{"id":266164,"date":"2026-04-13T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266164\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:16:10","slug":"dozens-arrested-as-protesters-demand-schumer-and-gillibrand-block-sale-of-bombs-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266164\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens arrested as protesters demand Schumer and Gillibrand block sale of bombs to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration Monday calling on Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of thousands of U.S. bombs to Israel.<\/p>\n

Led by the antiwar group Jewish Voice for Peace, the crowd of hundreds initially attempted to stage a sit-in inside the Manhattan offices of the two Democratic lawmakers they accused of abetting Israel\u2019s intensifying attacks in Lebanon<\/a> and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After demonstrators were blocked by security from entering the building, they stopped traffic outside, chanting \u201cfund people, not bombs\u201d as they were arrested and loaded onto three buses.<\/p>\n

Among the 90 people taken into custody were whistleblower Chelsea Manning<\/a>, actor Hari Nef and New York City Council Member Alexa Avil\u00e9s, according to a JVP spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The demonstration focused on a set of resolutions<\/a> introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders that could block the sale of more than $600 million in bombs to Israel.<\/p>\n

Similar measures previously introduced by Sanders, an independent from Vermont, have failed. But the most recent effort this past summer drew support from more than half of Senate Democrats amid widespread hunger and suffering in Gaza<\/a>. Schumer and Gillibrand were not among them.<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support, Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)\n<\/p>\n

\"Protesters<\/p>\n

Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace get arrested after blocking traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support, Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)\n<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea<\/p>\n

Chelsea Manning, center, is arrested by police as protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support on Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)\n<\/p>\n

\"Protesters<\/p>\n

Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace get arrested after blocking traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support on Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)\n<\/p>\n

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Chelsea Manning, bottom second left, and protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace block traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and opposing U.S. weapons support, Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Andres Kudacki)\n<\/p>\n

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Protesters on Monday said Israel\u2019s air and ground offensive in southern Lebanon, along with the larger U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, added to the urgency of the vote, which is expected later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the moment when Schumer and Gillibrand must listen to their constituents,\u201d said Sonya Meyerson-Knox, the communications director with Jewish Voice for Peace. \u201cThe majority of Americans and New Yorkers want a resolution to what the Israeli government is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inquiries to Schumer and Gillibrand were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Nearly 100 protesters were arrested during a demonstration Monday calling on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[116359,10941,842,116358,116357,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-266164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-bomb-sales-to-israel","tag-chuck-schumer","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-jewish-voices-for-peace","tag-kirsten-gillibrand","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}