- A group of anti-Israel protesters blocked the entrance to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.
- The video shows them sitting and standing while connecting with each other.
- Frustrated travelers got out of their cars and walked to their terminals with their luggage.
Anti-Israel protesters shut down Chicago’s O’Hare Airport while blocking the highway and leaving passengers frustrated.
On Monday, around 8:23 a.m., protesters sat in the middle of the Kennedy Expressway, connected to each other with PVC pipes, as people fled their taxis and cars and walked 20 minutes to their terminals.
Video of the protest showed protesters chanting: “Palestine will be free!” Free, free Palestine!’ with a loud drum roll in the background.
One image showed a long line of people blocking the road entrance to the airport.
All lanes of I-90 were blocked between Bessie Coleman Drive and the airport, but according to O’hare International Airport, incoming traffic on the highway has resumed.
Anti-Israel protesters shut down Chicago’s O’Hare Airport while blocking the highway and leaving passengers frustrated.
Protesters are seen sitting on the sidewalk, united together as they block the entrance to the airport.
“Please allow additional time if traveling to the airport this morning,” the airport said in a post on X.
Protesters paralyzed traffic while some drivers were seen sitting on top of their cars. Police vehicles were at the scene.
Many of the protesters were seen wearing keffiyeh scarves while chanting and waving signs reading “Free Palestine” and “Stop Genocide.”
As they chanted, angry drivers began honking their horns, while others got out of their vehicles and jumped over the railing to get to their flights.
The protest, which was organized by Chicago dissidents, said they decided to block the airport because it is “one of the largest in the country” and should not be operating “while Palestinians suffer at the hands of Israel’s US-funded bombings.” Joined”. ‘
They decided to attack the airport in an attempt to “disrupt Boeing’s operations,” because the aircraft manufacturer is “sending fighter jets and bombs to support the Israeli bombing of Gaza.”
“ON THIS TAX DAY, THERE WILL BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL WHILE GAZANS ARE DYING,” the group said in an Instagram post.
Lines of traffic have stopped in front of the group as police vehicles are seen at the scene.
Chicago dissidents posted an image of a map showing road congestion as they blocked traffic Monday morning outside the airport.
An angry traveler raised her middle finger at protesters as she walked to the airport and shouted: ‘Fuck you!’
Another passenger was seen pushing a protester as he threw his suitcases over the railing.
As people got out of their cars, protesters guided them to the side of the road and ordered them to exit that way.
“We have protesters who are putting their bodies on the line and will not move until they are physically removed,” one organizer said in a video.
The group also posted an image of a map showing congestion on the road as they blocked traffic, saying: “It’s day 191 of the genocide in Gaza and we’re shutting the fuck down.”