Protestors blocked the main entrance of Boeing's Tukwila offices for three hours this morning, demanding that the company stop providing weapons to Israel Defense Forces. Protesters claimed that Boeing Defense, Space and Security has supplied weapons to the IDF that are then used on civilian targets, such as schools, homes, mosques, hospitals and schools.The activists, members of Jewish Voice for Peace and Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, locked themselves together and laid across the hot asphalt for three hours this morning while protestors read the names of Palestinian civilians who have died in the last 21 days of fighting, a list that now includes more than 1,000 names. “Boeing, Boeing you need to stop it. Palestinians dying for your profit,” they chanted.In an email, Boeing spokesperson Todd Kelley said that the company was "relieved the demonstration was peaceful," but he did not answer a question about the validity of protestors' allegations. The Tukwila Police Department and Boeing Fire Department monitored the situation, but no arrests were made. The group unlinked at 11:30 a.m. and walked away chanting. — J.B.
Protesters take part in a "die-in" at Boeing's Tukwila offices entrance. Jessica Buxbaum
