On Monday, a large crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters, estimated to be around 7,000, marched through Manhattan, causing disruptions and clashing with police. The demonstration, which began at Union Square and ended at Washington Square Park, featured protesters waving flags of Hamas and Hezbollah, both designated foreign terrorist organizations by the US.
The protesters, who lit flares and set off smoke bombs, chanted “Free Palestine!” and “Resistance is justified when people are occupied.” Four arrests were made during the march, with NYPD officers shoved aside while attempting to stop the protest.
The White House condemned the flying of Hamas flags, citing the recent murder of six hostages in Gaza, including a US citizen. “There is absolutely no place in America for the poison of antisemitism,” said White House spokesperson Andrew Bates.
This incident follows previous pro-Palestinian protests in New York City, including a July demonstration in Times Square featuring photos of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, and a June rally outside the Israeli consulate where the Hezbollah flag was raised.
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These thugs went to sleep in the summer.
Now that they have to think about anything that rhymes with work, they start their mini intifada.
And was s/he arrested for covering its face?
What happened to arresting face covered people?
Face coverings not yet illegal in NYC. Only in Nassau County Long Island.
It’s legal in the US to display the flags of designated terrorist organisations???
In the UK that alone is already an arrestable offence! What kind of stupid ‘freedom of speech’ laws protect that??
But of course, if we or anybody marched in New York City, saying death to blacks , death to muslims we would be arrested in one second flat, but it’s always open season on the Jews and I’m sick to death of it. I can’t stand the leftists and the woke and maybe it’s time for us all to move to EY.🇮🇱
Both Ido and Raina seem not to understand that the freedom of speech is the most fundamental freedom we have.
Ido, yes, of course it’s legal to fly any flag you like. That is freedom of speech, and the fact that the UK violates that freedom shows that it is not a free country.
Raina, no, if we or anybody marched in New York City, saying death to blacks , death to muslims, we would NOT be arrested, because the USA is a country that respects the freedom of speech. We have every right to march and say those things, and nobody has the right to interfere.
All policemen know that if they were to touch someone who was saying those things they would be sued and would NOT have qualified immunity, which means the plaintiff would take their house and their pension and they would be left with no job and no assets. THAT is what a free country looks like, and Boruch Hashem for that. And it’s a reason not to go home to EY just yet, because in EY there is no freedom of speech and you can get arrested for saying the wrong thing.
Milhouse – as the nation that has been privileged to receive the Torah we have the perfect Divine rules of how speech is and is not allowed to be used
“Freedom of Speech” is not and has never been a Torah (meaning a true, absolute) value
Making it into one is FALSE
You seem to be even proud that it is allowed to display open support for an organisation that is committed both ideologically, and r’l in practice, to the genocide of Jewish people – that is the consequence of adopting FALSE values
Wake up before it’s too late!!
There free palestine scarf is not washed for a long time . Tell them if they want i can wash it for them😊