On Friday, chants of "Free Palestine" rang out in New York as thousands of protesters took to the streets to denounce Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip.
Demonstrators demanded an end to the "Israeli occupation" and the "liberation" of the Palestinian territories, occupying several blocks in the city, which is a crossroads for religions and nationalities from around the world.
The youth-led protests included demonstrators from all backgrounds, some carrying Palestinian flags and keffiyeh, and accused Israel of "genocide". and called on the United States to withdraw aid to allies in the Middle East.
Hamas militants in Gaza broke through a heavily militarized border into Israel on Saturday, killing more than 1,300 people, mostly civilians, in an attack that compares to 9/11 in the United States.
Israel responded with heavy rocket attacks on populated areas, killing at least 1,900 Gazans. Again, the majority were civilians, including more than 600 children. Thousands of people are seeking refuge in the southern Gaza Strip after Israel warned it expected a ground attack.
Professor Riz Zachariah, who attended the march, said: "I'm very concerned that this has to stop."
Zakaria, whose father is from Jerusalem, said "Israel's settler-colonial program must end immediately," adding that it is increasing the "cycle of violence" and "oppression of Palestinians." He added that there is.
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Demonstrators chanted "Palestine will be free from the river to the sea," a slogan some Jewish groups say calls for the destruction of Israel and is anti-Semitic.
Supporters of the slogan say it calls for equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis.
Dozens of protesters were arrested Friday night in Brooklyn after holding a sit-in that blocked traffic after demonstrating in front of the home of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is scheduled to visit Israel with a congressional delegation. It was done. The protests, called by the Jewish Voice for Peace organization, called on elected officials to "stop the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza" and were held in large numbers in front of a Heavy Police Presence. demonstrators gathered.
Those arrested included two elected officials, a rabbi, and a descendant of Holocaust survivors.
About 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators also gathered in the South American city of Miami.
There was heavy police presence at the protest, maintaining distance from the dozens of pro-Israel demonstrators across the street.
Anas Amir, a 51-year-old businessman and son of Palestinian immigrants, said it was a criminal war and wrong to respond to the killing of innocent people in Israel with "a new massacre in the Gaza Strip." .
``I believe it is my duty, not only as a Muslim, but as a human being, to ensure that everyone comes forward about the crimes that the Israeli occupation has committed against the Palestinian people,'' said 21-year-old Laiba Faias. "I'm working on it," he said. . A 1-year-old New York protester. "No one realizes the extent of the destruction they have caused to innocent people," she added.
New York, which has the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, has been the site of numerous demonstrations in support of the Palestinian cause, as well as vigils and demonstrations in solidarity with Israeli victims of Hamas attacks.
