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Queers for Palestine block the exit to Disney World and are immediately arrested

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A small group of anti-Israel protesters from a Florida chapter of Queers for Palestine blocked entry to Walt Disney World on Saturday – and were immediately arrested.

The keffiyeh-clad crew blocked the Disney exit on Interstate 4 in Orlando with their vehicles, claiming the company “supports genocide.”

The demonstrators held banners over the ramp and chanted: “Liberate, liberate Palestine.”

Protesters were reportedly arrested within 11 minutes of blocking I-4 in Orlando. cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram
The keffiyeh-clad crew blocked the Disney exit with their vehicles because it “supports genocide.” cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram

Some tired drivers were seen using the side of the road to get around the protesters – while an angry driver got out of his car to confront them, a video showed.

“You will lose people to your cause… Think a little. “You’re making people actually hate you,” he shouted at a protester who filmed him as they sat in a car after police showed up. according to footage shared on X.

“Go fuck yourself.” “45,000 people are dead,” the protester shouted, before calling him a “genocide sympathizer.”

Nearly 35,000 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which is controlled by the terror group.

“That’s not the way, do you understand that? Think for a bit!” The man rages before stalking away.

Three of those arrested belong to Queers for Palestine, the organization announced on Instagram. cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram
Some tired drivers drove around the protesters while an angry driver confronted them. cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram

The protester’s video continued, showing cars finally driving down the highway.

“No business as usual during the genocide,” the organization wrote on Instagram during the blockade.

In addition to claiming that Disney supports Israel without “acknowledging the loss of Palestinian lives in the ongoing genocide,” Queers for Palestine criticized the company for introducing an Israeli superhero in 2025’s “Captain America: Brave New World.”

Protesters blocked the I-4 Disney exit in Orlando on Saturday with their cars and banners. cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram
They also criticized Disney for “supporting genocide” and introducing an Israeli superhero in 2025’s “Captain America: Brave New World.” cflqueersforpalestine/Instagram

“In a 1981 comic, Sabra shows little remorse for the death of a Palestinian child,” they wrote in an Instagram story.

The police arrived within 11 minutes, according to a Fox News reporter on X

Three of those arrested belong to Queers for Palestine, the organization boasted in an Instagram story.

The Post contacted the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles about the arrests.





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