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A counter-protest has broken out in New York City’s Times Square after pro-Palestinian groups gathered to rally – just one day after the terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel, killing hundreds of civilians.
Protesters waving Israeli flags clashed with banner-clad demonstrators — who gathered in Manhattan’s Midtown on Sunday at 1 p.m. New York is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world.
‘How can you support this! Damn murderers!’ one man shouted – as a raucous group of about 300 people chanted “free Palestine” during the demo.
As the Palestinian faction grew in Times Square, a group of Israeli protesters began to form, waving flags in retaliation from behind a metal fence.
One man charged at the Palestinian group, but was immediately intercepted and led away by an officer. There is a heavy NYPD presence on scene.
Large groups of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Manhattan on Sunday following rocket attacks, looting and killings in the streets of Israel last weekend. Hamas, the terrorist organization and de facto rulers of the Gaza Strip, ambushed and killed hundreds of Israelis during their solemn celebration.
Clashes have broken out in New York City’s Times Square as pro-Palestinian groups gather – after Hamas attacked Israel, leaving more than 900 dead
An angry bystander already clashed with banner-clad protesters who gathered in Manhattan’s Midtown at 1 p.m. on Sunday. New York is the city with the largest Jewish population in the world
Pro-Israel demonstrators joined the counter-protest in New York on Sunday
There is a heavy police presence in New York’s Time Square today – as pro-Palestinian demonstrators took to the streets of Midtown after Hamas launched surprise attacks on Israel
So far, demonstrators have gathered with megaphones and yellow signs reading: “Resisting the occupation is a human right” and “end all US aid to apartheid Israel.”
Protesters planned to take over Times Square – New York’s social and symbolic epicenter – just one day after Israeli women and children were dragged from their homes and slaughtered by Palestinian militants.
US citizens are among those killed and captured, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. The total number of fatalities has risen to 900.
On Sunday, demonstrators waving Palestinian flags on 42nd Street chanted, “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 DailyMail.com: ‘We are here in solidarity with the Palestinians, recognizing that they have been victims of abuse for more than 70 years by Israel. colonial state.
“Their land is occupied, their people are displaced, there have been several bombings in the Gaza Strip.”
There were a number of NYPD officers on the scene – as tensions increased in Times Square
A woman waves an Israeli as part of the counter-protest on Sunday
‘How can you support this! Damn murderers!’ one man shouted – as a raucous group of about 300 people chanted ‘free Palestine’ during the demo
Protesters planned to take over Times Square – New York’s social and cultural epicenter – just one day after Israeli women and children were dragged from their homes and massacred by Palestinian militants
One woman holds up a sign: “Zionism is terrorism.” The total number of fatalities in the Middle East has reached 900
New York Governor Hochul condemned the protest yesterday, but it continued this afternoon
As the Palestinian faction grew in Times Square, a group of Israeli protesters began to form, waving flags in retaliation from behind a metal fence
Two protesters hold up a sign in Times Square on Sunday
She added: “We know that anyone living under colonial rule and oppressed has the right to self-defense and that is what we are seeing now.”
Asked whether she considered the Hamas killings “self-defense,” Ms. De La Cruz said: “(We support) self-defense in any way.”
She denounced Democrats for financing “apartheid” in Israel.
When asked about New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s condemnation of their protest, she said: ‘Of course they (the Democrats) are going to condemn what they call terrorism when we know that the United States is aiding terrorism against the Palestinians.
“This is not anti-Semitism, we are not against the Jewish community – we are against Zionism, which is a completely different kind of thing.”
A poster for the meeting that will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m., after the Hamas attack on Israel
Yesterday, Governor Hochul described the gathering as abhorrent and morally repugnant after Hamas militants invaded Israel and massacred hundreds of civilians.
She wrote: “The people of Israel are facing violent terrorist attacks and civilian kidnappings. I condemn the plans to gather in Times Square tomorrow in support of the perpetrators of these heinous actions.
“The planned meeting is abhorrent and morally repugnant.”
New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is on a vanity tour of South America to discourage migrants from crossing the border, condemned the attacks in Israel.
An estimated 1.6 million Jewish people live in New York City, half of whom live in Brooklyn.
One of the Americans involved in the tragedies unfolding 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 killing hundreds during the Jewish High Holiday. .
He was attending a nighttime “nature festival” near Kibbutz Re’im, not far from the Gaza Strip. The rave was infiltrated and ambushed by Palestinian terrorists.