Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 35
An estimated 5,000 people gathered in various parts of Manhattan on Labor Day Monday to rally in support of the Palestinian people.
The march entitled “Flood NYC for Gaza” started in Union Square and traversed Manhattan. It was announced last week, but happened after six Israeli hostages were recently found murdered in a tunnel in Gaza.
“I believe what’s going on in Gaza and the West Bank must stop. It’s going on too long and that brought me to fight. I can’t be there with them, but I can help here,” said Zuhair Alatwi of Alpine, New York.
“I’m Palestinian, myself. Just watching it every single day, it’s hard to go to sleep,” added Ryan Lewis of Connecticut.
Demonstrators hit many spots in Manhattan
Organized by the group Within Our Lifetime, the demonstrators marched north passed Meta headquarters, then to Grand Central, and then south on Second Avenue, where police stopped them at 44th Street just before the Israeli consulate.
They then made their way down Fifth Avenue, passing CUNY’s Graduate Center and calling for the school to divest in Israel.
The group called on attendees to cover their face to avoid NYPD surveillance, and asked attendees to put phones in airplane mode to circumvent location tracking. Hundreds attended vigil for 6 Israeli hostages killed
The rally comes a day after hundreds gathered in Columbus Circle to remember the six hostages killed in captivity over the weekend, including 40-year-old Carmel Gat, whose funeral is happening Monday in Israel.
Source: CBS News
