Demonstrators in Chicago Loop rally for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war – CBS News

Thousands of demonstrators came together in Chicago's Loop Saturday for a rally in support of Palestine. Many could be heard shouting "free free Palestine" as they called for a ceasefire in the war with Israel.
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Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
6 months ago

The Gall of them to want “World Peace”, they do not want the military industrial complex to make huge profits?

susan
6 months ago

Illinois has many similarities to Gaza Strip: a corrupt but duly elected government, corrupt government actors being quite willing to evade due process in order to put its own people in harm’s way for personal profit (Gotion, CO2 pipeline), and uneducated population now being indoctrinated to ‘hate’ other people based upon immutable or ethnic characteristics (whiteness, for one example, Jewishness another). Illinois is self-proclaimed Sanctuary State. How is this for a win-win scenario: Israel, BUG OUT. Make the world pay top dollar for your land (World will recapture cost quickly because then world will no longer need to send a single… Read more »

Freddy
6 months ago

Is anyone rallying for a ceasefire among gang members and overall murders in Chicago? Not one word from any group. Another 7 dead this weekend and dozens of shootings including at a Halloween party. How many were shot and killed around the country in all the major cities? Many of the shootings and murders are black on black crime but not a peep from Rev Sharpton.

David Hardy
6 months ago
Reply to  Freddy

Nobody talks about them or knows about them because the legacy media doesn’t report it.

Pat S.
6 months ago
Reply to  David Hardy

The victims are nameless and faceless. We know they were human beings, but their deaths mean nothing … usually just another boring black-on-black death.

They were sons, brothers, uncles, fathers and grandfathers. We aren’t even told if the deceased were male or female … they are that unimportant to society.

Apparently black lives don’t matter.

JackBolly
6 months ago

The IDF could fog Gaza with a disabling virus – Oh wait!

Old Joe
6 months ago

There was a ceasefire in effect on October 6th from Hamas prior aggression. They just violated it to start a new aggression and when Isreal fights back the left want a another “ceasefire.”

Here’s a thought. Let’s ship all these Loop demonstrators to Gaza where they can enjoy the fruit of living under Hamas up close andbpersonal 24/7.

chattycathy
6 months ago
Reply to  Old Joe

Old Joe, I couldn’t agree with you more! 🙂

(And I didn’t know there was a ceasefire in
effect before Oct 7) Now, they want one against
Israel for what they (Gaza/Hamas) started??

These characters are disgusting and duplicitous.
They are also pure EVIL.

Streeterville
6 months ago
Reply to  Old Joe

Palestinian protesters here in Illinois would never consider returning to Gaza. Why would they ever give-up the social-welfare benefits that they enjoy here? Their unreported cash business incomes?

But yes, send every Palestinian protester who has overstayed their visa, who violated their student visa, or entered illegally via open border-crossing or plane trip. They don’t assimilate, don’t respect traditional American civic values. They openly express hatred for other Americans, celebrate murder of Jewish people, willfully committing a Hate Crime too.

Streeterville
6 months ago
Reply to  Mark Glennon

Post was directed to at protesters who have no legal immigration status here, meaning they’re here illegally, which is supposed to be prosecutable violations of immigration law and subject to deportation. If an immigrant can’t wholeheartedly embrace the multi-cultural multi-ethnic “melting pot” that composes US, coexist peacefully with all other American residents, then perhaps they would be happier back in their mono-culture country-of-origin. Tribalism has not become an America cultural value. Secondly, antisemitism and violent anti-ethnic slogans are representative Hate Crimes, enforceable violations of civil rights law and supposedly grounds for arrest. How otherwise can you categorize these pro-Hamas protests,… Read more »

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Streeterville
6 months ago

Appallingly strange bedfellows: “woke” progressives aligning themselves with Hamas antisemitism.

debtsor
6 months ago
Reply to  Streeterville

It make sense if you realize the commonality is anti-white hatred.

anna
6 months ago
Reply to  debtsor

and both are totalitarian ideologies based on submission

Mr Penguino
6 months ago

Cease fire when the savage Hamas terrorists are all dead.

chattycathy
6 months ago
Reply to  Mr Penguino

BINGO!

ron
6 months ago

or this could happen; HAMAS could free all the hostages, then lay down their weapons and surrender unconditionally. that would stop the killing.

anna
6 months ago

Remember when we used ask ourselves that question:
“How did the German people get to support Nazism?”
When I see these mobs in the streets of Chicago, NYC, London, Istanbul, etc.
I can now see how.

chattycathy
6 months ago
Reply to  anna

So right, Anna! It’s hard to believe, and so scary
to watch. Taking place right in front of our eyes…..

The mob is a scary thing —- with huge and dangerous
potential —- for evil and destruction. That’s why our
founding fathers didn’t form “a democracy”,but
a constitutional republic.

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Da Judge
6 months ago

Hamas only wants the IDF to put down their weapons.

Old Spartan
6 months ago

Great idea. Let’s have a rally in support of baby killers, murders, rapists, kidnappers and cowards who build military facilities under neath hospitals. schools and libraries. How many of these lunatics are running loose on our streets?

chattycathy
6 months ago
Reply to  Old Spartan

It’s retarded, isn’t it? And yet one positive thing out of what is
taking place, is that things are coming up to the surface for all
to see. No more hiding from us.

Not to mention the college students, some of whose parents
are funding their education, for them to grow up to be morons
and fools drunk on the kool-aid of woke-ism and every other evil
piece of propaganda that is being put out there.

Heaven help us!

Bill also
6 months ago

Free them from hamas I hope is what they want.

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