Anti-Israel (yes, anti-Israel, not just pro-Palestinian) protestors blocked access to Chicago O’Hare Airport earlier today, forcing travelers to abandon their automobiles and walk on foot to access the terminals.
Passengers Forced To Travel To Chicago O’Hare Airport On Foot After Roads Blocked By Anti-Israeli Protestors
These cowards praise Iran’s attack against Israel, deny the right of Israel to exist, and hide behind masks to shield their faces from accountability. This is not a peaceful protest protected by the US Constitution: this is an illegal protest blocking ingress and egress to one of the world’s busiest airports.
Shame on the Chicago Police Department for not breaking this up earlier and arresting these fools who mistakingly believe that they have a right to halt commerce to express their political viewpoint.
If you’re trying to get to Chicago O'Hare International Airport there are mobs of pro-Palestine protestors blocking the roads and @ChicagoMayor Brandon Johnson is doing nothing about it.
It’s complete mayhem in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/IDacKZhpBb
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) April 15, 2024
Video posted by the anti-Israel protesters showing a closer look at the blockade for O’Hare Airport. pic.twitter.com/KawfTrcFfM
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) April 15, 2024
And if you think that I am against these protests because I am pro-Isareli, I likewise condemned similar protests in Los Angeles by the Armenian community in opposition to Azerbaijan’s aggression against Artsakh. I am highly sympathetic to that cause, but my analysis there was no different. Blocking roads and highways is an unacceptable form of protest and should be met with swift arrests.
Isn’t it ironic that the only death as a result of Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel was a 10-year-old Muslim girl (Israeli-Arab Bedouin)? I pray that cooler heads will prevail and that Israel will not launch an attack against the Islamic Republic, even though it would be justified…the only victor in that conflict would be the defense industry.
Somehow the Soviet Union and the West avoided a nuclear exchange…the theory of mutually assured destruction remains valid and should be invoked here, even if Israel has fancier weapons than Iran. Sure, Israel could destroy every major Iranian city, but then what? A regional war that would undermine the very premise of the operation in Gaza: keep Israel safe for Israelis.
What a world we live in. Pray for peace in the Middle East. Do be a thoughtful advocate for your cause, but seek dialogue with those whom you disagree with. And don’t block airport traffic.
image: @Rulio_Rosas11 / X // Hat Tip: View From The Wing
The protesters are protesting at the wrong people. Not only are the passengers not involved but the US Government did not bomb the Iranian diplomatic mission, Israel did.
The Iranian response to the bombing of their diplomatic mission was really benign. It was just some slow drones that did minimal damage. It would have been more aggressive if they bombed the Israeli embassy in Washington or London.
The moron Iranians don’t know the meaning of “benign” . There is nothing “benign” in their malign consciousness .
They attacked Israel , and Israel will deliver well-deserved payback .
Israel is slightly fortunate in currently having moronic enemies . The Shah was not an enemy of Israel , it’s the Islamists who stir up the Iranians into a froth .
Israel attacked Iranian territory and Iranian people first. Israel is an occupying force committing genocide. Why shill for globalists who hate Whites, Christians, and freedom. Israelis spit on Christians in Israel.
What are you taking about !? Iran is finding the terrorist groups that are trying. To destroy Israel.
I wonder if you have ever spent even one second calling upon Hamas to end the war it brought upon the people of Gaza. Or called upon the Hamas leaders safely living in Qatar to donate some of their billions in personal wealth to aid unconditionally for the people of Gaza. This war could be over in 15 minutes if Hamas would surrender. Aid and rebuilding could start within hours. Were you too busy cheering the missiles fired from Iran and its surrogates this weekend?
“I wonder if you have ever spent even one second calling upon Hamas to end the war it brought upon the people of Gaza”
Too busy calling on Israel to end their illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza strip.
“Israelis spit on Christians in Israel.”? You’re clearly in need of urgent psychiatric help.
@simmonad
There is documented evidence of that.
Hamas did a deadly horrid attack on Israel on Oct 6 did you forget>??? Read the details horrible get the facts straight
Iran is fighting a proxy war. Dont be naive.
I would add that the passengers have no control over what the Government does.
Causing passengers to miss their flights isn’t going to cause them to push for change, it is going to make them hate you (the protesters blocking O’Hare).
Most certainly!
“ likewise condemned similar protests in Los Angeles by the Armenian community in support of Azerbaijan’s aggression against Artsakh”?
