No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media.

No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media.

Dozens of Jewish protesters and their allies were arrested on Wednesday morning after they blocked rush hour traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway to demand a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      He didn’t stop the conflict as a whole, but he stopped the bombing of west Beirut itself.

      That bombing was followed by a protest to the Israeli government by President Ronald Reagan. Within 20 minutes of a phone call between Reagan and Begin, in which the former said the bombings were going too far and needed to stop, Begin ordered the bombings stopped.