Posted on 03/13/2024 1:06:13 PM PDT by rxsid
Protesters calling for Gaza ceasefire demonstrate [set up blockade] at San Francisco airport
By NBC Bay Area staff and Bay City News • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 56 mins ago
Hundreds of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza disrupted traffic and blocked security checkpoints at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday morning.
Inside the international terminal, chanting protesters chained themselves together in multiple locations. Outside the terminal, some protesters blocked vehicle access with their cars while others marched in a circle and chanted.
The airport said the international terminal was still open during the protest. Passengers were rerouted around the protest activity.
Joshua Caldwell, an organizer, said the people involved in the protest were not part of a formal group or organization, but were a collection of Bay Area residents who did not want to see the United States' support of Israel's bombing campaign continue.
"We don't want to take action like this," Caldwell said in a phone interview. He said the participants felt compelled to stop what he called a genocide in Gaza.
Caldwell said the protest began at about 8 a.m. and had sustained about 300 people throughout.
Another protester, Jennifer Trang, said those involved had tried several failed tactics before deciding the airport protest was needed.
"We have met with elected officials, written letters, and passed city-wide resolutions," Trang said in a statement. "We have taken to the streets. We have sounded the alarm in the media. The world has denounced the Israeli war against Palestinians in Gaza and our politicians continue to fuel and fund this genocide."
Trang said, "We need a permanent ceasefire and an end to the siege on Gaza now."
Organizers said the action included traffic disruptions, visual displays, and the blocking of security lanes inside the airport.
🚨#BREAKING: Hundreds of pro palatine have shut down traffic and security gates at San Francisco International Airport⁰⁰📌#SanFrancisco | #Caliifornia
Watch as many as 200 pro-Palestine protesters, possibly more, were stopping and blocking people from entering the security… pic.twitter.com/TEuGEz8GJC— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 13, 2024
Such brave stupid idiots - so brave they all are wearing masks to hide their identity...
If Hamass wants Peace for the rest of the Gazans, they need to disarm and surrender.
Pretty clear Israel would give Gazans another chance to remain peaceful and work to become self-sufficient like normal people.
Good. Every real Leftist hates those Zionist Rightwingers who love San Francisco, named after Christian colonianist.
Much like the peace and the nuke disarmament protestors from the cold war era these only want a one way ceasefire.
These are Federal felonies they are committing.
FIFY
stupid ‘useful IDIOTS” led by just-plain-EVIL people
Satanic.
Joshua Caldwell and Jennifer Trang need to be doxed. I might even make a trip to their faculty lounge to set up a similar protest on their doorstep. I’ll wear a wig and a skirt for legal protection.
EC
[These are Federal felonies they are committing.]
yep
I’d Crazy Glue his nostrils shut if I missed my flight because of this doofus!
I know that I’m out of the loop here with so many Christian Zionists on this forum, but what Netanyahu is doing is EVIL. The fact that so many here can’t see this is disappointing. Under Biden we are now complicit in ethnic cleansing and it is going to cost us bigly in world opinion and is against US interests. You Israel firsters are putting the US into a very bad position.
What is Netanyahu doing that is evil? He is defending his country. I don't see anything evil about that. 1200 of his innocent citizens were murdered in the most heinous, depraved ways not even to be imagined on October 7, and the doers must be eradicated from the face of the earth. THAT is your evil, not Netanyahu. You are obviously either a troll or hopelessly stupid/naive, getting your "information" from the likes of Ham-ass, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, or other leftist lie depots. Israel is not putting the U.S. in "a very bad position". That's the senile drooling idiot sitting in the Oval Office. And now it's time for you to go stick your butt up in the air while praising your pedophile deity, Achmed.
Here’s a question:
Were these fools marching and complaining when Hamas brutally raped, murdered and destroyed?
Oh, I’ll bet not.
Actually my opinion is that of the majority. It’s not a leftist perspective, it’s a human one. Recklessly killing civilians ON PURPOSE is EVIL. This is not a leftist perspective, even people like Judge Napolitano and Clayton Moore with their YouTube channels share my perspective. You Israel firsters are insane.
As a matter of fact, Israel goes out of its way to avoid civilian casualties, which often costs the IDF more casualties itself. Your opinion is "that of the majority"? Majority of what? Leftist a-holes? You are absolutely getting your information from Ham-ass sources, whether directly or filtered through brain dead leftists. You are beyond pathetically stupid. You are a common jerk. Feh.
Oh please spare me the propaganda I know damn well what is going on. Maybe you can convince some of the idiots on here but that doesn’t work with me.
Hamas ruthlessly killed women and baby infidels. Hamas started a war and those it attacked will decide when it ends. Hamas’ fault, not the infidels’ fault.
And release the hostages! 6 of whom are Americans.
Should have energized the chain one end or the other
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