Gaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand

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Gaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand
Dozens of demonstrators, calling for a flood of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, were arrested at the Manhattan offices of New York’s two senators.



Dozens of demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza were arrested Friday at the Midtown Manhattan offices of New York’s senators, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, days after they broke with many of their fellow Democrats by voting against a resolution to halt U.S. arms sales to Israel.

Pressure has mounted on Democratic lawmakers to press Israel to end its military activity in Gaza, where famine and starvation have spread in recent weeks, and allow in a flood of aid.

On Friday, more than 100 protesters, who were organized by the antiwar group Jewish Voice for Peace, chanted and banged pots and pans in the lobby of the Third Avenue building where both Mr. Schumer, the Senate minority leader, and Ms. Gillibrand have office space.

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Support for the war has plunged into the single digits among Democratic voters, and on Wednesday 27 Democratic senators voted to halt American weapons transfers to Israel in protest of the war and the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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“We can’t just stay silent,” Ms. Klein said. “The images coming in from Gaza today remind us so much of what happened to our own ancestors.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/nyregion/gaza-war-protesters-schumer-gillibrand.html

Meanwhile, this is the kind of hate you get for standing up against genocide, but after a while, it just rolls off your back because you know what you're doing is right. History will make sure it is known that many Jews were among the many people who opposed this genocide.

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