Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters showed up to a rally in the Bronx on Memorial Day Monday. Some protesters climbed a bridge to wave Palestinian flags from the top resulting in a standoff.
The #March4 Palestine was a part of the new national #SanctionIsrael campaign urging the Biden administration and members of Congress to sanction Israel.
More than 1,000 rallied Saturday in Washington in support of Palestinians and calling for an end to US aid to Israel. The demonstration on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire that ended 11 days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip has so far held. "We are hoping to send a clear message to the United States government that the days of supporting the Israeli state without.