Attack in Israel, subsequent bombardment of Gaza echo among members of both communities in Chicago.
Streeterville resident Michael Traison sought cover Saturday night in the inner core of his second home. The one overseas, in an emerging war zone. The Israeli neighbors he sheltered with at his apartment building in Chicago’s sister city of Petah Tikva were anxious, he said. But even as the country’s complex missile-detection system warned of incoming artillery, the neighbors were surprisingly calm. Even the children were “taking it in stride,” Traison said. “It’s a way of life,” he said.
” A coalition of Chicago groups supporting Palestine plans to continue to demonstrate in an effort to halt the U.S.’ military support of Israel, he said. When asked about Hamas’ attacks on civilians, he insisted most of the Gaza force’s targets were Israeli military and described the attacks as self-defense spurred by decadeslong oppression. “We won’t don’t want anyone to die. We don’t want anyone to be killed,” Abudayyeh said. Major U.S.
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