Hundreds and hundreds of people have taken to the streets in New York City.
Initially they gathered in Union Square downtown and they’ve been marching all across the city where now they are right in front of the New York Public Library.
They are demanding an end to the war, an end to the possibility of a [full] incursion in Rafah in southern Gaza.
They are signing, for example: Israel bombs, US pays, how many kids have you killed today. This is what people here have been chanting.
We’ve been seeing lots of tension.
Not only between protesters and counter-protesters that are carrying Israeli flags. But also at least seven people that I have seen arrested.
There are hundreds of police officers. They are carrying zip ties.
Iconic 5th Avenue is filled with Palestinian flags of people gathering here to demonstrate against this war.
And this just adds to what we have been seeing this past few weeks here in New York City with students taking and occupying their campuses, [setting up] encampments, being suspended, expelled, and arrested for protesting against this war.
The students have moved the protests from their campuses – at least here in New York City – to the streets.
They have joined hundreds of other protesters and this is where they say they will remain to protest against the war, the protest an incursion [in Rafah]and they are demanding a ceasefire.
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