Chicago Gives Green Light to Pro-Palestinian Protests at DNC, Pro-Israel Group in Limbo
2016 DNC
As Chicago prepares for the Democratic National Convention coming up from August 19th through 22nd, concerns are growing about how protest groups permit requests are being handled.
Although permission has been granted for a coalition of pro-Palestinian activists to demonstrate, organizers for The Israeli American Council (IAC) say the City has been sitting on a request from the pro-Israel group to hold a solidarity march.
According to Aya Schechter, IAC’s chief programming officer, the organization filed two applications with Chicago’s Department of Transportation at the beginning of July.
However, with the convention only ten days away, the IAC says they have yet to receive an answer from the city.
A request by IAC for a permit for a stationary demonstration within “sight and sound” of the convention filed in mid-June was denied.