I think there may be a typo in the above. Why would the Armenian community be in support of Azerbaijan’s aggression against Artsakh”? Artsakh was an Armenian-heavy area surrounded by Azerbaijan. Out of empathy for fellow Armenians, most of the Armenian community seemed to be generally against Azerbaijan’s aggression toward Artsakh.
Totally a typo. Meant opposition.
Thanks, as that makes more sense.
Some of the ruling Aliyev family members happen to be long-time personal acquaintances of mine, but they probably don’t know that I have generally taken the Armenian side on a variety of issues of relevance in the region. I am pretty sure that they would have been shocked to hear that Armenians in LA supported their conquest of the Armenian holdout area surrounded by an Azerbaijan that used its fossil fuel wealth to build up a more advanced military capability that Armenia couldn’t match even with Russian backing of Armenia (that even got some supplemental support from Russia-allied Iran).
Democrat-run shitholes tolerate this stuff.
Lol calm down snowflake.
While people blocking free movement of citizens of any country is wrong, if there were ever a case where we can excuse them it is here. Unfortunately, this won’t accomplish anything. Simple protests won’t change the monstrosity. If enough people did what BLM did in 2020, which was atrocious and evil then but not unjustified here, that might yield something, although, nearly every company is majority owned or controlled by Zionists from Blackrock to Facebook to Google to Disney.
20% of Palestinians are White Christians. Israelis are known to spit at Christians in the streets. All the things from lgbt propaganda in schools to the race mixing commercials we see on tv to criminalization of speech is pushed by Zionists and globalists who support Israel. Of course we don’t want Muslims or people of non European heritage living in Western countries but that doesn’t not mean we should turn a blind eye to the genocide being done in countries where they actually should live in. Jesus’ genetic people moved to Greece, Turkey, and other Mediterranean countries in the first 200 years after his time on earth. The people who call themselves Israelites are not Jesus’ people and are not the chosen people.
Jesus of Nazareth was Jewish. A rabbi at that.
Also, please spare us the “white Christian nationalist” anti-semitic talking points. They are gross, and the ADL will have a bunch of informed rebuttals to what you are trying to peddle to the gullible and lazy-minded.
Jesus was the King of the Judeans. The first people who call themselves Israelis today are likely Khazars. Not the same people.
Are you literally citing the ADL? Don’t you know they are an Anti White, Anti Christian, and Anti Freedom organization pushing for Jewish supremacy. F Israel first.
I hope I sit on a plane next to you so I can make your life a living hell for the entirety of the flight and teach you a freakin lesson. You are sick F!
“Of course we don’t want Muslims or people of non European heritage living in Western countries but that doesn’t not mean we should turn a blind eye to the genocide being done in countries where they actually should live in.” That comment, especially the first half is outright disgusting. You’re absolutely entitled to the right to say it, but the comment itself is shameful and counter to the basic principles of the United States. Granted the US isn’t all western countries.
The principles of the United States like lgbt in pre schools and being Israel First? We support two different Americas. America was founded for White European people feeling religious persecution and economic persecution. Germans, Dutch, English, and Spanish were the ones who America was made for. All the problems brought by third world groups we don’t consent to nor support. That doesn’t mean we should excuse Israel for its terrible treatment of Palestinians and other middle easterners in countries they belong in.
You probably support the Israel First America where violent criminals run around big cities and people are bankrupted for not baking a cake.
“20% of Palestinians are White Christians”
Christians, yes, but not sure about the White part.
“Isn’t it ironic that the only death as a result of Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel was a 10-year-old Muslim girl (Israeli-Arab Bedouin)? “. Not sure it’s so ironic. Shia Iran killing Sunnis who aren’t allied with Iran has been taking place repeatedly over at least the last 4.5 decades.
Given what I’ve been hearing about the Israeli-Arab Bedouin community, they seem to increasingly feel alienated in Israel too. Part of that is they increasingly feel that their communities are not getting the economic and security resources that more Jewish communities in Israel are getting. But the other part is that the country has become increasingly xenophobic and dominated by religious zealots. Perhaps part of the resulting resource allocation dynamic — and other cultural changes feeding that increased sense of alienation — is that Bedouin kids in their traditional areas out in the rural areas maybes don’t have as ready access to bomb shelters. Also, perhaps the rural Bedouin kids have less access to electricity and personal communication devices than the average Israeli and Palestinian of a comparable age and thus they don’t pay attention to warnings in the same way or as fast as other communities’ members do in Israel. My sense of the Bedouins and various other communities in various parts of the world is that they tend to be less likely to give their daughters smartphones than to give their same age sons them. There seems to still be a sort of global bias in favor of giving boys more electronic toys than girls are given from young ages.
