A caravan of vehicles blocked inbound lanes on Airport Way to protest the conflict in Gaza on Monday afternoon, the Port of Portland reports.

“A caravan of vehicles blocked inbound lanes on Airport Way to protest the conflict in Gaza on Monday afternoon, the Port of Portland reports.”

  • Jentu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Assuming people from the greater Portland area fly into and out of PDX, here’s some places headquartered in the area that could be affected by protests at the airport:

    • Intel, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX invests heavily in Israel.
    • Adidas, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX uses an Israeli Manufacturer.
    • Wells Fargo (and BoA), which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX has given loans to Israeli weapons manufacturers.
    • Boeing, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX provides weapons to Israel.
    • HP, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX runs the biometric ID system that Israel uses to restrict Palestinian movement as well as other systems for the IDF.
    • Siemens, which must have quite a bit of airline traffic at PDX is involved in the building of Israeli infrastructure.

    So while, yes, the protests definitely inconvenienced random citizens, it has a pretty good chance of also affecting these companies as well.