Police arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside San Francisco building housing Israeli Consulate

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HAVEN DALEY
Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police have arrested 70 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied a building that houses the Israeli Consulate. The group entered the building and occupied it for several hours Monday. The protesters posted signs on the front doors of the building calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war. An Israeli Consulate official said the protesters arrived around 9 a.m. at the Financial District’s high-rise but didn’t enter the consulate’s offices. San Francisco police say 69 demonstrators were arrested for trespassing, cited and released from jail. They say one person was cited and released from the scene for the same charge.