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Protesters Shut Down Los Angeles Highway to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza (truthout.org)

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No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media.

Dozens of Jewish protesters and their allies were arrested on Wednesday morning after they blocked rush hour traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway to demand a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Do they understand that the conflict is between two separate countries and neither of them is the USA?

[-] Celediel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

You forgot about the nearly $4 billion USD worth of military aid every year.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

They're US allies. They've been receiving that aid long before the hamas broke the ceasefire by attacking an EDM festival and killing a thousand civilians. The conflict over there is a terrible situation, but fucking up people's commutes 7500 miles away from the conflict zone accomplishes nothing except for ruining those people's days, and possibly causing them massive hardship.

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