"Let Gaza Live": 50 Jewish Peace Activists Arrested Protesting Sens. Schumer, Gillibrand for Vote to Keep Arming Israel
Some 200 activists with Jewish Voice for Peace protested at the Manhattan offices of New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday to denounce their votes against halting arms shipments to Israel. JVP says 50 Jewish New Yorkers were arrested by police.
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Charina Nadura covered the action.
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