Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched from Wall Street to City Hall on Thursday evening to protest against U.S. weapons manufacturers and investment companies.
A reported 3,000 protesters gathered at Wall Street in NYC’s financial district at 5.30pm, chanting ‘genocide Joe has got to go’ and ‘Eric Adams, you can’t hide, you support genocide’ during the ‘Flood Wall Street for Gaza’ rally.
Draped in flags, wearing ‘Free Palestine’ shirts and Arab headscarves called Keffiyeh, the protesters chanted ‘We will free Palestine, and Palestine will be free’ as they made their way through the Financial District to City Hall.
Upon reaching Foley Square, they projected messages onto the New York County Courthouse, with phrases like ‘Palestine will never die’ and ‘Gaza, Gaza, you will rise’.
The protesters claimed that U.S. weapons manufacturers bear responsibility for the ‘bombs being dropped on Gaza’ and are profiting from the ongoing ‘genocide of the Palestinian people.’
Reportedly up to 3,000 protesters gathered on Wall Street at 5.30pm, protesting against U.S. weapons manufacturers and investment companies
Upon reaching Foley Square, they projected messages onto the New York County Courthouse
Draped in flags, wearing ‘Free Palestine’ shirts and Arab headscarves called Keffiyeh, the protesters chanted ‘We will free Palestine, and Palestine will be free’
Other chants include ‘Palestine you will rise, Palestine will never die.’
The ‘Within Our Lifetime’ organization, led by Palestinians and advocating for the cause since 2015, organized the rally.
The group distributed stickers and sheets at 3pm, started what they called ‘teach-in’ at 4pm, and commenced the rally at 5.30pm.
One of the flyers singled out several American companies, including Woodward, Raytheon Technologies, and Boeing, which the organizers claim are manufacturing the bombs being dropped in Gaza.
‘I am a Muslim, and I support my Palestinian brothers and everything that’s going on in the world right now,’ one demonstrator told CBS.
Another demonstrator said: ‘The reason why people are fighting – do you think these people are crazy? Like, these people – There’s a reason for it.
‘There’s a reason why after one incident that happened on October 7th, these are the lives that every day for the Palestinians for the past 75 years.’
They made passionate cries during the rally asking ‘how many kids did you kill today?’
NYPD has closed a nearby entrance to the Broad Street subway station near the protest for ‘safety reasons’. No injuries have been reported as yet.
NYPD has closed a nearby entrance to the Broad Street subway station near the protest for ‘safety reasons
The rally featured a large police presence
The protesters claimed that U.S. weapons manufacturers are responsible for the ‘bombs being dropped on Gaza and are profiting from the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people’
The rally was organized by ‘Within Our Lifetime,’ a Palestinian-led organization that has been advocating for the cause since 2015
NYPD has closed a nearby entrance to the Broad Street subway station near the protest for ‘safety reasons’
This is the latest protest as thousands took to the streets across the globe – in Bangladesh, South Korea, Lebanon and Iraq – with some burning American, British and Israeli flags and holding signs that read ‘USA go to hell and ‘Death to Israel.’
Less than a week ago, more than 150 pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested while calling for a Gaza ceasefire in New York City as they gathered on the steps of the New York City Public Library and marched toward Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Midtown office.
Protestors called for the end of US aid to Israel as it defends itself against Hamas terrorists, who are holding around 200 people hostage since their brutal October 7 slaughtering that killed 1,400 people.
Rioters chanted, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,’ and ‘Ceasefire now,’ while the NYPD announced on loudspeaker that those who refuse to disperse would be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
Video footage shows officers asking each protestor individually to remove themselves from the street, before handcuffing them if they refused. New York City corrections busses drove off with those arrested as their pro-Palestine friends cheered.
More than 150 pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested while calling for a Gaza ceasefire in New York City as demands mount for Biden to stop giving aid to Israel
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the steps of the New York City Public Library and marched toward Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Midtown office Friday evening, before blocking traffic on 5th Avenue
Some protesters were arrested for civil disobedience. Police can be seen on video asking each person to leave after having announced it on the loudspeaker
Hamas terrorists are believed to be holding hundreds of hostages, including American citizens, nearly two weeks after the deadly surprise attack.
Some voiced concerns about the violence affecting civilians on both sides of the conflict.
‘I think Hamas absolutely needs to be condemned. Violence against civilians is always awful and the violence that Israel has been carrying out against Palestinian civilians for over 75 year is condemnable as is Hamas’s attacks,’ New York City resident Oren Schweitzer said to CBS News at the protest.
‘Half of the people who live in Gaza are kids, schools have been bombed, hospitals have been bombed. no one has access to water, food,’ he added.
‘I don’t see how bombing Gaza is preventing more people from joining Hamas. I don’t se how killing thousands of children will keep anyone around the world safer,’ another protestor said.
The rally featured a large police presence and barricades closed the streets for protestors as they walked downtown to City Hall Park.
‘Jews say ceasefire now’ reads shirts on the backs of the protestors
Pro-Palestinian protestors are taking over the U.S. Capitol
Earlier this month, pro-Palestinian protestors took over the U.S. Capitol as hundreds demand a ceasefire between Hamas terrorists in Gaza and Israel.
The protestors, dressed in black shirts that read ‘JEWS SAY CEASEFIRE NOW’ and ‘NOT IN OUR NAME’ took over the large rotunda in the Cannon House Office Building.
The demonstrators held posters with messages like ‘LET GAZA LIVE’ and ‘MOURN THE DEAD, AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.’
Capitol Police made 300 arrests as the group got louder and more disruptive with chants and singing.
They cut off public access to the Capitol complex as swarms of angry Palestinian advocates flooded the Cannon building.
Capitol Police said of the mass arrests: ‘We warned the protestors to stop demonstrating and when they did not comply we began arresting them.’
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