The protestors were linked with those plastic tubes on their arms. The police couldn’t arrest them until the fire department crawled through the traffic to cut those tubes off. The police and fire department should be more prepared for this as these protests are somewhat commonplace around the Chicago area
If anyone wants a real example of anti-semitism, it’s garbage like David Arnett’s white supremacist comment above, not those who have legitimate criticisms of the way Netanyahu and his government are waging war in Gaza.
David is and was 100% spot on.
Oh please, *any* criticism of Israel’s policies, even in the West Bank, is screeched at for being antisemitic in order to shut down any criticism of Israel.
Good.
F*ck Israel and the United States.
“the only victor in that conflict would be the defense industry.”
And the high paying blue collar American manufacturing jobs that it creates.
There is a reason why Members of Congress, from the most liberal to the most conservative, want defense contractors to operate in their districts.
They also pay reasonably decent salaries for white collar work. For a while, a few big name defense contractors paid me well to show up and do their business in DC and VA and a bit in MD too. Was a real eye opener in how the revolving door works and in how bread gets buttered with federal tax dollars (and growing the national debt). A real window into how petty people can be regardless of privilege and office and how the game is played to provide benefits to concentrated interests at the expense of the hoodwinked and distracted masses paying for it and then some while their focus is on the opiates of the masses: entertainment on a screen near you.
Ben Schlappig from OMAAT recently doxxed someone for reporting safety violations onboard. And then his child abuse was reported, seems egregious.
Not covering that, Matt?
What are you referring to? You can post link.
Given the history of fabrications I’ve seen posted by Loretta Jackson about me and some others, I am not of the “trust but verify” position but of the distrust and wait to see if there is any verification. What child abuse? Come on. It’s easy to make baseless and other questionable claims, but unless proven by a criminal record it is just defamation and character assassination and wishful thinking on the part of some questionable characters.
Maybe LJ is talking about this blog article:
https://onemileatatime.com/news/delta-diamond-snitches-flight-attendants/
Sure, Israel has been doing some truly horrific things but is ORD responsible for Bibi’s actions? Aggravating potential allies by blocking their way seems a poor decision by the protesters.
In some way, MSP/Minnesota is more responsible for Netanyahu than ORD.
I truly don’t follow. I generally agree with the vast majority of your comments but I’m afraid this one has me stumped.
Jews in the U.S. are the ones funding Zionism, pushing an Israel First agenda through their disproportionate control and ownership of all industries so Chicago and all areas with high populations of globalists are responsible. Israel could not exist without America being Israel First.
Not all Jews. Let’s be fair now. There are many who aren’t supportive of Israel’s actions.
Should of just ran them over. Get a life
At least they are safely masked for their outdoor protest. I wouldn’t want any of them contracting COVID-19 during this perilous time.
Protesters with masks are generally agitators. Question their legitimacy and commitment to the cause. If you choose to protest, unmask and let people know that you have a valid grievance.
A nice way to shift the conversation away from what they are protesting about.
This is when a good ol’ beat up yellow checkered Marathon would come in handy. You could run right over ’em and not even hear the crunch.
It’s not just O’Hare. MSN is reporting using news from KIRO TV that Seattle Tacoma International Airport is being blocked by protesters against Israeli genocide today.
The people who are blocking and the cars that are parked at right angles to block the lanes should be punished. The cars should be sold to pay fines and the people should be liable for all flight delays. The people should be sent to jail, given a choice of an Israeli jail or a Honduran jail.
The blockage at Seattle happened at 3:07 pm. The airport said they were prepared for such protests, having similar blockages at other airports. They sent in police and tow trucks. By 6 pm, they posted on X/Twitter that the blockage had been cleared. So it was 3 hours or less.
@Matthew
How is Israel justified to retaliate if Israel is the one that attacked an Iranian diplomatic building and its staff. Israel literally attacks 4 countries a day from Syria to Iraq. Israel is committing genocide. Its existence is genocide. Israel is occupying Palestinian land. 20% of Palestinians are White Christians. I thought you were Christian and would put Christians first? The Jews of Israel today are not the Jews of the Bible. Why is the one group that controls all industries and has the most power despite being 3% of the population always claiming they are the victims when their actions are the cause of their criticism.
