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Hundreds protesters blocked traffic on a major Los Angeles boulevard on Thursday to protest against Israel's capturing of activists on the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla, and to express anger over Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The protesters gathered in front of the Consulate General of Israel in the west side of Los Angeles and stopped vehicles from traveling down Wilshire Boulevard, one of the city's principal east-west roads.

"People are here mobilising today to reject Israel's attack on the flotilla and to reject the two years of genocide, to say no to the genocide," said Palestinian Youth Movement organiser Celana.

Israeli forces boarded dozens of boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza and took them to an Israeli port on Wednesday, disrupting a protest that had become one of the most high-profile symbols of opposition to Israel's blockade of the enclave.
The Global Sumud Flotilla, transporting medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists on board.


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