Protesters block Brooklyn Bridge during a Pro-Palestine active civil disobedience demanding the cease-fire on the Israel-Palestine conflict on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in New York. AP
In New York City, tens of protesters marched on the Wall Street area in Lower Manhattan in support of Palestine and calling for a ceasefire.
Protesters called for an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and an end to US aid to Israel.
"Hey Biden What Do You Say: How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?" protesters chanted in a throwback to chants against the late President Johnson during anti-war demonstrations in the Vietnam War era.
Protesters locked themselves to tires, chairs and each other on the Brooklyn Bridge, which links the borough of the same name with the Manhattan financial district.
"It's important because we need a ceasefire. It's important to disrupt day-to-day activity to show how important this is, to end the siege in Gaza," said protester Olivia Levine, 31, an actor and writer.
"Hopefully actions scale up. Day-to-day activity needs to be scaled up to secure a ceasefire and the end of occupation. This is just the start."
Dozens of police, some wielding bolt cutters and white plastic cable ties, encircled a group of detained protesters who were lined up on the bridge for processing.
A crowd who gathered in support of those who blocked the bridge's Brooklyn-bound lanes chanted "Free, free Palestine," while some filmed police working to cut activists out of the devices used to anchor themselves to the road.
"All these pro-Palestinians are forgetting what Hamas did... You can't expect Israel not to retaliate," said one passerby who declined to give her name. "(But) they're being made to suffer for what Hamas did."
Dozens of protesters were detained for blocking traffic at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel, which connects New York to neighbouring New Jersey, an AFP correspondent saw.
Similar actions were staged at the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges that link Manhattan Island to Brooklyn.
The protests came shortly after the morning rush hour and caused backed-up traffic across the city.
Police said the protests lasted just over an hour and had been cleared after 11 am (1600 GMT), but did not confirm the number of arrests.
On Sunday, across the Atlantic, in Oslo, Noway, under -14°C, hundreds chanted Free Free Palestine! as they marched through streets covered in snow to demand a ceasefire in the war.
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