(National Review) Protesters converged on Times Square in New York City Sunday to rally support for Palestinians after Hamas invaded Israel and perpetrated atrocities including murder, rape, and torture against citizens, about 700 of whom have died so far.
The participants, many of whom wore white keffiyehs, or scarfs that are symbols of Palestinian nationalism, yelled slogans such as “New York City you will see, Palestine will be free.’”
“Zionism has got to go,” others chanted.
“Long live the intifada,” was heard, referencing the Palestinian people’s self-professed ongoing struggle against Israel’s alleged occupation of land that Palestinians claim as their own.
“Resistance is justified when people are occupied,” “Zionism is genocide,” and “End all U.S. aid to apartheid Israel” were among the phrases printed on posters carried by pro-Palestinians demonstrators.
Some signs had undertones of violence “By any means necessary” and “Glory to our martyrs”, a couple read.
Many families showed up at the event, including some with their kids. One child who looked about five screamed, ”Free Palestine!”
A Jewish man in his 20s said that multiple friends of his were abducted by Hamas, the terrorist ruler of the Gaza Strip, along the southern Israeli border. He walked around the protest, offering information about Hamas’s war crimes to anyone who would listen. He mentioned the weekend music festival in Gaza, which Hamas encircled before mowing down with machine guns hundreds of Israeli youth. Israel’s Search and Recovery Operations found at least 260 bodies at the site, multiple outlets reported.
The tragic cases of two women who were captured at the festival by the terrorists have circulated on X. One woman, Noa, was seen in a video being kidnapped and crying for help as she was driven away on a Hamas motorcycle, while the man she was with had his arms forcibly held behind his back by terrorists. Another woman, who has since been identified as a 30-year-old German national, Shani Louk, was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas, who then paraded her corpse on the back of a truck while terrorists desecrated it, spitting on her and cheering.
