Protesters gathered at the Port of Oakland to block the entrance to a ship that they claim will transport weapons to Israel.
More than 100 demonstrators and activists gathered at the Port of Oakland on Friday to block the entrance to a ship that they claimed was transporting military weapons to Israel. What started as a group of a few dozen activists affiliated with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center grew to as many as 150 protesters over the course of the morning, AROC’s press coordinator, Wassim Hage, told
. A source from the port informed AROC that the cargo ship Cape Orlando was scheduled to transport weapons to Israel, Hage said, after a stop in Tacoma, Washington. could not immediately confirm the contents of the ship or its final destination. “We’re sending the alarm that the U.S. government is, in fact, sending these weapons to Israel,” Hage said. “We want people to be aware that the U.S. is going to continue to use our ports to facilitate the genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza.” Some protesters have fastened themselves to the ladder leading up to the ship, Hage added. Protesters began arriving to the port at around 6:45 a.m.
. As of Friday afternoon, no disruption to the port’s flow of commerce has occurred due to the demonstration, Sandifur noted. Cape Orlando belongs to the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, a spokesperson with the U.S. Coast Guard told . No details were available on the ship’s projected route or the cargo it is carrying. Local law enforcement was on the scene and Hage said arrests are expected.
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