Protesters take to streets across US in support of Palestinians

A demonstrator waves the flag of Palestine during a protest in Los Angeles (Ringo HW Chiu/AP)

Pro-Palestinian protesters have been out on the streets of Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta and other US cities to demand an end to Israeli air strikes over the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of people shut down traffic on a major thoroughfare in west Los Angeles as they marched two miles from outside the federal building to the Israeli consulate. The protesters waved signs that read “Free Palestine” and shouted “Long live intifada”, or uprising.