Protesters were wearing signs reading 'Free Palestine' and 'Stop Genocide' blocked all lanes of traffic headed to the O'Hare terminals.
CHICAGO -- Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked off the entrance to O' Hare International Airport on Monday morning, preventing cars from reaching the terminals, forcing some flyers to walk to get to the airport.Several protest groups shared videos on Instagram showing a group of people sitting with their arms interlocked on the Interstate 190 access road between the Kennedy Expressway and O'Hare, blocking all lanes of traffic headed to the airport.
S and Israeli bombardment of Gaza, protestors seek to take dramatic action,' the group Chicago Dissenters wrote in an Instagram post. 'O'Hare International Airport is one of the largest in the country, and there will be NO business as usual while Palestinians suffer at the hands of American funded bombing by Israel.'Other videos shared by protesters showed people getting out of their cars on I-190 and walking to O'Hare with their luggage.
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