Traffic on both lanes of California’s Golden Gate Bridge has been shut down Monday, the California Highway Patrol tells Fox News Digital, as images emerging from the scene show anti-Israel protesters holding banners with the messages “Stop the world for Gaza” and “End the siege on Gaza now!”
A similar demonstration has also blocked traffic on Interstate-880 in Oakland.
“Golden Gate Bridge is closed in both directions for an undetermined amount of time,” the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said in a statement, adding that a “civic demonstration” is ongoing.
In the Oakland protest, seven demonstrators are attached to concrete barrels that have been placed in the middle of the roadway, according to KRON.
A flag attached to a fence there says “A-15 economic blockade for a Free Palestine.”
The A15 Action group says on its website that “There is a sense in the streets in this recent and unprecedented movement for Palestine that escalation has become necessary: there is a need to shift from symbolic actions to those that cause pain to the economy.
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“The global economy is complicit in genocide,” it adds. “Join participating cities in blocking the arteries of capitalism and jamming the wheels of production.
Real-time traffic data from Google Maps shows extensive delays building up in the Bay Area as a result of the protests.
Another protest reportedly linked to the group unfolded in Philadelphia on Monday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.