Philadelphia protests erupt over boycott of Jewish-owned businesses
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Travel in Pennsylvania after a planned boycott
of Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia,
police say hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed
with hundreds of pro-Israeli counter-protesters.
CBS News Miami's Jared Ochacher has more
on the tensions running high in the city of brotherly love.
Tensions have been brewing here for days,
but this afternoon they boiled over as pro-Israeli
and pro-Palestinian protesters clashed over
a bike boycott against six Jewish-owned businesses.
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators faced off in the streets.
At times, it got hostile.
We saw some pushing and shoving, and three people were arrested.
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied behind cyclists,
riding to the six businesses they want the community to boycott.
The organizers did not respond to our requests for comment,
but wrote on social media that
business owners they're boycotting support Israel,
including fundraising for its military.
To counter it, hundreds of pro-Israeli protesters came out
to stand with the Jewish-owned businesses,
waiting in lines to get in that stretched around the block.
Many criticized the timing of the boycott,
falling on the eve of the 88th anniversary
of Kristallnacht, an anti-Jewish riot across Nazi Germany in 1938.
Organizers pushed back, saying that this event
was planned based on people's schedules.
Jared Ochoa, CBS News, Philadelphia.