In a tense moment amidst a pro-Palestinian demonstration at New York City’s Penn Station, Elisha Wiesel, the son of the late writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, was urged by NYPD officers to put away an Israeli flag as he attempted to stage a counterprotest against the hundreds-strong demonstration.
The protest, led by pro-Hamas activist group Within Our Lifetime, has been part of a series of near-daily protests that began on October 7.
Within Our Lifetime has publicly supported the attack, advocating for “whatever means necessary” to achieve their goals, without exceptions or limitations – including the murder of innocent civilians. The group has also been active in other demonstrations, including a protest against the lighting of the holiday tree at Rockefeller Center in New York. That protest, titled “Flood the tree lighting for Gaza,” references the name Hamas used for the October 7 attack, “Operation al-Aqsa Flood.”
Wiesel, in his account of the incident, said, “NYPD insisted I remove the flag, as [the] situation was getting dangerous.” He shared a video showing him draped in an Israeli flag and engaged in a confrontation with a masked demonstrator.
The NYPD made several arrests during the protest, which started at Grand Central Station and proceeded to Penn Station, including a stop at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Participants in the demonstration marched behind a banner proclaiming, “From Gaza to Jenin: Revolution until victory.”
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…and I suggest that all the cowardly Pro-Palistine, anti Israel, BLM and Antifa hate promotors and radical protestors all remove their face masks so we can see who they are…
Correction… not suggest… I insist.
Sorry… not suggest… I insist…
We should get pictures (mugshots) of anybody that is arrested
America is Rotting from inside out……how dare these men in blue men of color stand for Hamas….shameful
Openly calling for the deaths of civilians is not terrorism as long as the civilians are Jews…shame on the Federal and state governments. Shame on Adams.
I’m glad to see that these protesters tested the police mettle by spray painting a cop car. Wonder what the outcome of that was, unless the police have become part of the pro Hamas protesters.
Philosopher, openly calling for anyone’s death is not terrorism, no matter who that person is.
The first element of terrorism is “violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State, or that would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or of any State;”.
So it must first be an act, then that act must be violent or dangerous to human life, then that act must also be against the law. Advocating someone’s death is not an act, it is not violent, and not only isn’t it against the law, it can’t be, because it has absolute protection by the first amendment.
This is a violation of the First Amendment.
These are the “people” who will be receiving Hokul’s reparations. They have no time to work. Sick and getting sicker. We could start waving goodbye to this once great country, even with its many flaws.