Video: Ceasefire Activists Attempt to Block LAX, Don’t Receive the Support They Hoped For

Traffic near Los Angeles International Airport was partially blocked Friday afternoon and evening as dozens of protesters marched to bring attention to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The group is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying “the goal of Friday’s action is to stop business as usual for the systems facilitating the current war and the long-running occupation.” In media statements they described themselves as an “unaffiliated group of Palestinians, Jews, and Angelenos of conscience.”

The group was protesting on roads near LAX for several hours Friday afternoon. By 5 p.m., they were walking slowly over the 96th Street overpass near Sepulveda Boulevard.

They later stopped in the middle of an intersection at 96th and Vicksburg Avenue, just outside LAX, as traffic in all four directions began stacking up.

Media statement

Due to protests going on nearby @flyLAX, access for Uber and Lyft has been impacted. The 96th street bridge is being impacted as well.

Alternate routes will be given soon.

— LA Airport PD (@LAAirportPD) December 16, 2023

#BREAKING Demonstrators demanding a cease-fire in Israel/Gaza are shutting down streets near LAX during rush hour.

Travelers who have nothing to do with decisions being made in Washington and Jerusalem are being impacted as they try to arrive/leave Los Angeles.

— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) December 16, 2023

Videos below:

Dozens of police in riot gear block off S Sepulveda Blvd near LAX as hundreds of protesters calling on a cease-fire march eastward on 96th Street. pic.twitter.com/KUORATm7ZH

— Ashley Ahn (@ashleyahn88) December 16, 2023

🚨#BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Shut Down LAX Airport Entrance Causing Significant Traffic Congestion⁰⁰📌#Losangeles | #California

Currently Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters and activists are currently marching and occupying the entrance at Los Angeles… pic.twitter.com/lAxzmdfh3a

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) December 16, 2023

Fortunately, the police seemed to be able to block them from entering the airport. But they were still blocking the traffic around the airport, making it difficult for people trying to get there to get in.

Local media interviewed these characters, and one of them summed up what ridiculous self-absorbed people they are.

#BREAKING Ceasefire rally near ⁦@flyLAXairport⁩ ⁦@ginasilvafox11⁩ ⁦@Elex_Michaelson⁩ ⁦@DevineNews⁩ ⁦@FOXLA⁩ ⁦@KFIAM640⁩ ⁦@LAAirportPD⁩ pic.twitter.com/ZkUjdrAiEp

— Tim Conway Jr Show (@ConwayShow) December 16, 2023

Funny thing is, no one gives a darn what they “demand,” and it isn’t in anyone’s power around LAX to give them what they want anyway. So, it’s just a pointless exercise to stroke their own narcissism and pretend they are important.

Citizens disabused them of that, and let them have it.

People who just landed at LAX confirmed it was a mess. They called for protesters to be arrested and held without bail “for a month.”

Just landed at LAX. Total mess. Arrest all of them and don’t give them bail for a month. Will solve blocking roads in a hurry. https://t.co/QIxVhKcjdQ

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) December 16, 2023

This will cost people a ton of money and still won't help even one Palestinian and if anything, just hurts them by making even more Americans hate protesters who slap them right in the pocket book now — plane flights are expensive.

These protesters are such huge narcissists. https://t.co/NbNymkCjTv

— Number 99 (@MmeBlackBalloon) December 16, 2023

Most of the comments on social media are negative and in some cases regular American citizens confront these pro-Hamas protesters like in the video below!

Video below:

That seemed to be the general consensus, as these characters were blasted on X.