Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Chicago's Israeli consulate to protest settler violence

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the Israeli Consulate in Chicago on Monday to protest escalating settler violence in the Bank. Organized by the Coalition for Justice in Palestine, the demonstration featured chants like “Say it loud and say it clear, we don't want no Zionists here” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine is almost free.” Speakers focused on recent events in the village of Tell near Nablus, alleging an aggressive incursion by armed settlers. An organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement stated that the “Zionist entity is moving to finish what it has pursued for generations: the theft of all of Palestine and the expulsion of all Palestinian people from their land.” Another speaker from the US Palestinian Community Network claimed Israeli citizens are “funded and encouraged by their government to murder Palestinians.” The protest concluded with calls for continued grassroots mobilization.