Thousands of people gathered peacefully at the fourth Palestine Fest in Bridgeview, the Chicago suburb known as “Little Palestine,” said Hatem Bazian of American Muslims for Palestine, as tensions flared outside the grounds.


Far-right activist Jake Lang, who received clemency in President Donald Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, arrived with a handful of supporters to protest the event and was met by a far larger crowd of counterprotesters. A large rock was thrown at a pickup in his caravan as authorities escorted the group out, and the mayor said two people were treated after being hit by projectiles.
