Demonstrators from the Jewish Voice for Peace group during protests in the American city of Philadelphia for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on Thursday. Photography: Hannah Beier/Reuters. reuters_tickers
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WASHINGTON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Jewish group demanding a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza held protests on Thursday in eight U.S. cities coinciding with the eighth night of Hanukkah, disrupting rush-hour traffic on busy streets and bridges in Washington and Philadelphia.
In Washington, the Jewish Voice for Peace group said that about 90 demonstrators closed the bridge leading to New York Avenue in the northwestern part of the American capital. Police said the demonstration closed the intersection of New York Avenue and North Capitol Street and called on individuals to use alternative routes.
The group said on the
Demonstrations also took place in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
Anti-war activists blocked traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, while some employees in President Joe Biden’s administration organized a protest to demand a ceasefire.
(Prepared by Marwa Ghareeb for the Arabic Bulletin)
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