No to Israel First.
The Holocaust was the most tragic crime against humanity which saw 6 million Jews killed. Israel has every right to defend itself. No other nation has to deal with this deep trauma.
If Israel wants to defend itself against Hamas terrorists, no one should hold them back.
If Israel wants to turn Gaza into a parking lot, no one should hold them back.
If Israel wants to occupy and humiliate millions of Palestinians, no one should hold them back.
If Israel wants to build settlements in the West Bank against international law, no one should hold them back.
If Israel wants to build an apartheid-lite system in the West Bank (see Hebron), no one should hold them back.
If Israel wants to conduct ethnic cleansing in the Palestinian territories, no one should hold them back.
As per the Likud government manifesto, there will be a Greater Israel “from the River to the Sea”.
And anyone who dares criticize their policy is no less than a vile antisemite!
Steven, I stand corrected. You are 100% right.
Israel is never wrong because Germany rounded up 6 million communist supporters during war time.
Israel is never wrong because the World Jewish Congress declared war on Germany in 1933.
Israel is never wrong because Karl Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky were Jewish.
Israel is never wrong because communism was good.
Israel is never wrong because the 100 million innocents killed in gulags by the Soviets in 70 years don’t matter as much as 6 million communists.
Israel is never wrong because all industries should be controlled by the chosen people.
Israel is never wrong because Christians and Jesus are goyim.
Israel is never wrong because Christians deserve to be spit on.
Possibly the most disgusting post on here yet. Supporting genocide against one group of people to prop up another? You really are a vile person.
Israel should be free to do what it wants but without support from US taxpayers. Eliminate Hamas. Don’t do it on my dime.
Given David Arnett’s fear and hatred of the children of Abraham who identify as Jewish, perhaps he should go hide in a bunker in Idaho with the orcs and trolls before MTG’s “Jewish space lasers” hit him where the sun don’t shine. The opponents of the Netanyahu regime and the xenophobic right-wing domination of Israel are no allies or beneficiaries of the antisemitic fear and hatred which are but fuel for the extremist right-wing fire burning across societies around the world and setting back civilization.
This David Arnett guy has got to be a satire account. Nobody is that far off the deep end.
I think he used to post under Jackson Waterson and has expressed these sorts of views for years.
They sound similar, and now there is also the amen choir member of AndyS. I really don’t understand the attraction of a website about your far-flung international travels to people who seem so uncomfortable with diversity in the world and/or in their own country.
We all know there are all sorts of opinions out there, but it’s just weird to see how widespread the unhinged ones are nowadays. We can thank the ubiquitous internet access for the rabbit holes full of orcs and trolls with their RaHoWa mentality that just won’t stay in the holes and gutters.
The diversity exists in this country and in Europe against our will. We never wanted it. It was forced on us.
Its high time law enforcement arrest and heavily fine these narcissists. It’s happening in San Francisco as well. One can protest but preventing people from going about their lives ( especially when it involves air travel ) should not be permitted.
The Protestors seem to be getting away with all of the blockading of major highways esp in liberal left run cities
Feel the US is being sucked into a major war in the Middle East:
– Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, US is lead, but many Euro countries looking the other way
– Congress playing games with Ukraine support, may start the same with Israel
– US assisting in the shot down of Iranian drones, others taking a back seat
– Most countries surrounding Israel have shown major restraint, but hitting a fatigue point
– If full scale war breaks out, Israel has too many fronts to cover
Biden is in a delicate position.
The US, UK, Jordan and Qatar helped Israel with defending Israel and countering what fortunately turned out to be an Iranian dog and pony show of Iranian fireworks because so many are against an escalation of violence in the region. Even Turkey played nicely for Israel’s defense against the Iranian counterattack.
Anti Israel, Pro-Hamas, and very importantly Anti-American. Civilized countries don’t permit thugs to trap people at will to exploit for their cause – even a good cause, which theirs is clearly not.
Where were people “trapped” on the road to ORD more than has happened countless times more often when there are no protesters supposedly blocking the roads to ORD? Wasn’t this reportedly a 20-minute block? Nothing new to me in that case, except this time some protesters are said to have clogged up the road and caused this blockage.
I was supposed to fly out of there yesterday to Saskatoon. My trip was cancelled, but I kept getting flight alerts for my ORD-YYZ leg. Delay after delay after delay. I would have ended up missing my connecting flight. If that had happened, I would have considered bodily harm against these idiot protestors.
