Current Events > Chicago: JVP blocks Israeli Consulate

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If you were near Madison and Canal this morning, sorry about your commute.

Over 100 protesters who had blocked escalators leading to the consulate were arrested for misdemeanor trespassing and escorted out of the building, according to Ben Lorber, who helped organize the protest led by Chicago chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace, IfNotNow, and Never Again Action.

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-11-13/jewish-protesters-and-allies-block-israeli-consulate-in-chicago-demanding-a-cease-fire-in-gaza

Chicago protesters cheered Monday as police led demonstrators from the building with hands zip-tied behind their backs, many in black T-shirts that read, Not in our name.
We will not let a genocide happen in our name, said Clara Belitz of IfNotNow Chicago during an Instagram livestream of the protest. Our Jewish values compel us to speak out." IfNotNow describes itself as a movement of American Jews organizing to end U.S. support of the Israeli governments apartheid system.

https://www.wbez.org/stories/protest-at-ogilvie-center-for-peace-in-gaza/9ad79ed3-1f62-453a-8b30-d5d119a4b576

Now to find out what is happening to the people who were taken into custody.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-public-support-israel-drops-majority-backs-ceasefire-reutersipsos-2023-11-15/