Chicago police arrested 33 activists Friday morning after they blocked rush-hour traffic outside Federal Plaza at the end of a 24-hour vigil to memorialize the more than 30,000 people killed in Gaz…
About two dozen protesters are arrested after blocking the intersection of Jackson and Dearborn streets in Chicago, March 8, 2024, at the end of a 24-hour vigil to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Dozens of people gather at Federal Plaza in Chicago, March 7, 2024, at the start of a 24 hour vigil to remember and call out the names of the thousands of people killed in Gaza. The 5,647th Palestinian name is read aloud and counted during a continuous reading of those killed during the Israel-Hamas war at the “State of the Genocide” vigil in Chicago’s Federal Plaza on March 7, 2024.
Noura Ebrahim, left, and Linda Leon check the names of people killed in Gaza as dozens of people gather at Federal Plaza in Chicago, March 7, 2024, at the start of a 24-hour vigil to remember and call out the names of the thousands of people killed in Gaza. On Thursday evening, Rabbi Aryeh Bernstein held a sheet of paper with 150 names that he read aloud under Federal Plaza’s bright red Flamingo sculpture.
By 5:30 p.m., the flipboard was at 3,984. Ben Lorber, a Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago volunteer, said they might only be able to recite about 12,000 of the 30,000 names by Friday morning. Ari Bloomekatz, member of Jewish Voice for Peace and executive editor of In These Times, provided an “alternate State of the Union” during Biden’s telecast.
Eman Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago, noted that it’s been five months since Oct. 7. Dozens of people gather at Federal Plaza in Chicago, March 7, 2024, at the start of a 24 hour vigil to remember and call out the names of the thousands of people killed in Gaza. Carolyn Bido kneels while writing onto ribbons the names of Palestinians killed during the Israel-Hamas war as Chicagoans calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gathered in Federal Plaza for a 24-hour vigil that coincided with President Biden’s State of the Union address on March 7, 2024. Calling the vigil “State of the Genocide,” volunteers continuously read names aloud of Palestinians killed during the war.
“A lot of them, the top Democrats, are supporting this genocide politically, diplomatically, financially, militarily,” Abudayyeh said. “The U.S. has now vetoed three separate Security Council resolutions trying to stop the bloodshed, the fact that it is Biden that’s allowing it to happen. He could end it with one phone call.”
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