Over 1,000 protesters gathered in downtown San Francisco on Monday to call for an immediate cease-fire in Israeli attacks on Gaza and to demand President Biden end U.S. military aid to Israel.
The crowd marched from Civic Center Plaza to the Highway 101 entrance ramp at Market Street and Octavia Boulevard. The entrance to 101 was blocked for about 30 minutes starting around 1:45 p.m. by protesters and CHP. Back-up officers from the San Francisco Police Department arrived shortly after 2 p.m., and the crowd soon began to disperse peacefully.
“On President’s Day, we’re not here to celebrate our president. We are here to continue to demand that he calls for an immediate and permanent cease-fire, that he stops the genocide and that ultimately he has the power to do this,” said Lujain Al-Saleh of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center.