Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked traffic in the morning in the area of Los Angeles International Airport and Kennedy International Airport in New York, the two largest airports in the country.
Protests on opposite coasts of the United States resulted in dozens of arrests.
At the Los Angeles airport, where protesters turned violent, 36 people were detained, the city’s police department said.
“Protesters pushed a police officer to the ground and used construction debris, traffic signs, tree branches and concrete blocks to block (the road leading to the airport), attacking passers-by in their cars,” the police said. police in a statement.
On the other side of the country, the New York Police Department’s Port Authority said 26 people were arrested for disorderly conduct and obstruction of traffic during a protest on the Van Wyck Expressway near JFK Airport in Queens.