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.
Yep.
Step 0.
Oh, because you're "special", right? We're the idiots, but YOU are special. You're completely correct---special ed, that's you. I think I hear your camel calling you, Achmed.
the terrorists can ceasefire and surrender anytime they wish along with letting their hostages go.
No I don’t consider myself extra special, I’m just a regular guy giving my opinion here.
To be honest I am loving this. I love to see chaos from people fighting each other in demonstrations and especially teeing off bystanders with sitdowns and other acts.
This stuff will aggravate the half asleep American people in the long run.
Nixon sent out VP Spiro T. Agnew to push for law and order and it appealed to a lot of good people.
If ~44,000 mostly civilians were murdered in a terrorist attack in 1 day in the United States, the equivalent of 16 simultaneous 9/11’s, imagine what would be done to the perpetrators as a response.
Well it would take me too long to explain my perspective and in any event I’m sure it wouldn’t go well here considering the people we have here. But anybody with an ounce of intelligence know Netanyahu is an evil prick who is leading Israel to ruin. That’s just the reality of the situation.
Oh just shut up.
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Is that the best you can do lol.
No, you're not even a regular guy. After flaming a great number of people here on FR for their beliefs which don't align with yours, I'd categorize you with the brown stuff I scrape off my shoes on the curb. You bought it, you own it, bud.
Uh who exactly have I flamed here? I’m just expressing my opinions which apparently you don’t seem to like.
No. I can do much, much better.
But terrorist supporting scuz balls don’t deserve my best.
Now don’t you have road to go lay down in somewhere? Or maybe you could show some real commitment to the cause and set yourself on fire. Hell, I’d hand you the lighter.
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Water cannons. I really like water cannons.
And they let them blockade?
Government against the people.
Who have you flamed? Let us count the ways…
I know that I’m out of the loop here with so many Christian Zionists on this forum And what about the Jewish Zionists?
You Israel firsters are putting the US into a very bad position. And what would that be? Standing up for one’s right to exist?
Actually my opinion is that of the majority. No, it’s not.
You Israel firsters are insane. No, only you antisemites can claim that.
Maybe you can convince some of the idiots on here but that doesn’t work with me. Oh, so other FReepers are “idiots”? Nice.
in any event I’m sure it wouldn’t go well here considering the people we have here. And what kind of people would those be?
You have made yourself as welcome as a smelly Ham-ass member whose last bath was the one the OB gave them. Go crawl back under your rock with your fellow muzzlimes and leave folks here alone.
Sorry but I have no intention of crawling under any rocks. I seek the truth and that’s all there is to it. Apparently you don’t like the truth.
And who says it's "the truth"? I don't remember you being elected to call the shots. Go back under your rock before the other muzzlimes wake up.
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