More than a dozen people arrested during protests at Israeli consulate meeting

CHICAGO – Lines of police pushed back demonstrators from the Israeli consulate in Chicago on Tuesday evening after a small protest called by a militant group that hinted at a violent confrontation.

More than a dozen people were arrested during the demonstration against the Gaza war, while delegates to the Democratic National Convention officially nominated Kamala Harris as the party's presidential candidate in an arena two miles across town. The protesters far outnumbered the police in the glass-fronted diplomatic mission in Chicago's Accenture Tower.

As dozens of protesters chanted and beat drums surrounded by reporters, one participant set fire to an American flag in the street and was briefly interrupted by a passerby who tried to retrieve it. “You are the enemy,” he told the masked protesters. “Don't burn the American flag.”