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JVP action at Schumer's & Gillibrand's office

August 1, 2025

To protest the ongoing starvation and genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, 150 activists with Jewish Voice for Peace took over the lobby of 780 3rd Ave in Manhattan where Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have their offices. Schumer and Gillibrand continue to support Israel’s genocide: both voted against Bernie Sanders’s resolution to block $675 million in weapons sales to Israel on July 30.

Protestors sitting in building lobby, banging on pots and pansProtestors in building lobby as Amy Goodman conducts an interview and police officers begin arretsTwo handcuffed protestors, one wearing a kippah, wearing shirts that read "Jews say let Gaza live" being led by an NYPD officerLine of protestors with being led away hands zip-tied behind their backsLong line of handcuffed protestors, mainly women, being led towards an MTA bus for transport