And as Israel cut communications to launch its operation last night, thousands of American Jews gathered in New York to protest the current policies of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. They are calling for an immediate ceasefire. The police made several hundred arrests.
Published on: 10/28/2023 – 06:00 Modified on: 10/28/2023 – 06:17
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Two hundred people were arrested, according to the New York police, three hundred according to the organizers of the rally which was organized by the association Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City, who blocked Grand Central Station with this peaceful sit-in. The gathering was opened by rabbis who recited the prayer for the dead, the Kaddish.
To the cries of “ Let Gaza live », there were several thousand to occupy the emblematic Grand Central station. Jews from New York and other cities, dressed in black t-shirts reading “Jews for Palestine,” reports our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki. In the crowd, Sam Cohen, himself born in a refugee camp just after the Second World War, came to plead for the Palestinians. “ I lost 90% of my family to Nazi atrocities. What Israel is doing… This collective punishment of Gaza is a war crime just as serious, if not more serious. Have we learned nothing??? »
This demonstration is the umpteenth in a series of actions carried out for Palestine in several cities across the country. Participants want to show that not all Jews support Israel’s actions.
« Not in our name, says another man. We refuse to allow our own pain and the trauma of our community to be used to justify acts of violence against another community.. » « We are against the bombings, against the genocide, against the siege of Gazaadds a woman. And now all communications are cut off and people are being killed in the dark. » The last known toll from Israeli bombings on Gaza was more than 7,300 dead on Friday, according to the enclave’s Minister of Health (Hamas).
In New York, demonstrators hope to put pressure on American elected officials to obtain an immediate ceasefire and the suspension of the billions of dollars in military aid that Washington sends each year to Israel.
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