Dozens Arrested After Conflict in Gaza Leads to Clashes in Times Square
At least 27 people were arrested after demonstrations in Times Square and the Diamond District in Midtown Manhattan. Several lawmakers have denounced the clashes.
The police responded to the clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square on Thursday.Credit.John Wha for The New York Times
May 21, 2021
Several New York City elected officials on Friday denounced clashes that took place between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters in Midtown Manhattan, leading to more than two dozen arrests and at least two people being hospitalized.
The clashes on Thursday afternoon and evening began in Times Square and spread to the Diamond District, a small neighborhood south of Rockefeller Center that is home to many Jewish-owned businesses, as Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire after days of fighting that killed more than 230 people in Gaza and 12 in Israel.
26 arrested as pro-Israel, pro-Palestine protesters clash in NYC
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The real news that you do not hear from major American Media reports from Israel and Gaza is the effectiveness and precision of the Israeli Defense forces in defending its citizens with more than 4000 missiles raining down, as of this writing.
Of the 240 plus war casualties reported from Gaza, Israel reports an amazing 170 Hamas & Islamic Jihadist terrorists taken down. As regrettable that wars are, Israel’s successful response, with limited loss of life, is worth noting. This is in contrast to Hamas’s deliberately targeting Israeli civilians, and hiding behind their own Gaza civilian population as “human shields.”
Pro-Israel Gatherings Send Support and Chizuk By Judy Berger | May 19, 2021
On May 12, over 1,700 devices logged on to a virtual rally, “NY Stands With Israel: Solidarity Gathering.” The event was hosted by UJA-Federation, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the Israeli Consulate in New York.
Amy Pressman, president of UJA-Federation, opened the event. “There are constant reports of sirens, sadly, throughout the country from Ashkelon to Jerusalem, and the death, and injury counts are rising,” he said. “There is never any justification for sending hundreds of rockets into civilian neighborhoods, ever.”
Michael Miller, executive vice president and CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, added: “Many of our viewers have family and friends in Israel. Our two daughters live there, with their husbands, our nine grandchildren, and dozens of other relatives. Think about sirens in the middle of the night, w
Pro-Palestinians Protest Outside Israeli Consulate
Pro-Palestinians Protest Outside Israeli Consulate
Hundreds of pro-Palestine supporters gathered outside of Israeli Consulate, calling for an end to the state of Israel. By Nathan Posner May 19, 2021, 7:10 am Edit 12 shares
A rising sophomore at Georgetown University, Nathan plans to major in government and minor in film and media studies as well as statistics, hoping to eventually get into a career creating digital content for campaigns or covering them for the Atlanta Jewish Times and other media outlets.
Pro-Palestine protestors are seen on the sidewalk during a protest outside the Israeli consulate. // Nathan Posner for the AJT
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