Supporters of Palestine blocked the San Francisco Freeway and demanded a cease-fire in Gaza + video
| Thousands of Americans demanded a ceasefire in Gaza while blocking the 101 freeway in San Francisco. |
Thousands of people from San Francisco, America yesterday while blocking highway 101 of this state demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
While chanting slogans and carrying placards with a request for an immediate ceasefire, the protesters demanded a positive vote from the Security Council to end the war in Gaza and send humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
Demonstrators clashed with San Francisco police as police tried to block the city’s main thoroughfare.
This gathering caused San Francisco’s largest highway to be blocked for several minutes and heavy traffic prevailed.
This protest took place on the eve of the United Nations Security Council meeting; The UN Security Council is going to vote on Algeria’s proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza this evening. However, the United States has presented a conflicting resolution condemning Hamas and calling it a “terrorist organization”, which will also be voted on this evening.
Yesterday, the representative of Amnesty International, at the beginning of the public hearing session at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which was held to decide on the legal consequences of the long-term occupation of the Zionist regime, emphasized that “Israel” should stop the brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. including the occupied East Jerusalem, which has continued since 1967.
Also on Friday, seven national labor unions and more than 200 local labor unions in the United States announced the formation of a coalition aimed at supporting a ceasefire to end the genocide in Gaza.
American Postal Workers Union (APWU), Flight Crew Association, United Painters and Craftsmen International Union, National Education Association, National Nurses Union (NNU), Auto Workers Union (UAW) and Electrical Workers Union (NLNC) “Ending the Death and Destruction” in Gaza have joined this coalition.
The coalition emphasized that it represents more than 9 million union workers, who make up “more than half of the labor movement in the United States.”
The NLNC said in a statement that the coalition emphasizes that it represents more than 9 million union workers, who make up “more than half of the labor movement in the United States.”
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