{"id":2221773,"date":"2024-04-15T19:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-blocking-traffic-to-chicagos-ohare-airport\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T19:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T23:52:34","slug":"multiple-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-blocking-traffic-to-chicagos-ohare-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-blocking-traffic-to-chicagos-ohare-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Several individuals supporting the Palestinian cause were apprehended for obstructing traffic on the way to Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmultiple-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-for-blocking-traffic-to-chicagos-ohare-airport%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted traffic\u2062 to O&#8217;Hare International Airport during Chicago&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blatant-lie-uchicago-student-blasts-lori-lightfoot-for-saying-crime-is-on-the-decline-after-classmate-killed-by-stray-bullet\/\" title=\"\u2018Blatant Lie\u2019: UChicago Student Blasts Lori Lightfoot For Saying Crime Is On The Decline After Classmate Killed By Stray Bullet\">rush hour<\/a> on Monday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-reopens-ports-of-entry-after-border-blowback-from-democrats\/\" title=\"Biden reopens entry ports following Democratic border criticism\">causing major delays<\/a>. The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/quebec-drops-coronavirus-mandates-after-rejecting-trudeaus-emergency-decree\/\" title=\"Quebec Drops Coronavirus Mandates After Rejecting Trudeau\u2019s Emergency Decree\">demonstration led<\/a> to commuters abandoning their vehicles and walking to the airport. Senate Majority Whip Dick\u200c Durbin \u2063had to reschedule his flight due to the protest. Police arrested 40 protesters, including 31 women and\u2064 nine men. The disruption by Pro-Palestinian protesters\u2062 at O&#8217;Hare International Airport in \u2063Chicago during Monday&#8217;s rush hour led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-troops-in-germany-face-vaccination-delays\/\" title=\"US Troops in Germany Face Vaccination Delays\">significant delays<\/a>. Commuters were \u200dforced to leave their\u200d vehicles and walk to the \u200bairport. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin\u200c had to change his flight plans due to the protest. Police detained 40 protesters, \u2062consisting \u200cof 31 women and nine men.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Pro-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protesters\">Palestinian<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protesters\">protesters<\/a> blocked a freeway to one of the nation\u2019s busiest airports, causing a travel nightmare in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chicago\">Chicago<\/a> during Monday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ill-state-trooper-dies-after-being-shot-on-dan-ryan-expressway-in-chicago\/\" title=\"Ill. state trooper dies after being shot on Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago\">morning rush hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters gathered Monday morning around 7:40 a.m. local time, blocking traffic on westbound Interstate 190 leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fly2ohare\/status\/1779873368663380200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"O\u2019Hare International Airport\">O\u2019Hare International Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>JUST IN: All outbound lanes on Kennedy Expressway at O&#8217;Hare International Airport in Chicago have been blocked by pro-Palestine protesters.<\/p>\n<p>People were seen getting out of their cars and making the long walk to the terminal so they didn\u2019t miss their flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVehicular travel\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8v58KRCY7N\">pic.twitter.com\/8v58KRCY7N<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1779882298768494635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The commuting delays caused by the protesters prompted several passengers to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/ohare-airport-chicago-traffic-protest-kennedy-expressway-i90\/14668476\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abandon their vehicles\">abandon their vehicles<\/a> and walk to the airport. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) had to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReedReports\/status\/1779970449264222371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"take a later flight\">take a later flight<\/a> on Monday due to the protests at the Chicago airport.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested 40 protesters obstructing motorists from entering the airport. There were 31 women and nine men, ranging from 19 to 43 years old, arrested Monday morning. The traffic was alleviated following the arrests and resumed around 9:20 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the protests came after Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel; however, 99% of them were intercepted this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago is the same city where a viral video spread on Saturday showing Hatem Abudayyeh, who heads the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, chanting \u201cdeath to Israel\u201d and \u201cdeath to America\u201d in Farsi with 300 activists.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Protesters were seen elsewhere around the country, including on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abc7newsbayarea\/status\/1779903922762830094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Golden Gate bridge\">Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> in San Francisco, New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/1779869190524223769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Philadelphia\">Philadelphia<\/a>, and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wearedissenters\/status\/1779867372242792948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"entrance of the Lockheed Martin office\">entrance of the Lockheed Martin office<\/a> in Virginia, among other organized protests against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said there needs to be \u201can end to this nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf something like this happened in Arkansas, there\u2019d be a lot of very wet criminals that have been tossed overboard by the people whose road they are blocking,\u201d Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1779966906730004830\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI encourage most people anywhere that gets stuck behind criminals like this who are trying to block traffic to take matters into their own hands. There\u2019s only a few of them. A lot of people being inconvenienced. It\u2019s time to put an end to this nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Palestinian demonstrators caused chaos in Chicago by halting traffic to O&#8217;Hare airport during Monday morning rush hour. The protesters gathered around 7:40 a.m., obstructing westbound Interstate 190 to O&#8217;Hare International Airport. All outbound lanes on Kennedy Expressway at O&#8217;Hare were affected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2221774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24106625635699-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24106625635699-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}