Demonstrators were banging pots and pans at one of several gatherings that took place across major US cities
Dozens of Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at US senator Chuck Schumer’s New York City office on Friday, leading to mass arrests as elected officials joined activists from Jewish Voice for Peace outside the Midtown office.
Tiffany Caban, a New York City council member, and Claire Valdez, a state representative, were among those arrested. Demonstrators were seen banging together pots and pans, a form of noise protest.
The protest at Schumer’s office was one of several such demonstrations that took place in major US cities Friday.
“We are calling on them to let aid in, to stop the bombing and allow aid into the Palestinian people of Gaza right now,” Jay Saper, a Jewish Voice for Peace spokesperson, told the New York Post. “This starvation crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, and so we have to raise our voices.”
