffic at the country’s major airports, the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and the busy West Coast Highway. . According to Rifka Falaneh, who is demonstrating in support of Palestine, protesters protested there around 7 am in Chicago by blocking the interstate highway leading to O’Hare International Airport.

Falaneh, one of the organizers of the protests, also said it was part of a global economic blockade to liberate Palestine. Protesters blocked all vehicles and pedestrians from crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco area. Due to which traffic was disrupted for several hours. Similarly, protesters demonstrated on Interstate 880 in Oakland. Protesters marching in Brooklyn also blocked the road leading to Manhattan on the Brooklyn Bridge. Additionally, protesters blocked Interstate Highway 5 in Eugene and Oregon, disrupting traffic on the highway for about 45 minutes.

Chicago resident Madeline Hannon said she was supposed to board a plane from O’Hare to Florida, but due to the protests she and her husband were stranded for 20 minutes. He said that in such a situation he got out of his car and ran for 1.6 kilometers to reach the airport. Hannon said that although she got there on time, she faced difficulties. According to the Chicago Aviation Department, operations at the airport started 15 minutes late and were normal after that. At the same time, traffic on the route leading to O’Hare Airport also became normal again around 9 am.