March in Support of Gaza- NYC Sunday

A group of Chasidic Jews led the pack Sunday from Rockefeller Center to the Israeli consulate. The Neturei Karta group, among others, claims there no religious nor moral grounds for a Jewish sovereignty over the Holy Land, and ask for it to be returned to the Palestinians. They name Zionists as "heretics".

Following marched two and a half blocks of people, chanting. Slogans were pro-Palestine ("Viva, viva, Palestina"), against Israel and pro-Israeli US government policy ("Down, down, George Bush"), and opposed to military occupation ("From Iraq to Palestine, Occupation is a Crime").

The most emotional chants, however, were aimed at the city which catalyzed this demonstration ("Gaza, Gaza, Don't you Cry, Palestine will never Die"). The people had gathered in response to the bombing of the already-stricken city.

Although temporarily delayed on Fifth Avenue before being allowed to continue to the consulate, the protest was largely unmarred by police interference. There was a mild altercation between officers and some of the more extreme demonstrators- some of those holding signs that showed mushroom clouds and phrases like "Kill all the Juice".

The day was mostly peaceful, with a surprising number of children and youth marching. A few camera from television news stations covered the event.

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[bootylissus]

Just because people protest the killing of innocent Palestinians does not mean they are anti-Semitic. Besides, there were Jewish protesters there.

[bknymoe]

FREE PALESTINE

[ShohaTheGreat]

kill all the juice! lollololololololol

[PeaceandUnity1972]

@Minionuup

zionist propaganda and everybody knows it so dont bother to put this kind of BULLSHIT on the net

[rachelgolem]

LAUGHING WHEN IRAQIS KILL EACH OTHER IS NOT ANTISEMITISM.

[abwhite1]

?? Gaza is not occupied. It freely elected Hamas, which calls in its charter for the destruction of Israel. Why on earth should the world permit the creation of a genocidal state? If Palestinians want their own state, they only have to declare it. The problem is they want all of Israel. This "all or nothing" attitude is what cripples Palestinian aspirations. When rockets are no longer fired from Gaza and Hamas is thrown out of power, the embargo will end.

[nhpfan0789]

Go Palestine! :)

[ElHondureno184]

On March 9 there will be a fundraising dinner for the Israeli Occupation Forces, which murdered 1,400 Palestinians, including more than 400 children, in Gaza last year.The criminal Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of IDF General Staff, will be there.We will be there too! Stand with the people of Palestine! Demand the end of U.S support to Israel! Arrest and prosecute Ashkenazi and all Israeli War Criminals! Protest! Tuesday,March 9th - 6 pmOutside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 49 St. and Park Avenue,Manhattan

[TheRocknRollZebra]

LONG LIVE PALESTINE!!!

[xplosivelilly]

hamas hamas hamas, u pro zionists are all the same retarded monkeys

[freeman1104]

March in support of Hamas will be more accurate.