Anti-Israel protesters targeted Macy’s again on Black Friday after disrupting the store’s iconic Thanksgiving parade in New York City on Thursday.
On Friday, protesters outside the Macy’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan shouted at people going shopping, shouting, “Why are you shopping? Bombs are falling!”
It was one of several pro-Palestine demonstrations across the city on Black Friday; Protesters also closed 34th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan with a giant Palestinian flag as officials warned the protest would lead to traffic delays.
Additionally, anti-Israel protesters targeted the PUMA flagship store as they claimed to “draw attention to the brand’s sponsorship of the Israel Football Association.”
The demonstrations came as the first group of hostages were released from Gaza after 48 days of captivity under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that came into effect this morning.
Protesters outside the Macy’s flagship store in midtown Manhattan on Friday shouted at people as they went inside to shop
They shouted: ‘Why are you going shopping?’ Bombs are falling!’
Protesters also blocked 34th Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan with a giant Palestinian flag
The protests also came just a day after Macy’s 2023 Thanksgiving parade was hit by pro-Palestinian protests amid rising tensions over the Middle East crisis.
A group of activists disrupted the procession by jumping over the barricades, blocking the path and unveiling a large banner reading “Free Palestine.”
About 30 protesters stopped the parade along Sixth Avenue. Reports suggest some may have stuck to the road.
Loud boos erupted from the crowd as the white jumpsuit-clad protesters doused themselves in fake blood, driving up the parade in front of thousands as they appeared to try to link the Middle East crisis to climate change, chanting: “Liberation for Palestine.” and climate.’
Police arrested 34 pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted the famous parade.
Hours after the parade was halted, hundreds gathered in what organizers called “Thank you for Gaza and indigenous resistance everywhere.”
Police arrested 34 pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted the iconic Macy’s parade
Protesters targeted The New York Times as it passed its headquarters on Thursday
LAPD officers monitor pro-Palestinian protesters as they march on Black Friday
On Black Friday, scores of Palestinian supporters gather outside one of Atlanta’s busiest malls to protest US funding of Israel’s fighting in Gaza
Protesters gather in Washington’s Foggy Bottom Metro to support Palestinians and call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The anti-Israel protesters accused The New York Times of genocide outside their offices as they marched through the city.
The protesters targeted the New York Times as they passed its headquarters, chanting, “Every time the media lies, a neighborhood in Gaza dies” and “New York Times, you can’t hide.” We sue They are accused of genocide.’
According to multiple reports, at least five protesters were arrested by the NYPD as the march dispersed near Bryant Park.
Protesters also defaced the New York Public Library’s Stephen Schwarzman Building with fake blood and messages such as “You are funding genocide.”
One of the protesters said: “Schwarzman is the billionaire CEO of Blackstone and a former Trump adviser who is ardently pro-Israel and even opened a Blackstone office in Tel Aviv.”
Demonstrators also gathered and protested the attacks in other states across the country, including Washington, California and Atlanta.
Large groups of pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in cities like Georgetown and Los Angeles to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during Black Friday.
A nine-year-old boy, his mother and grandmother are among the first 12 Israeli hostages released by Hamas
Pro-Palestinian protesters march in Los Angeles on Black Friday
Protesters march through the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington to support Palestinians and call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Demonstrators also gathered and protested the attacks in other states across the country, including Washington, California and Atlanta
Large groups of pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in cities like Georgetown and Los Angeles to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza during Black Friday
Meanwhile, 13 Israeli women and children, as well as 11 Thai and Filipino hostages who were kidnapped and brought to the area by Hamas in its October 7 attack on Israel, were finally released today after an agonizing wait.
Israeli media reported that the hostages were handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross and then to the Egyptians before entering Egypt. Live footage showed the hostages exiting Red Cross vans and entering a trauma center at the Rafah border crossing to undergo medical examinations.
Qatar’s foreign ministry said 10 Thai prisoners and one Filipino citizen had been released, along with the 13 Israeli prisoners who were now back in Israel and would soon be reunited with their families, the IDF confirmed.
Going in the other direction were 39 Palestinian prisoners – 24 women and 15 teenagers – who were released by Israel under the deal that ended fighting in the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks, sparked by the attack by Hamas, Qatar’s foreign national had been confirmed by the Ministry.