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Students protest near Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids

Iowa City students object to RTX defense contractor’s role in Palestine ‘genocide’

Apr. 5, 2024 7:25 pm, Updated: Apr. 5, 2024 8:29 pm

Kalea Seaton (left), a senior at Iowa City High School with City Students for Palestine, leads protesters in chants as they demonstrate Friday outside Collins Aerospace near Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids. The 20 or so protesters said they were demonstrating there because Collins, owned by defense and aerospace corporation RTX, is “using their resources to directly facilitate the genocide” in Gaza. Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack in Israel. During that attack, 1,200 people were killed at a concert and 250 othe people were kidnapped. More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in the resulting war, according to Palestinian health officials. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kalea Seaton (left), a senior at Iowa City High School with City Students for Palestine, leads protesters in chants as they demonstrate Friday outside Collins Aerospace near Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids. The 20 or so protesters said they were demonstrating there because Collins, owned by defense and aerospace corporation RTX, is “using their resources to directly facilitate the genocide” in Gaza. Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack in Israel. During that attack, 1,200 people were killed at a concert and 250 othe people were kidnapped. More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in the resulting war, according to Palestinian health officials. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A driver turns onto C Avenue NE by Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids on Friday, flying Israeli flags, as around 20 Iowa City High protesters object to the defense contractor RTX’s role in the Israel attacks in Gaza. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A driver turns onto C Avenue NE by Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids on Friday, flying Israeli flags, as around 20 Iowa City High protesters object to the defense contractor RTX’s role in the Israel attacks in Gaza. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Members of City Students for Palestine demonstrate outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Members of City Students for Palestine demonstrate outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Protesters with City Students for Palestine are framed between Palestinian flags during a Friday demonstration against Collins Aerospace and its owner, RTX, a defense contractor, near the Collins plant in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Protesters with City Students for Palestine are framed between Palestinian flags during a Friday demonstration against Collins Aerospace and its owner, RTX, a defense contractor, near the Collins plant in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Palestinian flags flap in the wind as protesters with City Students for Palestine demonstrate hear Collins Aerospace and RTX, its owner, in northeast Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Palestinian flags flap in the wind as protesters with City Students for Palestine demonstrate hear Collins Aerospace and RTX, its owner, in northeast Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kalea Seaton, a senior at Iowa City High School with City Students for Palestine, leads protesters in chants as they demonstrate Friday against Collins Aerospace and its owner, RTX, a defense contractor, near the corner of Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kalea Seaton, a senior at Iowa City High School with City Students for Palestine, leads protesters in chants as they demonstrate Friday against Collins Aerospace and its owner, RTX, a defense contractor, near the corner of Blairs Ferry Road and C Avenue NE in northeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Penelope Wilmoth, a 17-year-old senior at Iowa City High School, stands with other protesters Friday outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Penelope Wilmoth, a 17-year-old senior at Iowa City High School, stands with other protesters Friday outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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