According to the Associated Press and Reuters, on the morning of December 27, local time, Palestinian supporters in the United States held ** events at the country's two busiest airports, Los Angeles International Airport and New York JFK International Airport, blocking the road to the airport for a time. ** Sixty-two people were arrested, including 26 in New York and 36 in Los Angeles.
Demonstrators held placards with the words "Liberate Palestine" and "Avoid Genocide" on Israel's military operations in Gaza over the past two months.
On December 27, 2023 local time, in New York, USA, as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, pro-Palestinian demonstrators block the road leading to JFK International Airport, and some demonstrators are arrested. (Source: Visual China).
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, anger over Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip has spread around the world, and Palestinian supporters in the United States have been demonstrating for weeks. After a series of airstrikes tore through the Gaza Strip on Christmas Eve, the protests targeted two major U.S. airports during the busy holidays.
According to the Associated Press, the event brought traffic to a halt around the two major airports, which were already dealing with the holiday rush hour. Based on the number of flights, it is estimated that there will be 2150,000 passengers and 870,000 cars bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
In New York, traffic on the Van Wyck Highway leading to New York's JFK International Airport came to a standstill during the demonstrations, and it took about 20 minutes for the road to reopen.
* holding banners demanding that Israel end its conflict with Hamas (Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement), guarantee the rights of the Palestinians, and implement the Palestinian people's right to return and residence.
Circulating on social media shows demonstrators standing side by side on the road, forming a barricade. Some passengers who were in a hurry to catch their flights got out of the car and walked to the terminal with their suitcases.
* Screenshots. Steve Burns, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said 26 people were involved in events around JFK Airport for nuisance and obstruction of traffic, and the agency sent two buses to help stranded passengers get to the airport.
* Screenshots. Almost at the same time as the outbreak in New York**, a major road leading to Los Angeles International Airport was also blocked by Palestinian supporters.
**Shooting** shows ** people piling up traffic cones, garbage cans, pedal scooters and other items on the road.
Screenshot of US media reports.
The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that the public pushed a police officer to the ground and assaulted unrelated passers-by in the car, but did not provide details about the two attacks.
Screenshot of US media reports.
By the time police arrived, the group appeared to have left the scene. The airport** said that the airport entrance road would resume operations in about 45 minutes and that "flights were not affected". However, Los Angeles said that after the demonstration was judged to be illegal, traffic around the airport was still affected to a certain extent, which lasted for about 2 hours.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said 35 people were involved in the riot** and one person was responsible for assaulting a police officer**. No police officers were injured in the incident.
Since the outbreak of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, there have been frequent outbreaks of events across the United States, with escalating actions against Israel's attack on Gaza, and pro-Palestinian demonstrations during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.
Previously, New York Mayor Adams criticized some of the practices of event organizers at a press conference held on December 26 local time and suggested that the response should be stepped up. "I don't think people should occupy our streets and march through the streets, and people shouldn't occupy bridges. ”
The event near the airport comes amid a message from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) that the Gaza Strip is battling catastrophic hunger, with 40 per cent of the Gaza Strip's population at risk of famine.
The agency reiterated that more assistance is needed on the ground and that the only hope is a humanitarian ceasefire. Thomas White, UNRWA's head of Gaza affairs, said: "Here, every day is a struggle for survival, and people are struggling to find food and water. ”
The Gaza Strip health department said at least 21,000 people had been killed and more than 55,000 injured in the current round of clashes. According to previous data from the Israeli side, the death toll of the Israeli side in the current round of the conflict is about 1,200. As of December 26, 161 Israeli soldiers had been killed in military operations in the Gaza Strip, according to local Israeli statistics.
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