Pro-Palestine demonstrations closed the Golden Gate Bridge, which is considered one of the landmarks of the American city of San Francisco, to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza in light of the Israeli aggression that has continued for 192 days.
Scenes taken from the air showed a long line of cars parked on the red bridge, while the lanes in the opposite direction appeared completely empty.
The demonstrators prevented movement in and out of the city located in California, raising a banner that read, “Stop the world for Gaza,” and “Lift the siege on Gaza,” and obstructed traffic for a while on the bridge by stopping vehicles.
The demonstration falls within the framework of an initiative called “A15 Action”, which seeks to close several major cities around the world in solidarity with Palestine. Demonstrators also blocked roads leading to Chicago Airport, and a similar demonstration took place in Los Angeles.
The organisers’ website spoke about about forty cities expected to witness movements in different countries, including Australia, Belgium, Spain, Colombia, and South Korea. The organisers wrote on their website, “In each city, we will focus on production and transportation points with the aim of creating the greatest possible economic impact.”
Sit-ins and blocking roads… Thousands of demonstrators organise a global movement in solidarity with Gaza
In several cities around the world, demonstrations and protest events were held denouncing the Israeli war on Gaza and demanding an end to arms exports to Israel. Meanwhile, security forces arrested dozens of demonstrators and attempted to break up the demonstrations by force.
Mass demonstrations and protest events were held on Monday in several cities around the world, denouncing the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and demanding a ban on arms exports to Israel.
In Australia, Melbourne police announced the arrest of 12 people organising demonstrations in support of the Palestinian people in the city, on the grounds of “blocking roads and causing disruption to daily activities.”
Meanwhile, the civil society organisation A15 Action said in a statement that the Australian government did not respond to their calls to support the Palestinian people, calling on the government to listen to the demands of the Australian people.
Trapping the ‘architects of genocide’
As for London, hundreds of activists besieged the company “London Metric”, which is contracted with arms manufacturing companies in Britain, especially “Elbit” and “BAO”, which are among the most prominent companies that were directly linked to the process of manufacturing weapons used in the aggression against Gaza.
The demonstrators denounced the work in the building, describing its workers as “engineers of genocide,” and raised banners demanding a ban on arms exports.
Activists also closed the roads leading to Discovery Park, which leads to the Instro Precision company’s base in Kent, southeast of London, and completely prevented the entry of employees.
The protest led to the suspension of the production of Elbit System, which is directly affiliated with an Israeli arms company, and the police were unable to disperse the gathering, as the activists tied their hands under the wheel of a private vehicle, endangering their safety if the police tried to disperse them by force.
The “Instro” site has traditionally been used to manufacture target designation, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment for the Israeli army, since 2008. The “Instro Precision” company has obtained more than 50 licences to export weapons to Israel, including those used in the aggression against Gaza.
At the same time, activists in Manchester, in the north of the United Kingdom, surrounded the headquarters of BNY Mellon, the financial services company that invests more than 10 million pounds in Elbit, smashed the windows, covered them with red paint, and wrote messages on its walls, including: “Down with Elbit,” “Child Killers,” and “Free Palestine.”
