The event was “expected”, note The New York Times. Dozens, maybe even “hundreds”, according to New York Daily News, Pro-Palestinian protesters marched, Monday, May 6, on Fifth Avenue in New York to try to reach the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the most popular night in the fashion world was held: the Met Gala.
Armed with flags in Palestinian colors, they chanted names “Rafah” and of “Gaza” as they approached the building. “No Met Gala While Bombs Fall in Gaza” etc “There is no feast without redemption”, we could read their signs, reporting the New York Times.
Finally the police stopped them from reaching the museum. At least twenty demonstrators were arrested, not without scuffles, as shown in a report from CBS New York. Part of the march was trying to get past the police by going through Central Park, “but police barriers stopped them”, detailed Bloomberg.
“Day of Wrath”
According to several American media, these activists wanted a “stop in Gaza”, however, a few hours earlier, Israel announced an imminent offensive on the town of Rafah, in the southern end of the Palestinian sea. In recent weeks, demonstrations in support of Palestine have increased in the United States, especially on campus. On Monday, May 6, parallel to the demonstration, a “Day of Rage for Gaza” was organized around 4 pm at Columbia and New York universities, as well as Hunter College, bringing together nearly 200 people Daily News.
The Met Gala is a charity event organized by the world of haute couture. If in general “Characterized by glitz and glamour”, This is not the first time “Used to protect purpose”, remember Bloomberg. In 2021, a Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez marched on the red carpet with a dress he read “Tax the rich” (“A tax on the rich”).
2024-05-07 10:39:55
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