Skirmishes broke out in New York’s Times Square as pro-Palestinian groups gathered for a rally – after the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel and killed hundreds of civilians.
An angry passerby clashed with demonstrators wearing placards who had gathered in Manhattan’s midtown at 1 p.m. on Sunday. New York is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world.
“How can you support that! Damned murderers!” a man shouted – as a group of around 300 people chanted “Free Palestine” during the demonstration.
The man rushed towards the group, but was immediately intercepted by a police officer and led away. There is a heavy NYPD presence at the scene.
As the Palestinian faction grew in Times Square, a group of Israeli protesters began to form, waving flags behind a metal fence in retaliation.
Skirmishes broke out in New York’s Times Square as pro-Palestinian groups gathered after Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 900 people
An angry passerby clashed with demonstrators wearing placards who had gathered in Manhattan’s midtown at 1 p.m. on Sunday. New York is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world
There is a heavy police presence in New York’s Times Square today – as pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Midtown after Hamas launched surprise attacks on Israel
So far, protesters have gathered with megaphones and holding yellow signs that read: “Resisting the occupation is a human right” and “End all US aid to apartheid Israel.”
Protesters planned to take over Times Square – the social and cultural epicenter of New York – just a day after Israeli women and children were dragged from their homes and slaughtered by Palestinian militants.
American citizens were among the dead and prisoners, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
On Sunday, demonstrators waving Palestinian flags chanted on 42nd Street: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
In response, Israeli protesters shouted back: “Shame on you!”
New Yorker Claudia De La Cruz, 42, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, told : “We are here in solidarity with the Palestinians who understand that they have been victims of abuses by Israel for more than 70 years .” Colonial state.
“Their lands have been occupied, their people have been displaced, there have been several bombings in the Gaza Strip.”
Protesters planned to take over Times Square – the social and cultural epicenter of New York – just a day after Israeli women and children were dragged from their homes and slaughtered by Palestinian militants
A woman holds up a sign: “Zionism is terrorism”
New York Governor Hochul condemned the protest yesterday
As the Palestinian faction grew in Times Square, a group of Israeli protesters began to form, waving flags behind a metal fence in retaliation
Two protesters hold up a sign in Times Square on Sunday
She added: “We know that everyone who lives under colonial rule and is oppressed has the right to self-defense, and we are seeing that now.”
Asked whether she viewed Hamas’s killings as “self-defense,” Ms. De La Cruz replied: “(We support) self-defense in any shape or form.”
She criticized Democrats for funding “apartheid” in Israel.
Asked about New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s condemnation of her protest, she said: “Of course they (Democrats) will condemn what they call terrorism when we know that the United States supports terrorism against Palestinians .”
“This is not anti-Semitism, we are not against the Jewish community – we are against Zionism, which is something completely different.”
A poster for the rally on Sunday at 1 p.m. after the Hamas attack on Israel
Yesterday, Governor Hochul described the rally as vile and morally repugnant after Hamas militants invaded Israel and slaughtered hundreds of citizens.
She wrote: “The people of Israel are facing violent terrorist attacks and civilian kidnappings.” I condemn plans to hold a rally in Times Square tomorrow in support of the perpetrators of these terrible acts.
“The planned rally is vile and morally repugnant.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is on a tour of South America to stop migrants from crossing the border, condemned the attacks in Israel.
An estimated 1.6 million Jews live in New York City – half of whom live in Brooklyn.
One of the Americans implicated in the tragedies in Israel is Hersh Golberg-Polin – a 23-year-old born in Berkeley, California.
Golberg-Polin sent his mother and father a text message saying “I love you, I’m sorry” at 8:11 a.m. Saturday – as callous Palestinian militants declared war on Israel, taking dozens of people hostage and hundreds during the Jewish High Killed on holidays.
He took part in a nighttime “nature party” near Kibbutz Re’im – not far from the Gaza Strip. The rave was infiltrated and attacked by Palestinian terrorists.