(Daily Mail) A pro-Palestine group has called for ‘direct action’ to ‘globalize intifada’ as they shared a map of well-known New York City landmarks on Instagram.
The graphic specified famous buildings and companies in the Big Apple that have ties to Israel or are media companies.
The page that posted the map goes by the name Within Our Lifetime and has described itself as a Palestinian-led community organization that’s said, ‘We will free Palestine.’
‘Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world, the group stated, according to the New York Post. ‘Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilization in defense of our people,’ the post read.
A City Hall spokesman told The New York Post: ‘But to be clear, threatening businesses and organizations and referring to them as the “enemy” is exactly the kind of hateful rhetoric that seeks to divide New Yorkers, but it won’t work, because we are better than that.’
The map pinpointed notable targets around the city, such as Grand Central Station. DailyMail.com has decided to blur the map.
A pro-Palestine protestor is seen being restrained by NYPD
Protesters read names of those killed in Gaza from a paper called ‘The New York Crimes
Politicians across New York City have responded to the threatening ‘direct action’ map on social media.
Councilman Keith Powers took to X (formally known as Twitter) and said: ‘This is an unacceptable invitation to senseless violence. I strongly condemn it & have reached out to local NYPD.’
‘Coded calls for violence against Jews are proliferating on social media,’ Democratic Representative Ritchie Torres said on X along with a picture of the map.
Revered Joseph Potasnik, the executive vice president of the NY Board of Rabbis, told The Post: ‘Intifadas are targeted attacks on Jews. The hatred of the heart leads to hatred of the hands.’
Wolpalestine also posted a flyer on Thursday about a planned march on Saturday in the Bay Bridge neighborhood of Brooklyn.
NYPD officers are seen confronting some of the protesters outside Grand Central station