“If that had happened, I would have considered bodily harm against these idiot protestors.”
Now that is quite the keyboard courage right there. As if you would have done anything.
The US Army trained me in how to conduct myself properly, armed or unarmed. I could cause bodily harm if I wanted to. And remember that I would have been driving a car. I would have no compunction about putting my foot on the go pedal. And why is a guy with a nice Jewish name like Aaron supporting these trash?
Your chain of command failed you or (more likely) you failed them and the country if you believe it proper for you to ever ram a car into unarmed Americans and other US persons.
Are you sure you’re not one of those fans of James Alex Fields at the “Unite the Right” rally? You certainly come across as having an affinity for such criminal driving as that perpetrated by that Fields nut.
Do yourself, your loved ones and our country a favor: check your moral compass and maybe some other stuff before you become one with the criminal world and do yourself or others illegal harm.
Zombie “Truths” Genocide and oppression.
According to Statista, the Gaza Strip’s population in 2023 was around 2.1 million people. In 2005, the population was 1.3 million. This means that the population has grown by 53% since 2005.
Matthew, very disappointed in your comments on this story. Sad we still live in a world where being anti-Israeli is understood to be or insinuated to be anti-semitic. Yes 150+ Israelis/Americans remain hostages and even more succumbed to the events of October 7th. But the fact is 34.000+ Palestinians including 12.000 children have perished because of Israeli reprisals. You don’t get even for one crime by committing tens of thousands more!
I don’t believe you are comparing apples to apples.
I do mourn the loss of every child in Gaza.
But I also ask you: if you were attacked by your neighbor and under constant threat, wouldn’t you do everything to neutralize that threat?
I disagree with your assessment that Israel was ‘attacked by its neighbor”. You don’t occupy your neighbor, you don’t blockade your neighbor, you don’t deny basic rights to your neighbor, you don’t humiliate and oppress your neighbor. And this is all pre-Oct 7th. And for anyone who says Israel left Gaza in 2005 and therefore stopped occupying it. then please tell me why it maintained FULL control of its air, ground, and sea, maintained control over the population registry, prevented Gazans from entering or leaving, denied cancer patients the ability to get medical help,..etc. If you treat people like animals, are you really surprised if on a day in October, they act like ones?
Some water cannons would have cleaned up the road pretty quick and most of those protesting probably needed a shower anyway. Chicago USED to have a police force that maintained law and order. Wait thill the Democrats come to town, what a circus that will be!
No good reason to waste water to soak anyone and increase the danger of road accidents by soaking the roads or people allegedly on them. Wasn’t it like a 20 minute halt on the road for ORD that was attributed to protesters? Proportionality seems to be lacking, but for those wanting to blast these protesters, what about those January 6th insurrectionist protests EES who halted things for far more than 20 minutes? Should those (primarily) visitors to DC have been shot on sight for treason against the US or in the same way as you suggest for the ORD road protesters?
Matthew,
If you think that an attack by Israel against the Islamic Republic would be justified, then surely you would agree that Iran’s response to the attack on its Damascas Consulate was similarly justified, wouldn’t you?
If you think that Israel has a right to exist and a right to self-defense, do you think Iran and Palestine have those same rights?
Iran should not harbor and support terrorists…
…and if you think the Hamas attack of 10/07 was an act of self-defense, then Israel’s response is also self-defense.
Matthew, I guess you believe that all dark skinned Muslims are terrorists and white Israeli settlers are very nice people. You probebly think slaves should have been grateful for their free Atlantic cruise and that Rosa Parks should have moved to the back.
That guess would be incorrect. He has willingly chose to visit Muslim-majority countries and seems to have chosen to go to more such countries than the average Muslim. And typically people don’t go where they believe the risk of terrorism hitting them is high. Also, it’s sort of hard to ignore the reality of the increasingly violent and hateful nature of a growing proportion of the Israeli population who gets green-lighted cover for their anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and anti-Christian violence from the IDF and other Israeli authorities.
Sadly, Israel has become more like the worst of India, Russia, Pakistan and Iran today than it used to be. Unfortunately, the world over, there has been a shift in that awful direction. The economic and technological advances in civilization are but a fig leaf for a species full of barbarians at the gate even in the economically and technologically better off parts of the world.
And it ought to be rather obvious to thinking people that “white Christians” have long terrorized more people across more far-flung locations than any other group in history. Just look at the ugly history of settler colonialism around the globe and what has followed since then with wars and support for wars for evidence of that.