Anti-Israel protestors shut down Chicago O'Hare airport

• A group of Anti-Israel protestors have blocked the entrance to Chicago’s O’Hare airport 
• Video shows them sitting and standing as they linked on to one another 
• Frustrated travelers exited their cars and walked to their terminals with their luggage  

Anti-Israel protesters have shut down Chicago’s O’Hare airport as they blocked the highway and left passengers frustrated.

Protestors sat in the middle of the road, linked to each other with PVC pipes, as people left their taxis and cars stranded and walked to their terminals with luggage in hand.

Video of the protest showed the demonstrators as they chanted: ‘Palestine will be free! Free, free Palestine!’ with a loud drum roll in the background.

A picture showed a long line of people as they blocked the road entrance to the airport.

All lanes on I-90 were blocked between Bessie Coleman Drive and the airport, about a 20 minute walk.

Anti-Israel protesters have shut down Chicago’s O’Hare airport as they blocked the highway and left passengers frustrated

Demonstrators are seen sitting on the pavement, linked to each other as they block the entrance to the airport

Rows of traffic have stalled in front of the group as law enforcement vehicles are seen at the scene

Rows of traffic have stalled in front of the group as law enforcement vehicles arrived at the scene.

One person commented on the video that was posted to X and said that the Chicago Police Department ‘has no jurisdiction’ over highways, but Illinois State Police does.

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